TheSaviourisHere

I would say the odds of Zoe and new breakfast host are slim. Think Gary is listeners favourite or twitters favourite. Trevor or Jo will be the most likely favourites with odds on either. Think you right well kept secret bit of surprise and think with more news ahead. Good work and smart stuff from Ben Cooper. The ‘Greatest Hits Radio’ brand name is becoming a formidable brand and can imagine a massive marketing campaign ahead. It most certainly is big news for radio and with the exodus of names leaving the BBC and if Steve Wright does join him there then means an interesting RAJAR ahead of the end of the year.

I would like to see Greg see out this year anf next before the change. For me he is still too good

Always a fun thread but I almost think it needs to be "ideal line-up after Greg leaves" as few of us would turf Greg off breakfast but in my case I'd love Jordan or Jordan and Katie on breakfast.  I've also worked on the basis that Adele, Rickie and Melvin, Matt and Mollie won't be on the station indefinitely.
I've also made longer shows to keep live programming on-air longer into the evening.
Monday to Friday
0400 - 0700 Early Breakfast with Arielle Free
0700 - 1000 Breakfast with Jordan and Katie
1000 - 1300 Emil Franchi
1300 - 1600 Sam and Danni
1600 - 1900 Jack Saunders on Drive (Chart on Friday until 1800)
1900 - 2200 Combine Future Sounds and Future Artists with Kerri Cosh (Keep Danny Howard at 1800 and Sarah at 2000)
2200 - 0100 Late night show with Jeremiah Asiamah  (Pete Tong Friday).
0100 - 0300 Specialist Shows
Weekends
0700 - 1000 James Cusack
1000 - 1300 Arille Free
1300 - 1600 Vick Hope
1600 - 1900 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Sat) Life Hacks with Vicky Hawkesworth (Sunday)
1900 - 2200 Jeremiah Asiamah (Satuday) New Music of the week with Kerri Cosh (Sunday)
2100 Documentary type show (Sunday)
2200 - 0100 Charlie Tee (Saturday)
2200 - 0000 Indie Show with Nels Hylton

Is it really? When she covered Dean she was very good at it. Also you could hear her personality broadcasting talents during Murder Mystery.

Sian Eleri for mid-morning is a bold call ...
... Specialist shows do need a 'stable' position in the schedule (9pm clashes with the R2 specialist shows, for me, though).
Maybe try Jack and Clara together for the 'Evening Sessions'?
A 'hard No' to Rock Show on a Sunday - Fri or Sat is place for that.

I mean giving high profile slots to people that haven't been promoted from anywhere else on the schedule. For example, Dean and Vicky, Dean had only held one permanent slot and Vicky wasn't on the station's schedule. Nat O'Leary getting Sundays after one round of Early Breakfast, Sian and Gemma getting their shows after only covering them once as well. Charlie Tee replacing Renee LeVice is also a good example, she hadn't done much before that.

You guys were there the year I was made redundant, through deaths in the family and while I was having to deal with the most toxic job ever - just to survive. You have played a major part in helping keep my mental health on track, even when the darkest of thoughts were in my mind, your show kept me going. Best of luck with all you do.
 
Love you, bye (for now). 
 
Lee Hewerdine 

Hi Scott and Chris,

Where to begin? I first started listening to you in 2018/19 as I was starting my GCSEs. I used to come home and first thing I would do is switch on the podcast. I found this really helpful for times when I was very stressed. Your humour and laughter made my day so much better.

Shortly after I went to college, and then we had the lockdown. My mental health down spiralled. I was in a very very bad place but I would always regain myself after hearing you for 4 hours a day. What an amazing 4 hours it used to be. I loved it when you covered Radio 1 Breakfast, again the humour and fun was amazing.

Fast forward to now where I am now full time employed. When I can, I switch you on while I am working, and if I can I put you on in the main room so everyone can hear your contagious fun and games.

While I am sad it is ending, I am also overjoyed that you both are moving onto amazing opportunities. I really hope that one day we get re-united (Radio 1 breakfast perhaps ?).

For now, good luck and Godspeed.

Best Wishes,
James

Hi Scott and Chris,
I started listening to you both and radio 1 during lockdown, hearing you both really inspired me to become a presenter on R1 some day. Hopefully I might get to work with you both sometime.
Good luck with everything,
William.

Good luck both! Thanks for all the memories Scott, Chappers will finally come back from the toilet and you'll all be gone!

Lyndon

Hello all,
We're going to be producing some cards for Scott and Chris on their last week. If you'd like to be a part of this please drop us a message below and I'll see if I can fit them all in!
Please note, some messages will have to be edited for space, but we'll point Scott and Chris in the direction of this forum thread to see it all of them in full!
Thanks

No Greg is off for 2 weeks,then he’s back for the final week of Scott & Chris then he’s just got a few days after the following Monday (which is a bank holiday) he’s back mid week

Might start spreading the word on the Radio 1 pages

Awesome idea, but that would need more than just us here on the forum. (I don't know if I can help cause I'm not from the UK.) But if social media, especially popular figures like artists or other DJs get involved I can see the song make it easily to the top 40.

Hi guys i thought it be great to get behind a song that reminds us of Scott and Chris to tey and get into the Chart for one of Scotts final chart shows. Bambeloo was the obvious one pointed out by NathanS on the chat. Come on guys lets get streaming it and whatever else. Be so cool and a nice touch from all of us to Scott anf Chris

As announced by Greg this morning Jack is the new host of The Official Chart starting Friday 9th Septemeber at 4pm
Let us know what you think of the appointment?

Well done Jack. You've certainly got the right energy for this slot. Just quit telling us that we're 'locked in' every two or three songs - PLEASE PACK THAT IN.

I think that will be a good listen.  He has impressed me.

On Thursday 28th July, Jack Saunders is sitting in for Clara. Nels Hylton is sitting in for Jack
 
On Saturday 6th August, Arielle Free is hosting Dance Anthems live from Ibiza.

I'd personally want (and tbf expect if he wanted it) Vernon Kay to be offered a full time role at some point. Social Media reaction is in reality a small snapshot of overall audience, however... it's very rare a cover presenter gets an overwhelmingly positive response as Vernon does.
 
I think this wouldn't be a bad lineup in a few years
 
Overnights Owain Wynn Evans (from Salford)
Early Breakfast- OJ Borg (from Salford)
Breakfast-Sara Cox
Mid Morning- Ken Bruce for a little while longer... succeeded by Vernon Kay
Lunchtime current affairs show- Tina Daheley
Afternoons- Scott Mills
Drivetime-Zoe Ball
 
Jo Whiley and Trevor Nelson's show sit perfectly where they are 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It's a good question.
Sometimes you can just have too much of a good thing and need a change. Plus it's around the time I went to uni...
I might have stopped around the time Beccy left so I think it might have felt like a good time to move on. End of an era sort-of feelings.

I stopped listening to Scott back around 2012 after being an avid podcast listener for years and years.
This could be a good opportunity to rediscover him again and make the transition to become a grown-up who listens to Radio 2...

More the future than the present at times!
I suppose we all remember thinking the future would be uncertain without Laura and Chappers and everyone involved came out on top. Scott got new team members, Laura became a radio boss and Chappers did more TV.
Why did Radio 1 make everyone think they'd died though ?
 

Glad I wasn’t the only one who was confused by Aled’s quote about lockdown. Maybe a mistake?
I don’t think this is such bad news for Radio 1 - or Greg on Breakfast - because all youth stations are down. If you look at Matt Deegan’s blog, he states it’s higher % of older listeners who are going. There is just not enough younger people coming in to replace them. This is kinda good news for the Radio 1 team as it means the content is on target. There’s just a wider issue that the target audience doesn’t listen to radio overall as much. 

Adam Bowie’s blog states the % for which each show is down. We don’t know the numbers, so it’s hard to gauge too much. But it’s the first time we’ve had a breakdown of any sort:
Greg is down 7.9%
RM&C 12.4%
Scott & Chris 4.5%
Vick & Jordan 7.5%
 
The BBC Sounds data out today also shows Under 35’s listening and RM&C are the only daytime show not to make the Top 10, plus losing the highest %. Does not look great for them.

I find with Scott he did drive for a while one of the major shows. I think one thing that helped him he never presented breakfast show full time and never been a full time presenter of that show. I think breakfast radio can be a poisoned challace no digs in anyway it’s difficult craft to master as points in Greg James, Nick Grimshaw etc breakfast career hit moments of exhaustion and burnout of the difficult hours of if. A lot more pressure.
Think with it doesn’t leave great deal of space to keep things fresh after so many years.
Think it’s an end of chapter most time if switch from that slot