Mike123

With Greg being an older, quite mainstream, transitionary (in a way) host (he’s hardly the next Grimmy), it almost feels like Scott should have got it now for a couple years instead. Swapping Scott and Moyles didn’t happen because management through it would be “like for like” and they needed someone to make the show a lot younger, you could argue Scott would have done this. But they’ve just done what they refused to do with Scott, they’ve swapped like for like, Greg now is like Scott in 2012, except he got breakfast, and didn’t get sidelined.

I never enjoy seeing Radio 1's figures drop, but it's undoubtedly a big market out there. Wonder what would happen to the figures if the likes of Capital were on national FM. What do we all think the future looks like for Radio 1? I'd like to imagine it'll survive, and in say 50 years (or later than that) it'll be online on some new platform, supplementing the on demand audio content (podcasts, etc) and might even be better with attracting young audiences, what with the easy access, and the fact people will want that bit of personality and hand picked music along with Spotify etc. I know it's ridiculously far into the future to think about, but it's really fascinating to hypothetically think about.

He's had an absolutely astoundingly successful Radio 1 career, but I can't see many of the weekday DJs lasting years more. (Clara, Grimmy, even Scott). Maybe Scott will start covering for Radio 2, and do weekends/the chart. I really don't want him to leave afternoons, but he's got to make a move to greener pastures at some point.

I suppose at this point it's not a question of why, but when he'll leave. It can't be far away, he's managed 20 years, an astonishing achievement.

I dunno about binning the repeat of David Rodigan, there will be quite a few in the target audience who like that kind of music, and at 4am on a Sunday it’s probably fine, the people who want it get it on BBC Sounds.

Radio 1 won’t be putting a vote of confidence in a nearly 45 year old host, it feels more like a swan song. It’s obviously about relevance over age but still.

I never really thought about it that way. I’d be so sad if Scott left, but he deserves something better than 1-4pm, it’s really sad he never got Breakfast.

Me too. It changed to two around the time they re-arranged Sunday nights didn’t it?

That feels like what it’s gearing towards, she’d be a lot more on target with younger listeners than Clara. Let’s just hope they don’t shoehorn Maya onto that slot.

2019 feels like the year Scott will call it a day. Greg on Breakfast seems like a transitionary thing for a few years, while the station regenerates, and gets loads of younger talent on, and brings in an exciting new breakfast show. Clara, Scott and Grimmy can’t last long in their current slots at least, 2019 has to be the last year of Radio 1 as we know it, before another big overhaul.

Fantastic news all round for Greg, can’t help but wonder how many of the listeners he’s added are within the target demographic, would be interesting to know.

Things like Bingo and Tap End returning have always been used in sentences like “well they haven’t brought Innuendo Bingo back yet, and they keep talking about it, so Scott’s got time left on Radio 1”. But with the Heart rumours happening before January, and now with Scott and Chris bringing back Bingo, and potentially Tap End from the look of Instagram, do we think this could sadly be Scott preparing to leave, or at least move slot, and begin the transition to Radio 2. The show itself really feels like it’s winding down at the moment, but what do we all think?