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15 hours ago, anothernerd said:
Does Matt have kids then or something?
Wife and kids. Same reason Chris doesn’t do Christmas Day breakfast when Scott does it.
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2 hours ago, JLers said:
I have only been listening to radio 1 for two years now and I absolutely love Greg James and Scott+Chris shows. For the two years of listening to Clara I have to say that I think nothing has changed and it just doesn’t meet the standard of other presenters. I only listen to about 30 mins of grimmy so can’t fully comment but I don’t think his show is anything special.
In in the last few months I catch up with jack Saunders shows from the week on a Friday (instead of listening to the weekend presenters) and it is definitely one of my favourite parts of radio one. I feel like Jack is really underrated and I would like to see him make a feature on Scott’s show, just like when jack had Scott and Chris on for the indie house party mix (which was the first time I listened to his show) Could jack replace Clara as he constantly oozes passion for music and radio (highly unlikely but would be interesting to see him cover)
On the few times I have listened to RMC I am not massively impressed nor disappointed but you can still hear the commercial radio style.
As as for weekend presenters I can’t stand m&m together but Matt is alright on his own. Mya is awful. D&A are alright. Jordan is class and enjoys him covering other slots.
To summarise - Greg, Scott and Chris are fantastic (really enjoy their comedy style). Jack Saunders for me is one of the best presenters and has lead me to get into indie music and I hope his show continues for the foreseeable future.
On the note of music I feel like they have introduced older music in the mix recently but do find it repetitive when listening Mon-Thu 7:30 till 4:30
Jack Saunders is a really really engaging, genuine, passionate music presenter. Exactly the kind of new credible talent R1 should be investing in more.
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On 6/24/2019 at 9:23 PM, RakHousePilfer said:
This is a classic...
Well that rumour worked out well
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2 hours ago, Dan18F1 said:
How do you all think R1 is sounding at the moment? I’ve been listening quite a bit recently and also (because I’m sad) I was looking through some old topics from around 2016/17 time and there seems to be many people that were not very happy with how the content and output sounded back then.
However, I think Radio 1 is currently sounding great. Greg’s breakfast show is really great to get ready to everyday, Drive is better than it was a few months ago and when I get to listen to Scott, he’s as good as always.
The weekend schedule is also good, Matt and Mollie, although not ground breaking radio, are fine enough to have on, and Dev and Alice (when they’re there) are in my opinion, the best show currently on R1.
Also, really liking the Indie Show and the Chillest Show at the moment, hopefully both of them stick around for a long time.
There are a few things that I’m not so keen on however. The first is the amount of music, which is for another thread really, is quite a lot, and I think it has increased in Scott and Clara’s Show recently - thankfully, Greg’s Show has stayed very content heavy. This brings me onto my next point, which is Clara. I feel as though she needs to go now and I wouldn’t be surprised if they give Arielle that show in about a years time. She just sounds very bored, and it’s just songs after songs after sons. Finally, when will they give Jordan a weekday show? I’m struggling with what slot they might give him though, as I don’t think Grimmy is that temporary on drive and I still can’t see Scott going anywhere for a while.
So, what are all your thoughts on R1s current state?
I think we are on the brink of some monumental change, be it in three years from now, or in six months. It has to happen. There’s a lot of talent, like RMC, D&A, Jordan, Arielle, that aren’t being used. They’re the people that need to break through, when the likes of Nick, Clara, Scott, and at a later point Greg, move on. That leaves the big slots in revamped, safe hands. And the next generation of talent can break through, and eventually get those big slots, hopefully quicker than people have in the past. Radio 1 has more presenters in their 40s, than 20s. And content wise, if relevant, that’s not an issue. But radio 1 need to bring the next generation through, because otherwise when these ones run out of steam, there’s nowhere to turn, and the station and it’s audience will drift older and older until the station dies off, from lack of requirement, or failure to reach the right demographic. I think we are slowly starting to see that happen, and it needs to be averted, halted, and reversed. In terms of a listen right now, the music annoys me when it repeats a lot, and it’s too music heavy, but there are some golden bits of radio, which just epitomise the “live moment” that radio is all about.
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4 hours ago, Ash101 said:
Is this show live? As I am pretty sure Claudia usually pre-records it.
Which actually puts you in the strange situation where Claudia doesn’t do her pre-recorded Radio 2 show for 3 months a year because she’s on BBC One pre-recorded for Strictly results on a Sunday evening.
It’s live with Scott, you can hear through the interaction and how he plays in pre rec bits.
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3 hours ago, Lee E said:
Thought i'd start a thread on this as he's covering for 12/15 weeks
Listened back to the show this morning sounded good, Scott is really able to adapt to the Radio 2 style and audience it's really good to hear him doing long links and letting his personality come out as opposed to three back to back songs, a 30 sec speed link followed by two more songs which was more how he used to be on drive on Radio 1
Couple of bits I noticed
When he interviewed Tom Hardy he paused and said "Edit" may mean it was a pre recorded interview ? or just a saying
At the end he said in his seg into the 9pm news "this is a wisebuddah production for radio 2" so is he working for Wisebuddah then?
Wisebuddah produce that show for Radio 2, so for this stint he’s working with Wisebuddah’s production team for Claudia On Sunday. The edit thing must’ve been something they forgot to take out in post, unless it was actually live and just a little nervous verbal tick, I noticed it as well. I think it was really interesting hearing a bit of long form interviewing, and generally longer bits of content, but even though more music heavy, I feel his personality comes across more on R1, he’s more comfortable there, and I’m sure he’ll share more anacdotal stuff in time on Radio 2, he really is starting to sound natural there.
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2 hours ago, OohErr said:
It's interesting actually, maybe I'm just remembering wrong but at the time, although he was controversial generally, amongst Radio 1 fans Moyles was universally popular. But as time has passed since the show ended, the collective memory of it seems to have changed and it's treated like an embarrassing relic.
For me the show was the thing that made me fall in love with radio, it was everything a breakfast show should be and I think Lee has it right when he uses the word "magic" to describe what Chris created. But Toby also has a valid point when he mentions the racist and homophobic incidents, and as a huge fan of the show I'm not really sure how to reconcile the two. What is clear though is that Chris has been on a huge journey in recent years, maybe sped up by friends like Aled and Hirsty, and it's hard to believe when you hear some of the things he's come out with recently that he's the same guy who used the word "gay" in a derogatory way and constantly perved over female guests/team members. I'd expect and hope he looks back on the way he used to be and cringes - I read his book recently and whilst fascinating, it made for some pretty uncomfortable reading in parts. I guess the show has to be looked back on, like most things, as a product of its time, and appreciate the things that made it so brilliant and compelling whilst acknowledging the aspects that were problematic.
I think you’ve nailed it there. I think an extent of the thing was an act, which I just didn’t connect with. And it was definitely a product of its time, especially when it started, it was probably bang on, for better or worse. I think by the end it was backwards in many senses, not very PC, but now on X he seems to have progressed. There’s obviously something about the show that was magic, and captured so many people, what do you think it was?
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18 hours ago, anothernerd2 said:
I think huge is a understatement, I'd say they bought some magic to the airwaves, for me he's still magic, but I kinda prefer his style on R1, kinda felt rebellious now on x hes good but I've been on a break from Radio x so havent heard him lately
I never connected. He always came off as egotistical and rude to me.
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14 hours ago, abertom said:
The CM audience were pulling in a strong audience and only got stick because the tabloids didn’t like him having a successful show.
They were huge, it was a massively successful show, and audience. But it wasn’t pulling in the right age demographic, so radio 1 wasn’t fulfilling its public service. Not to mention the racist and homophobic incidents whwre Moyles “slipped up”, and the fact the style of that show was so, so not right for a youth station in 2012. Radio X, fine. Radio 1 in 2006? Sure. Not 2010. It’s a very narrow and lazy form of broadcasting that that show devolved into. Anyone can talk a lot about not much, not many can talk a little and say a lot.
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On 9/22/2019 at 1:26 PM, abertom said:
Chapters and Dave and the CM team. I wish the CM show got its 10 years it deserved
Realistically, very few 16-24 targeted breakfast shows should get anywhere near 10 years. Especially when they pull in the wrong audience.
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30 minutes ago, Lee E said:
I think the schedule itself will be the same as in the slots - the people will be different
Early breakfast someone totally new
Weekday Breakfast Jordan or Jack Saunders
10-1 Arielle
1-4 Matt and Mollie
Drive RMC
7-9pm Annie still
9-11 either someone new or Dev and Alice
11-1 Someone new
Weekend early breakfast someone new
Weekend breakfast someone new
Friday/Saturday 10-1 Greg James Sunday 10-1 someone new
Weekend 1-4 someone new
Friday 4-7 chart and party Katie and Cel
Saturday Dance Anthems Mistajam still - he'll be an institution like Dave Pearce was
Sunday 4-6 life hacks Adele Roberts and doctor Rada and 6-7 chart first look Mollie King
Sunday nights god knows
What happens to Scott - radio 2 in the SWITA slot or taken over from Zoe on breakfast, or Sara on drive who has gone to breakfast to take over from Zoe
Greg covering bits on radio 2 and 5 live and two weekend shows on R1 still
Grimmy - going into TV producing on reality shows
Clara - back at a commercial rival Heart Dance or something along those lines
Adele still on weekends maybe being used as the odd weekday cover
My immediate response to Radio 1 Breakfast with Jack Saunders was “not a chance”, but now you’ve said it, I think about it, and he’s one of the youngest people they’ve got, he’s connected to the music and the audience, he’s improving on late nights, and with people around him, in a sort of zoo format, maybe one day he could make an exciting personality breakfast show. Food for thought.
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Just for some fun speculation, what do you imagine the Radio 1 schedule looking like a few years down the line, into 2020/21/22 kinda time. Do you feel like there will be a lot of changes, or will stuff remain stasis?
i can’t see much being the same in a few years, your thoughts ?
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Just for some fun speculation, what do you imagine the Radio 1 schedule looking like a few years down the line, into 2020/21/22 kinda time. Do you feel like there will be a lot of changes, or will stuff remain stasis?
i can’t see much being the same in a few years, your thoughts ?
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11 hours ago, Dan18F1 said:
I’m hoping we get a major schedule change at the beginning of next year. There are too many talented people on slots that aren’t good enough for them, like it’s completely ridiculous that Jordan has still only got 1 show a week and the fact that they used to have 3 main presenters at the weekend and now they’ve got 7 shows the problem they’ve got!!
I’d put money on this. Not too much money though
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24 minutes ago, James8787 said:
Jordan seems to just be the main cover for Grimmy going forward then?
Definitely at the moment. Which is fair enough, it gives him some good exposure, and he’s reached the point he’s a nice safe pair of hands, not the new bloke. I think most people on here would agree he puts together a great radio show. But I wouldn’t rule out some people (maybe RMC, D and A, Cel and Katie etc) getting a chance to cover at some point
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15 hours ago, Lee E said:
So it's a year since Greg opened with a TMTO what do we all think one year into his tenure on breakfast? I think he's making a good job of it and has turned it round from the stale old show with Grimmy, also he has made it him and you, 1 on 1 not Tina, not Sinade not Fiona, just you and Greg, its a complete contract to what was before
I think he is a stayer, and as a geek he will definitely want to beat Moyles' record
Very sad that Scott is not Dep anymore though as it was always great
Should Greg have taken over from CM in 2012? IMO NO because it was a massive institution to follow and I think biding his time has paid off
I think the show is brilliant, and they’re really thinking about how to get young people engaged with great radio content, be it on socials in short form video, listening to the live output, or the shareable podcast. There’s no way anyone will beat the Moyles record, ever. Radio 1 needs to be a constantly evolving thing to survive in the audio landscape in some form, even looking forward 10 years. Greg is almost a breakfast stop gap, in that he isn’t a new, fresh, Roman Kemp type host, he’s a capable, safe pair of hands while Radio 1 decides what it’s purpose is in the future, and where to get its talent. I imagine some of this will become evident when Lorna Clark starts.
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14 hours ago, Lee E said:
I Know when Greg was in the week before he took over breakfast at least one of the days Scott said when he was covering it that they were on one studio doing the breakfast show live Greg was next door doing a pilot show to time and Vanessa was there too doing her show on radio 2
Talking of which - during the week between Grimmy and Greg Scott used his breakfast package with all the Grimmy themes and all where as when he covered between Moyles and Grimmy he didn't is that because his Moyles package was the cheesy song and all which said "The Chris Moyles show with Scott Mills" where as Grimmys era ones were the same jingles and themes but sounded like to the causal listener it was Scott's show
That’s exactly why. And because it made more sense to keep a generic Grimshaw-like theme with Scott, so Greg could launch with a bang. Whereas with Moyles it was them trying to get away from the mammoth brand that was the cheesy song, and all of that format, sound, imaging etc.
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Thought we should have a place to discuss Jordan’s week on drive.
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1 hour ago, anothernerd said:
I was thinking about how Radio 1 will be in the future. The station is falling behind with another down in RAJAR figures. Feels like with radio 1 the station keeps trying to push it itself. I feel it’s past it’s prime and peaks. I only listen to select shows now as and when I want to. Whereas before I’d have it on anytime I could! R1 in recent months feels like it’s trying to find an new audience but doesn’t know where and how to appeal to them. Feels like their best presenters are slowly being tied into a format of being solely there to do links and occasionally interview a guest or speak with a caller.
Anyway this got me thinking about the future of Radio 1. I can see why is it on a down. When they do silly stunts like Hide and Seek or the escape room it feels like it’s an giant metaphorical arrow pointing back to Radio 1. As if to say”Hey look what we do” Feel like the station needs more charm and a shakeup if they want to catch up with other stations. Drop the old presents who are past their prime. Like Nick for example. Breakfast host for 6 years had his prime feels like he’s an old toy of sort. Had all the fun now sitting there occasionally being used in a silly antic but nothing more.
I have noticed R1 have realised this presumably- trying to milk Matt and Mollie. “Young”- well by R1 standards these days. By giving Mollie the show before theirs essentially adding more to the show. Could’ve easily sat there as a feature maybe with both. But are trying to milk it. And as for Arielle- i must say I really like her as a presenter. She’s good I’m sure she’ll nail her show. Maybe even bring listening figures up
(doubt it- their main presenters can’t and she’s in a graveyard shift) I mean she’s got experience as a presenter doing TV Radio and Podcasts. I’m sure Heart or Capital will be putting bid in for her soon. As at R1 she’s probably been given that show so they can use her to cover shows more frequently perhaps? Who knows.
Anyway I feel R1 is lost in terms of direction as to where it wants to be. Maybe this new ‘Pop Controller’ can push R1 in the right direction?
A few points here. What I would say, is Radio 1, due to its target audience, is at the forefront of attracting a new generation of listeners, and is up against the likes of streaming services, YouTubers, podcasters, and commercial radio. It’s a multi platform youth content brand/provider, with the live linear station as the bedrock of the output, the live moment, the petrol that fuels the engine. I agree, if the content was made more on target, and less safe and predictable, then they would be more successful with the target audience, and I’d imagine by the new year a weekday shakeup is imminent, not just a shifting around. Especially with the new Pop Controller coming in. Otherwise, 30 something white blokes or 40+ presenters get swapped around again and again with no change, obviously with exceptions. If there aren’t some big changes in 2020, then there’s a serious magagerial problem. My second point, one thing to remember is Radio 1 doesn’t live or die by RAJAR, and a decline in audience could be nearly older listeners deserting the station, and if you aren’t 16-24, in theory, Radio 1 doesn’t care if you listen or not. The core 3 million under 24 listeners is who they’re aiming at and broadcasting to, with 3 million weekly listeners, all 16-24, Radio 1 would be seen as succeeding.
Christmas Schedule Predictions 2019
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Not a chance.
. Carl would be decent, but none of the other stuff is stuff that R1 would do.