Bluestraw
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9 hours ago, Jono said:
Bit of a scoop getting an exclusive interview with Zayn, I wonder why he decided not to do Radio 1 too?
Zayn's current song isn't on the R1 playlist so would be odd for him to do an interview I guess, not sure either would want it?
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1 minute ago, And what said:
The BBC trying to compete with the commercial sector by reducing its News output seems to be wrong on many levels
One of the latest bad decisions Aled seems to be making recentlyAs per the exact same discussion on the DS forums... This decision makes sense as a limited change to counter the new Capital breakfast show, and aside from the poorly-judged risk he took with Danny his tenure as head of R1 has been good.
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I ended up listening to quite a bit of Danny's show this morning on a long drive. I am trying to think of a positive but I can't... Seemed quite obvious to me that the show is being tech op'ed by a producer, not least the way the news jingle started playing and Danny seemed surprised, and in a way the fact that all Danny needs to do is speak at the right time makes it even less forgivable. Some quite basic errors at various points throughout which would be understandable from a novice on their first show, but really was poor (including messing up the WhatsApp number again).
I have no idea what Aled was thinking, it could be a bit more understandable if there were a couple of great features, but it's the most basic 'text in with comments on xyz' show. Can't quite decide whether Danny surpasses Maya as 'worst daytime DJ in R1 history'. Not sure I will listen any more though to help me decide.
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At risk of this being a massive 'Whoooooo?' for most people on here, mine was Bruno Brookes on the Top 40 in the late 80s. It was my first real experience of radio and he made the show incredibly exciting. This led me to seek out other shows on the station and I've been a listener ever since.
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1 hour ago, Helen.a12 said:
I really like Danny! Find him funny and good taste in music
Fair enough if you find Danny funny, but the music on the show isn't at all chosen by the presenter and would be the same whomever covered the slot.
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On 4/1/2024 at 12:50 AM, BBCAaron said:
I think had Danny been booked as a one off or co-host for only a weekends worth of shows it would’ve been fine. I can see how Aled would want to book them to show commitment to supporting queer and non-binary talent from the queer community and culture scene. But over the years of take-overs there are many good talented LGBTQ+ in the radio industry.
Just want to politely remind that their pronouns are they/them.
Completely agree, so many good LGBTQ+ options that would be better. As another poster said, it's horrible people are hating on Danny for bigoted reasons, the simple fact is they aren't very good on the radio!
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Jamie is a far better choice than Danny, and that's saying something! At least there they seemed to admit the error and brought Katie in to make it a pretty decent threesome IMO.
I can't actually understand any logic in Aled's choice about Danny. It's like a very bold experiment but one that was destined to fail before it began. Possibly the worst decision of his tenure (if we forgive him now that Vicki & Dean are moving on). No offence to Danny but he just doesn't seem suited to radio at all, or at least not R1.
The only possible justification I can think of is that none of the 'temp' DJs were high profile enough to cover for such a long time, and if James Cusack is going to get a permanent slot soon then giving it to him would have been awkward. I hate to say it but it's as if he's ticked a box for 'representation' here.
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On 6/16/2023 at 5:35 PM, Jono said:
Kylie now in the Top 10 after jumping from #12 last week.
unless the track reaches number 1 I can't see R1 changing the plan there. Personally I'd be a bit disappointed if they do now!
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36 minutes ago, BBCAaron said:
I preferred her on Radio 1 as to her as a television presenter. As with radio you aren’t judged on personal image, how you present yourself but more rather the quality of broadcaster. I find not a comment on Jama herself but when people comment on her presenting TV its less about her personality and presenting talent but rather her image.
I get you don't like the criticism of her TV image, but did you actually like her on Radio 1? I mean someone had to, I've just never seen anyone admit it yet
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2 hours ago, coffeeandgin said:
My one would be that Mollie King is actually one of the best DJs on Radio 1 these days. The difference in quality now she's back with Matt compared to his shows with Jamie are night & day and she's shown she can host pretty well on her own too with both Future Pop and presenting solo sometimes when Matt is away.
Also I can't say I particularly enjoyed her spell on Radio 1 but given how popular she seems with the Radio 1 demographic should Radio 1 have perhaps paired up Maya Jama with another presenter? She clearly struggled solo but a Jordan & Maya double act may have covered up her weaknesses a bit more with Jordan being much more creative.
I'd say writing anything vaguely positive about Maya veers beyond 'unpopular' into the 'absurd'
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17 minutes ago, R1Fan1 said:
Two years on tbf - lot has changed.
mine is that I quite enjoy Dean and Vickys show - it seems to go under the radar a bit on here and in general. It was always gonna be hard to replace Scott but I think they’ve done it.
After a shaky start I think they've created a decent show. Not comparing it to Scott & Chris as that was just unique and vcery special, but D&V's show works and is an entertaining listen.
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12 minutes ago, R1Fan1 said:
Two years on tbf - lot has changed.
mine is that I quite enjoy Dean and Vickys show - it seems to go under the radar a bit on here and in general. It was always gonna be hard to replace Scott but I think they’ve done it.
I know, was just teasing!
Mine is that it's time to move Clara on. She isn't a match for her predecessors on that show.
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Bit of deja-vu here!!
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2 hours ago, UnofficialStark said:
Jordan North is in for Jack on The Official Chart on 10th March
Has he ever covered the chart before? I'm assuming he must have done since he's covered so many shows before, I just don't remember it!
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Doubt Greg will beat Moyles' record but won't be going to R2 now! My money's on Trevor Nelson getting mornings, with Adele Roberts taking late nights. Can see a female replacement for Vine eventually, based outside London.
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On 12/30/2022 at 12:04 PM, GeekTalk51 said:
I hope next year for limbo week we get Jordan on breakfast - 100% something he’d agree to do.
Why do you think Jordan would want limbo-week breakfast? It's like a run of weekend breakfasts, completely different from the live Xmas Day show that he always wanted to do. Pretty certain he wouldn't want it, and anyway it won't happen!!
On 12/30/2022 at 8:20 PM, TheSaviourisHere said:Christmas songs again on chart. Shoulld go back to Chart of the year so stupid
It was a relief to hear a non-anthems show tbh! Agree though should be chart of the year with just the top 40 countdown and number 1 perhaps
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Agree mostly @Jono though I think it's easier to see which ones are NOT good enough. Then there's quite a few who are decent but impossible to really assess how good
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I've found today's bunch overall more professional-sounding! And yes that includes decent news junctions! Conor especially seemed very comfortable to me
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On 12/27/2022 at 7:06 PM, abertom said:
I swear some geek listeners would be very happy with a bland, boring show as along as they got the newsbeat timing right lol
There are just some bits of amateurish broadcasting that overshadow other qualities. But really are the anthems shows anything other than bland at best?! Not the presenters' fault but they're not exactly a great listen IMO
Evanna figured it out! Arguably the buck should stop with the producers here, despite the anthems shows being simple to produce they have done a bad job at coaching their presenters technically (not just news intros!)
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I know I go on about it but the Newsbeat thing just makes the station sound amateurish. Even when they hit the the timings they don't even talk more than 2 seconds into the ramp and often mess up the fade-up of the newsbeat studio. Surprised Aled hasn't addressed this!
On 12/27/2022 at 12:43 PM, NathanS said:On the subject of Newsbeat, I've never heard of today's newsreader before, either reading the news or as a reporter on the main programme?
me neither, he's okay but sounds very young!
Jordan North's first Capital Radio breakfast show
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Right, despite what Jordan may say now, I think he (and probably Chris) would rather be doing R1 breakfast but seems he was told that wasn't at all imminent so made the understandable move to go elsewhere. Doubt Greg will move off breakfast anytime soon as he's got a new contract and anyway no obvious replacement in line... They certainly have thrown some energy behind competing these last couple of weeks though.