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  1. The budget cuts have frankly been bizarre. We can see how Radio 2/ 1/ 1X/ 6M/ Asia N’s London programmes coming from the 8th of NBH is a budget cut with selling up shop at Wogan house. But taking Dance new Radio 1 station to DAB and Radio 2 and 3 getting new stations and the doubling down on duos and going for celebrity names. Cuts have been bizarre.
  2. I actually think the four dayer was Cooper’s doing
  3. I think like any controller of a station as big and with as diverse range of programming, reach and audience diversity like radio 1 it’s always going to be pros and cons. I’d say the BBC have the hardest stations to run and programme as no commercial station would have a rock show and a rap show on the station. Pro’s: - extension of the stations introducing programming with creating programming reflecting new rock and dance acts - creating new opportunities for new and emerging talent to contribute and be platformed by the station over the Christmas and New Year period and over set of Friday early morning show making firsts with first ever trans and non-binary people to present on radio 1 and having opportunities for blind, neurodivergent and wheelchair using presenters creating opportunities to access workplaces that otherwise have been hard to access. - Launching the Annie Nightingale Scholarship programme giving opportunities to support the careers and new emerging female and non-binary talent in the electronic and dance dj and production scene - having more female presenters on air whereas previously the schedule was much male dominated - creating a brand with the specialist programming that the station has long been associated with in playing new music from established names and new talent here and abroad with Future Pop, Dance, Alternative, Soul and Artists. Fully fledging the Future Sounds and the Hottest Record as the flagship show to bring them all together cons: - reduction of hours of programme playing new emerging music from multi-genres and supporting alternative and less mainstream talent and reverting to playlist programmes that are akin to a streaming service or a commercial network - linking to the first con the increase of playlisted shows like Radio 1 Happy, Radio 1 Anthems, Radio 1 00’s and Radio 10’s to repeats of Dance Anthems programmes from a Saturday in the overnight slots on a weekday to Power Down Playlist Monday-Wednesday - daytime playlist playing a lot more older music and the problem with hot re-occurents and overplay and repetition of tracks
  4. Drive i dont think is as big of a deal for capital fm because i think for say people in Cardiff to Birmingham and then London there are regional drivetime programmes not aa national show
  5. A part of me feels that Radio 2 Extra might not make it to air with the only presenters at Radio 2 that they would go for are Paul Gamboccini, Bob Harris, Tony Blackburn, Johnnie Walker and maybe Craig Charles. The current plan they have isn’t worth taking to air.
  6. Shouldnt be more than 1 other wise if still broadcasting beyond 2025 looking at eight years on breakfast and 2025 would feel like enough if it isnt this year.
  7. I do hope there is a memoir from either of them. It’s always good to get the inside story of the station.
  8. Unless he hasn’t looked at the contract and know what he signed up for. At least he should be a whole half an hour earlier.
  9. I see that’ and have to sense when time is Jordan leaving was a shock to this group but think Greg is capable of shocking some in this group with a near exit. With some of the features Greg has been doing for six years where unlike Grimmy he had switched things up continually in his tenure. The repetitive features for one could get boring for some may like the familiarity.
  10. I’m not supportive of the choice but anything specific are you inferring with the homework around Jamie Laing?
  11. Think James would work as he was a figure who would be at the starting point of his career much like Jordan North worked hard willing to climb the radio ladder by doing most work offered and learning on the job. What works for a presenter on radio 1 is not being made as a household name or a person before joining the station but becoming one by working at the station. The station would need to move quick if Global are giving their national brands much more variety in accents and voices from across the UK in hopes to boost its listenership outside of London. I think for Heart 00’s it would be good to have them give Chris Stark a weekly playlisted show even if it is voice tracked and think some of their playlist stations could do with that Ashton Merrigold was on Heart 00’s creating some presenter hosted shows on Global’s spin-offs could help them to boost listener figures and increase listenership on Global Player. So desperate for a re-design
  12. They tend to use the BBC B/W for any up and coming programmes scheduled before have a photo to go with the programme.
  13. I feel that it is quite possible that the station does lose more presenters and that the commercial capitalise on any potential changes in the networks programming whether that is looking at Capital Chilled including more down-tempo acoustic pop and R&B from Lana Del Rae, Taylor Swift, Noah Kahan to Frank Ocean and Pheobe Bridgers and getting someone like Jess Iszatt as possibly the first presenter on the station. Potentially after DJ Ace leaving for Kiss FM wonder if they will focus on levelling up their music programming and getting a big name of 1 Xtra and Radio 1 to follow him like Kenny All Star or Rampage and Heartless Crew to Kisstory. I think the stations Bauer owns are going to focus on additional playlisted stations but also attractive on-demand playlisted shows presented by presenters like DJ Ace for an on-demand experience so some names to really complete on with Sounds at the launch of Rayo could be one thing. In terms of entertainment and presenters who could host podcastable content is something they are looking at and why Global wants Jordan (as i assume will tell on Monday morn)
  14. Saying about taking bets on how long it would be before it will take before he is fired must’ve been super awkward.
  15. Yes can’t see breakfast. Unless there was situation where her contract wasn’t renewed or if she wanted a change from the early wake ups and working in a more flexible less permanent work schedule temporary to see other projects television and opportunities to cover and appear on some radio programmes much like Yinka Bokinni. I guess time will tell.
  16. I mean since he has served his time at radio 1 and if it is the sake that he has left for Global the BBC can’t penalise him for breaking its restrictions without wasting too much time and money of breaching contract post his last shift on the job. The fact that Jordan had agreed to work to March the 4th but the BBC decided otherwise and looking like he hadn’t agreed thad Thursday as his last show. On that basis that he could counter claim that the BBC breached their side of the agreement stated. I can’t imagine that if on Monday or sometime next week he is announced as a presenter on Capital FM I can’t see the BBC wanting to get in any legal dispute of potential breaches of contractual agreements.
  17. Yes, and when he covered Scott it showed how good the quality of the content was going out. If Scott was of there wouldn’t be any episodes on the podcast feed of when Dev, Matt Edmonson, Alice Levine etc would present with Chris but remember they did one week an exception and did some funny off the cuff stuff around being mind blown and engaged in listener interaction.
  18. Depends on the presenter they hiring and what show they want for them. Ken Bruce was given freedom beyond breakfast to be quite liberal in what he can do and make that the star show for GHR. Think it might be the same for some of Virgin Radio’s stuff. I do think that Radio 1 and the BBC shouldn’t be cold when people leave their organisation.
  19. I think that they wont get young people as posturing as TikTok radio Radio 1 on TikTok and social media let loose and have the content creators and influencer popular content marketing things on those platforms exclusively and not on air. I think r that as you said an overhaul needs to happen and not seeing it as a populist station but keeping things as new fresh new music. I think Greg will go on his own and that would be his own choice. I do think by now the station could do with new management and a different direction. I said the other day even if it lost two thirds of its audience current audience lost it would still do considerably well. It’s just not going to be as big. A review is something of which is plausible in the near future if any reform in the corporations funding model is considered and when the charter is up for review and needs renewal. If I was to speculate where Matt & Mollie could be best suited is Hits Radio a presenter like Matt will be able to bring some of the entertainment features and ideas that what when Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo joined Greatest Hits Radio had to bring with him. With Mollie’s pop music knowledge and credentials of being from a girl band had hosted music documentaries for radio 1 and supported new pop acts think they could be the big radio names a station like Hits Radio are desperately lacking.
  20. Which I think that is where the bbc are creating / having problems with in terms of over-vetting presenters personal social media accounts and it would be ridiculous for the BBC to over censure and seek to approve certain statements from its presenters. I think it makes a less desirable place to work. Cant imagine the presenters liked to be told how to post.
  21. I mean we’ll know next week about the Capital rumour I can only assume but if it isn’t I like many other listeners will be dumbfounded and be curious on the terms of being sacked by the BBC to be replaced in an unpopular decision by someone two years older who hasn’t had any experience as a radio broadcaster expect a few times of covering shows on the station not the same level of what ticks and engages with the stations audience.
  22. I feel it could happen soon as whether its Capital, Kiss and Hits Radio. I can I see the past few years of poaching has looked at Radio 2 with exodus of Claudia, Graham Norton, Chris Evans, Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo to put a few names down think networks will look at the market south of the over fifties demographics and look who they can snag from 1 Xtra and Radio 1.
  23. I think these days people seem to switch in and out of different stations anyway.
  24. It’s Sam & Danni on drive next week.
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