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Following on from a short discussion on chrismoyles.net, I would like to know what people think.

Radio 1 has a target age range of listeners, yet certain guests (for example, Tom Jones), are brought into the Studio, which basically probably won't interest the majority of listeners.

Why does this happen? Is there such a struggle to obtain suitable guests that this HAS to happen, or what?

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Following on from a short discussion on chrismoyles.net, I would like to know what people think.

Radio 1 has a target age range of listeners, yet certain guests (for example, Tom Jones), are brought into the Studio, which basically probably won't interest the majority of listeners.

Why does this happen? Is there such a struggle to obtain suitable guests that this HAS to happen, or what?

You mean this from the Ask Aled section

icon_post_target.gifby Aled » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:59 pm

<cite>bwfcol wrote:</cite>Aled, you often talk about having to be in line with your target audience. However, some guests don't always fit with that. You mentioned John Barrowman coming in soon, is that because Chris likes him? Or because the BBC are saying he has to come on the show?

Despite being a legend, how many of your listeners bought Sir Tom Jones new album? How many want to hear Sherdan Smith?

I'm not having a go, I'm genuinely interested if you're allowed guests that might not quite meet Radio 1's target audience on a regular basis or is it really hard work to get management to say yes?

The best way I could describe our guest policy is first and foremost who would Chris like in. After that we balance many different factors, appealing to a young audience, who'd make an interesting interview, cross-promotion for a BBC show etc

Each guest will serve one of the secondary needs - but all will be guests that Chris has an interest in meeting and having on the show.

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You mean this from the Ask Aled section

Aled: we balance many different factors, appealing to a young audience, who'd make an interesting interview, etc.

Viv: Right, this is what I am trying to get at. "appealing to a young audience". R1 have DJs like the Cotton (nice + young), etc., etc. - the BBC Trust say they have to appeal to a younger age still, yet at the same time, we get guests like Tom Jones and Michael Buble.

Contradictory. Despite Tom Jones being entertaining (as John was saying in the other forum), it still remains a contradiction.

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think back to the guests that Evans had on tfi friday, Tom Jones etc was always on it, anyway who want's to hear JLS & Cheryl Cole being interviewed, they have no discernible talent they are only where they are because they are marketable & basically prostituting themselves, if they have nothing to sell they won't do interviews, Tom Jones etc have interesting things to talk about that they have experienced in their careers, the only things the x-factor crowed will have to say is how they were plucked from nowhere, won a talent show biased on their marketability, fell out of clubs (pissed & showing everyone that you don't ware knickers [if your a girl] shagging slut whores {so they can sell the story} [if your a bloke] then got dropped after one album of covers because the next talentless prick came along, you ended up taking to drink & drugs & wound up in rehab. you then found god (or something) & have tried to re-launch your career, thus the reason you are doing a million interviews nobody wants to hear.

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I believe the guests should be diverse think how BBC switchy it would be if it was just Ndubz, JLS, Cheryl Cole etc

Tom Jones, Michael Caines etc have amazing life experience that younger listeners would be attracted to.

Exactly. Considering it's an interview, it must be assumed that people who have lived long, fascinating lives will have something far more interesting to say than N-Dubz would, for instance.

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Just because people are young, doesn't mean they won't find older people interesting, entertaining and want to hear about them. Tom Jones for example is a music legend, so it makes sense a music station such as R1 should have him on, though I totally understand the point people are rasing.

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