Do you want to work in radio?

[the_grove]

Sara Cox is off today. I read on Twitter that Edith would be doing a double-shift. But what's actually hapenning is this:

Between 1100 and 1200, they broadcast pre-recorded stuff from the Big Weekend, with Vernon presenting. From 1200 to 1300, a Chris Moyles best-of-guests is being played out.

They have pre-recorded bits from Edith inbetween, announcing that it's prerecorded.

And how bad is it done: just before 1200, a Big Weekend record of JLS' "The Club is alive" was played. The second song in the pre-recorded Moyles part was...you're right: JLS' "The Club is alive". Also, mistakes in time planning: they had to end a record half-way through to broadcast the news, with the news jingle crashing into pre-recorded Edith. Sounds like amateur's work.

How utterly disappointing. Don't they check these things? And should a national BBC radio station like Radio 1 not be able to find a replacement for a Sunday mid-day show in the first place?

[kyle_y]

They should have done a simulcast with 1Xtra. Radio 1 weekends are in need of Twin B, and this was the perfect opportunity.

[R94N]

Maybe it was at short notice or something. I didn't listen so I don't know what it was like.

[Jono]

She said she was on-air on Sunday so must have been last minute as mentioned above.

[Viv]

Maybe it was at short notice or something. I didn't listen so I don't know what it was like.

It was a bloody fiasco. Sounded awful as well.

[Hammer]

Even if she was ill, surely her producers were still there? The pauses as they went to Newsbeat from the pre-recorded Moyles bit were ridiculous.

[Viv]

*nods* I forgot the state of the 1130 news as well!! :hahaha:

Did you hear Jo Whiley's comment as she began her show!! :hahaha:

[the_grove]

Fiasco sums it up quite well.

Someone being off ill on short notice happens, you won't be able to prevent that. But you should have a plan in order to deal with the situation. It's quite easy to "book" a stand-in presenter for every live show, just in case. Even if you just need to use an alternative plan once or twice a year...we are talking national BBC Radio here, not Viking FM. No-one would care about the latter, but I wouldn't be surprised it loads of people switched to different stations yesterday. What a news junction that was at 1130...disaster

Producer Rachel's first real challenge, I guess.

[kyle_y]

*nods* I forgot the state of the 1130 news as well!! :hahaha:

Did you hear Jo Whiley's comment as she began her show!! :hahaha:

What did she say?

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

A 'Fiasco' would happen on 'that' DJ's show, complete no-show or is there more to this?

[Tom.]

she was ill. what more could there be to it?

[Tom.]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00w0bx9/Sara_Cox_Edith_Bowman_The_Best_of_Radio_1s_Big_Weekend_and_The_Best_Of_Chris_Moyles_Guests!/

[Viv]

She didn't tell them until the 11th hour apparently. I'm inclined to agree with Doovde, btw.

And Jo said something about the Show being "different", or something like that in a sarcastic tone.

[kyle_y]

Since when does Sara not pre-record her Sunday show then?

[Jono]

Since when does Sara not pre-record her Sunday show then?

She hasn't pre-recorded it in a while has she? That's why Matt Edmondson often covers.

I imagine either someone was ill very last minute or something happened. You tend not to be ill and only ring in an hour or so before...

[The Stig]

Nihal is in for Sara today, still ill?

[abertom]

Nah this was preplanned think I posted about it somewhere he's in next week too

[DarkAngelMJH]

I like listening to Nihal at the weekend again.

[The Stig]

He's underused, but you could say the same for Coxy herself, Huw Stephens and Matt Edmonson. There's a lot of competition for slots on Radio 1, which is why I'm surprised they persist with Edith Bowman who simply isn't as good as any of the above and Jo Whiley, who is a great radio presenter but for me sounds too old for Radio 1 now.

[oli]

He's underused, but you could say the same for Coxy herself, Huw Stephens and Matt Edmonson. There's a lot of competition for slots on Radio 1, which is why I'm surprised they persist with Edith Bowman who simply isn't as good as any of the above and Jo Whiley, who is a great radio presenter but for me sounds too old for Radio 1 now.

Edith's off and Jo, who I love, is appearing on all the Radio 2 adverts.

But huw needs to be used more and Nihal was quite a good listen today

[Viv]

I normally like Nihal, but yesterday...... well, thanx for boring me to death talking about 'man flu' for an entire hour.

DJs!! Seriously, get the message, only talk about something for so long, or it becomes beyond tedious.

[daniel_jp]

I listened to a Podcast from Coxys last show in for scott a couple of weeks back and I heard someone say something like "will you do that on your sunday show" and she said "who knows if Ill be here" . Makes it sound like to me she was thinking about not coming in!

[kyle_y]

I listened to a Podcast from Coxys last show in for scott a couple of weeks back and I heard someone say something like "will you do that on your sunday show" and she said "who knows if Ill be here" . Makes it sound like to me she was thinking about not coming in!

Haha! Well to be honest, whenever we (or me anyway) go out the night before work/school/college/uni, we all have a slight feeling that we might be left with no alternative but to call in sick the morning after.