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Reggie in for Greg James for 1 week


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This is interesting! Will be good to hear Reggie again when he has the freedom to do a show and not the strict format shows he does at the weekend. Iv always thought he would get a perm daytime slot eventually if he stayed aroundlong enough! Not looking forward to the Reggie/Fearne handovers though!

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I think Dev would be reeling if they did..

I think Dev will be next to go. I have never really heard good things about him and even when i had 12 months of doing earlies i never really liked listening to him as it always sounded so forced or rehearsed which is totally the opposite to Moyles' off the cuff humour for example.

Reggie in for Greg, that's an interesting one, a possible test for a near schedule change?

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A shame really Huw is on weekends as he was ideal in this slot when Greg was away.

Years ago the weekend DJ's used to fill in during the week far more frequently than they do now. I hope just becuase Huw now does weekends he doesn't stop covering during the week. Say Greg has a fortnight off, surely Huw could fill in while Matt, Jaymo and Andy George or Jemma from 1Xtra covered the weekends.

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Years ago the weekend DJ's used to fill in during the week far more frequently than they do now. .

Thats true. It hardly happens now - weekends used to be where the up and coming presenters made their name, got a bit of daytime exposure before getting a regular weekday slot. Its changed the last few years with Reggie, vernon & Jo and Edith at the weekends who clearly didnt want to do cover.

I hate at the moment how when someone is off the whole daytime schedule gets changed while they move people all over the place. doesnt work.

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Thats true. It hardly happens now - weekends used to be where the up and coming presenters made their name, got a bit of daytime exposure before getting a regular weekday slot. Its changed the last few years with Reggie, vernon & Jo and Edith at the weekends who clearly didnt want to do cover.

I hate at the moment how when someone is off the whole daytime schedule gets changed while they move people all over the place. doesnt work.

Couldn't agree more. Colin and Edith were on weekends and covered breakfast before they got the 1-4 slot. There are countless other examples. The schedule doesn't need to change round for anything except breakfast. That's the big show so should have the biggest names presenting it, namely Scott and Chris. But at weekends they have loads of people who can cover shows, Sara Cox, Reggie, Huw etc, even Edith Bowman. Then surely in 1Xtra DJ's surely they have the perfect replacements and are monitoring up and coming talent at the same time.

Plus I hope if Matt's show becomes a success he gets the chance to fill in for Greg, or maybe even Fearne? I think he'd be a perfect fill in for her entertainment and music based show.

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And don't really get it...there is a weekend DJ covering for Greg now, so all business as usual. It was irritating indeed that they had Scott to breakfast, Greg on drive and Dev or someone else doing Greg's show, but that's not happening this time. Last week, Grimshaw was doing Scott's show, not Reggie is on for Greg - Both nice experiments, methinks. Reggie is doing a good job at the moment.

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04:00 - 06.30 - Matt Edmonson in for Dev

06.30 - 10.00 - Scott Mills in for Chris Moyles

10.00 - 13.00 - Fearne Cotton

13.00 - 16.00 - Dev in for Greg James

16.00 - 19.00 - Greg James in for Scott Mills

That is too much disruption for a station. I'm on a student radio station and when our schedule gets mucked up too much because of cover it annoys me, let alone the biggest national radio station in the country. It's time Radio 1 (as they are doing this week) put faith in its weekend DJ's. You've made the decsision to put Greg on afternoon's, stick to it. In Matt Edmondson, Huw Stephens, Sara Cox, Annie Mac and Reggie Yates they have more than capable cover DJ's. I do think its a good idea to put Dev in for Greg sometimes, to give him the experience, but for the most part keep things simple R1!

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There really should be some kind of rule/policy at the station with the people who manage the schedule and covers no more then 2 of the daytime/weekend DJ's per week should be away/out of normal shows, for example.

I manage a team of 8 managers and have to make sure that no more than 2 are away at anyone time, or I don't have enough people to cover shifts properly, or get everyones tasks covered - basically we have a week of shit - i get one person to cover another and then another and theres always one thing that gets neglected! Its kind of the same principle.

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