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I know this has been done before but I'm interested: rate the Radio1 daytime DJs in your order of preference. That's Dev, Chris, Fearne, Greg, Scott, Edith, Vernon, Sara, Huw and Reggie. Go go go!

1) Chris Moyles

2) Scott Mills

3) Greg James

4) Sara Cox

5) Huw Stephens

6) Dev

7) Edith Bowman

8 ) Vernon Kay

9) Reggie Yates

10) Fearne Cotton

And Matt Edmondson doesn't count cos he's not a daytime DJ, but if he did he'd be in at number 3ish :)

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1 ) Chris Moyles

2 ) Scott Mills

3 ) Reggie Yates

4 ) Edith Bowman

5 ) Fearne Cotton

6 ) Dev

7 ) Greg James

8 ) Huw Stephens

9 ) Vernon Kay

10 ) Sara Cox

I will add that I can't say I've heard too much of Huw and to an extent Greg and Dev, so that's the reason they may be further down the list than they otherwise might be.

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1. Scott Mills - Listened to him since Early breakfast days and he has just got better. His shows are so carefully planned but seem so off the cuff with brilliant features!

2. Chris Moyles - What can I say! He is just the saviour of radio 1! Love the mayhem!

3. Sara Cox - The most entertaining time of my day when sara is on the radio - love it when she covers ANYONE! She suits any time of day!

4. Huw Stephens - Him and Greg should swap as he has a much bigger appeal and perfect personality to hold a show

5. Reggie Yates - Shame he only has set format shows as I think he would be much better on a free show

6. Edith Bowman - Its only once she left weekdays I realised just how good a listen she was

7. Greg James - Promoted to early and needed more time to gain a following - weekends should have been next!

8. Vernon Kay - used to be pretty high but over the last year or 2 iv gone off him

9. Dev - Entertaining enough for earlies and occasional cover but not a regular listen as is quite dull

10. Fearne Cotton - Doesnt deserve the slot she has!!

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1)Sara Cox- brilliantly entertaining, deserves a far far better show than that she is stuck with.

2) Chris Moyles- irreplacible.

3) Reggie Yates- very listenable, deserved to be promoted over Cotton (their joint shows were always far more entertaining when it was just him than her floundering on her own).

4) Scott Mills- like him but his show can tend to sound fake/contrived.

5) Edith Bowman- has gone way up in my estimations since being replaced by a personality-free robot.

6 ) Vernon Kay- bearable.

7) Greg James- why does he have a national radio show? So bland and devoid of any individuality, really does not deserve to be the so-called future of BBC Radio 1.

8 ) Huw Stephens- well done, you were born in Wales. Any need to mention it every 5 minutes? Wholly underwhelming replacement for Jo Whiley- even feels the need to rip off the Seven Song Shuffle. In essence, complete filler radio- non-essential, put-it-on-if-there's-nothing-better-to-do listening.

9) Fearne Cotton- and well done to you, you're younger than Jo Whiley. Vacuous drivel radio, parachuted in because she's nearer the target audience age. Personifies 'beige'. Typifies the 'age over talent' approach of current BBC Radio 1 thinking.

10) Dev- simply awful. Find a better replacement, someone who doesn't have such ridiculous intonation.

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1. Chris

2. Scott

3. Sara

4. Huw

5. Vernon

6. Fearne

7. Greg (He has got extremely big headed over the last couple of years)

8. Dev

9. Reggie

10. Edith (She is great when covering Grimmy, but awful on weekend breakfast. It's so bloody boring listening to her wang on about films all the time)

Capes :)

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1. Scott Mills

2. Huw Stevens

3. Sara Cox

4. Greg James

5. Dev

6. Chris Moyles

7. Fearne Cotton

8. Reggie Yates

9. Edith Bowman

10. Vernon Kay

I really like the first three esp. Scott

I like Greg but he's no where as near as good as we're led to believe

Dev amuses me but it's always a little awkward

Non Comittal about Chris

Fearne is OK, don't mind her but don't willingly listen ditto Reggie

Edith and Vernon dislike

After looking at that I can't believe they let Jo leave :( I'd like to here more Andy George + Jaymo and Adam Catteral as well

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1. Dev (I live in Australia so he is like my drive time show and I find him funny)

2. Greg James

3. Edith Bowan

4. Chris Moyles

5. Reggie Yates

6. Scott Mills

7. Huw Stephens

8. Vernon Kay

9. Fearne Cotton

10. Sara Cox

What have I got?

Bits and Bobs

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Radio 1 Daytime

1. Scott

2. Chris Moyles's Team

3. Adam Catterall

4. Greg James

5. Matt Edmondson

6. Sara Cox

7. Edith Bowman

8. Hew Stephens

9. Reggie Yates

10. Fearne Cotton

DJs in general

1. MistaJam

2. Scott

3. Simon Hirst

4. Adam Catterall

5. Danny Oakes

6. Nihal

7. Annie Nightingale

8. Kissy Sell Out

9. Annie Mac

10. Richard Bacon

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