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My fave is Grimmy on breakfast (sorry!) although I think it's a real shame that Moyles isn't around. Least Favourite is Mills leaving drive and his replacement being Greg James. I'd have been less upset if I rated his replacement because Scott got a fairly good deal by being able to stay on weekdays daytime.

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To be honest I hardly listen to Radio 1 anymore, because of the changes and I feel too old for it. But I am glad Scott is still on, it never bothered me that much that he moved to 1-4, so I still listen to him in the car and such.

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I miss Moyles terribly on Breakfast but I don't mind Grimmy either. Would always prefer Moyles to be back though as liked the chat from 6:30-7:00. The thing I like most about Greg's show is the first proper link with the godawful puns but Scott was my fave on Drivetime.

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Best change: Fearne's temporary absence while she's off squeezing a baby out. I don't have much time for her, she is an adult whose on air persona is similar to that of a child and I don't like this pandering to teen fads business which she is rather guilty of I'm afraid. I've also warmed to Sara in a big way over the last couple of years so its quite nice to hear her on the radio a bit more often.

Worst change: Without a doubt the farce that has been the breakfast show change. I'm not Grimshaw bashing for the sake of it, I genuinely can't stand him and have thought he was unbearable even when he was doing his night time show and I used to accidently catch bits and pieces of it. I was, and still am, a huge fan of Moyles and think its absolutely disgusting the way he was binned off simply because they think they'll get more idiot kids listening if they have an equally idiotic presenter. Don't get me wrong, I know the day would come where he would either leave or get dumped, I just think they should have got a far far more capable and normal person as his replacement. I've not listened to the show at all since it changed, the closest I ever got was Tina at the start one day doing the news but then it went off. Sorry, but I have a higher intelligence than that.

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Looks like Moyles won't be coming back either, I did read somewhere that he's rejected an evening slot at Radio 1. Thing is for me, he's much better than doing all these bullshit love show things on Sky Living. He's a radio person, and dropping into stuff like that won't help him in the long run I reckon.

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Hear, hear!! Good on him for telling management where to shove it. But someone else needs to snap him back up for radio. Problem is... who, and where?! Where do you go when you've held the biggest radio slot in the UK? Hmmm

Best: Sara Cox in.

Worst: Moyles out.

Actually this whole "Moyles" thing has STILL got me in a state of confusion - I still can't quite listen to Grimmy (although I may try - AGAIN). I am still with Chris Evans for brekkie, who has become a bit more tolerable, but Ken Bruce has much more of a funny personality. However, when it comes to suddenly switching back to Radio 1, I randomly discover new music I like (and am now not quite sure what it is). I sometimes listen to Scott, but the whole "package" of Radio 1 has become so confusing and chavvy and desperate....

Hopefully, with listening figures to come in the future, which I feel may drop more and more, rather than them getting what they want, they may backtrack? I don't know.

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They're not just interested in the raw figures though, they're interested in how many of a certain demographic are listening. If they're doing well in that respect, they're doing well.

I take your point, but management idea of "doing well" isn't mine. Filling up listener world with chavs is gonna bring the station to breaking point. I reckon anyhow. Could be wrong.

Once Mills is gone, it's all f* for me, I'm afraid.

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