Jo Whiley annoys me!

[bensteele 46]

Hey all!

Newsbeat have uploaded the new package to YouTube, so there's no need to get up early tomorrow morning to listen to it! Hear it here:

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What do you think?

[tr15 10]

I like the feelgood vibe it has, but could be too feelgood for the news?. I'll still be getting up at 06:30 though to hear how the bed works over the news!

[tr15 10]

Listen Watch Share is gone! I like it at the moment, but I think it'll grow on me even more as weeks go on.

[bensteele 46]

Listen Watch Share is gone! I like it at the moment, but I think it'll grow on me even more as weeks go on.

I built myself up for something that it really wasn't. The intro is too slow for a service such as Newsbeat in my opinion, and Radio 1 doesn't really do weather apart from in the breakfast bulletins. Listen, Watch Share is indeed dead, and what has replaced it is nothing but a generic-sounding piece of crap. It doesn't do Newsbeat justice.

[OohErr 231]

Ooh this is so difficult! I don't know whether to listen to it now or wait to hear it on air tomorrow! AGHHHHHH! Its so tempting, just one click away...

[Ant L 51]

Had a few listens, and I actually quite like them. They seem to have a good balance between serious-sounding yet keeping within the overall sound of Radio 1/1Xtra. There's a decent build-up which I feel the last package lacked.

The sonic logo isn't hugely original - it's basically just the same note twice. But times have changed since the 1tro days and Radio 1 doesn't have a four-note logo anymore so I suppose the news should be no different.

I'll reserve my full judgement until I hear it on-air tomorrow but so far I'm impressed.

[bensteele 46]

Ooh this is so difficult! I don't know whether to listen to it now or wait to hear it on air tomorrow! AGHHHHHH! Its so tempting, just one click away...

Go on..... click it! There's some cool graphics too you know....

[Ant L 51]

Interestingly it appears the package was composed by Dan Mumford, the previous Station Sound Manager who left just over a year ago to start his own firm.

[bensteele 46]

Had a few listens, and I actually quite like them. They seem to have a good balance between serious-sounding yet keeping within the overall sound of Radio 1/1Xtra. There's a decent build-up which I feel the last package lacked.

The sonic logo isn't hugely original - it's basically just the same note twice. But times have changed since the 1tro days and Radio 1 doesn't have a four-note logo anymore so I suppose the news should be no different.

I'll reserve my full judgement until I hear it on-air tomorrow but so far I'm impressed.

It's sounding a little more childish and newsround in my opinion. I'm a sort-of fan of the main bed, but... that could just be a generic bed from their library, because that's how it sounds.

[Radio1Beats 11]

Okay... Not sure if I am a fan or not. I do like it but i am not sure on the tune that features throughout! Will have to listen tomorrow to decide!

[BlueSkies 12]

Can't decide if I like it or not really. Will see how it sounds properly tomorrow. I think the sport bed is probably the best bit, quite like that.

[BlueSkies 12]

It's sounding a little more childish and newsround in my opinion. I'm a sort-of fan of the main bed, but... that could just be a generic bed from their library, because that's how it sounds.

Newsround is exactly what I thought when I first heard it too.

[tr15 10]

Here is the first Newsbeat with the all new theme! Neither Adele or Huw mentioned about it being the first one, however I'm more than sure Greg will later

First ever Newsbeat with new theme - 5th January 2015.mp3

[OohErr 231]

Wow Tyler, you're on the ball. So in the end, I waited until this morning to hear it and...

I quite like it. It's not the return to the 2000-2006 style and quality packages I was hoping for, but I'm glad they've kept the in. In terms of the actual jingles, I liked them. Well paced, etc. Better than the 2011 package IMO.

[forde52 44]

It's not bad actually! A little bit gutted that the "Listen Watch Share" strap line has gone though. I'm interested to hear how they use it in the 12:45 newsbeat program!

[OohErr 231]

A little bit gutted that the "Listen Watch Share" strap line has gone though.

I never liked that much. Much preferred "digital, FM, online", it made so much more sense and just sounded better.

The tagline on this new one works. I like it. Also like the way it pulses with the beat.

[tr15 10]

Do you think they will still be doing the Entertainment news and if so will it have a new sound?

[forde52 44]

Much preferred "digital, FM, online"

Totally agree with you there! Was a much better strapline. I think this new package will really grow on me!

as far as i know there was new Entertainment beds commissioned with this package as well.

[tr15 10]

Huw was talking about the new newsbeat music after 7:30 news.

[bensteele 46]

After hearing it with the content over the top, I have now decided that I dislike it. The bed into news sounds too slow and the sport bed (from how I heard it, anyway) sounded pretty indistinguishable. Jonathan, the newsreader at the time of listening (10:30 bulletin), was talking about Syria and it was too fast. It took away from the actual news. And the "BBC...Radio....1" is too slow, and there's no Newsbeat ident at the start either.

All in all, meh.

[Ant L 51]

Small observation - for the first time in many years the same ending (stab?) is now used on breakfast and daytime updates (excluding the ramp version at the start of the breakfast show)

[bensteele 46]

Small observation - for the first time in many years the same ending (stab?) is now used on breakfast and daytime updates (excluding the ramp version at the start of the breakfast show)

This isn't getting much better :/

[OohErr 231]

Small observation - for the first time in many years the same ending (stab?) is now used on breakfast and daytime updates (excluding the ramp version at the start of the breakfast show)

I noticed this too! I never really understood why they used different outs in the first place at different times of day.

Also, did anybody else think Jonathan Blake (I think that was who was reading the news this morning, I can't remember) had the beds a bit low this morning? Would have preferred them to be more obvious, but apart from that, I like them.

[OohErr 231]

Oh, also, Greg obviously mentioned them today- he didn't seem too keen. He was lamenting the loss of being able to sing "that, was, the news" at the end of the bulletin.

[bensteele 46]

Oh, also, Greg obviously mentioned them today- he didn't seem too keen. He was lamenting the loss of being able to sing "that, was, the news" at the end of the bulletin.

He sounded much more excited within the podcast. Well, what a flop.