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Scott is the longest running Radio 1 Chart Show presenter since Mark Goodier (7 years, 208 days) left back in 2002. He has presented for 4 years and 64 days according to Wikipedia. Only Reggie Yates (3 years, 87 days) would top that if you counted his stint with Fearne Cotton beforehand (1 year, 341 days).

So who has been your favourite presenter? I'd say Mark was the king of presenting - but out of all those who have arrived since Scott definetly deserves that crown for the last two decades - someone who has been frequent cover for the show since he joined Radio 1. He even launched the download chart and the mid-week chart (whoooo?!)

 

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That's a fair call @Jono. 

 

Mark Goodier still doing the adverts for the NOW albums shows just how influential he was on the chart and arguably one of the best of all time.  You actually miss he did the chart for an earlier stint too.  1 year 153 days on Wiki.

But I agree Scott has been really good on the chart thanks to injecting some of his fun into it. 

I wasn't a fan of some of the presenters like Jameela Jamil but I think Jack Saunders has the potential to be one of the best.

 

 

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Just uploaded Scott presenting Top of the Pops for the first time in '99.

They don't make them like those guys anymore with their passion for charts. But definitely keen to see what Jack does with the chart. I think, sadly, the show will have to evolve for a new generation.

 

 

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7 hours ago, Jono said:

Scott is the longest running Radio 1 Chart Show presenter since Mark Goodier (7 years, 208 days) left back in 2002. He has presented for 4 years and 64 days according to Wikipedia. Only Reggie Yates (3 years, 87 days) would top that if you counted his stint with Fearne Cotton beforehand (1 year, 341 days).

So who has been your favourite presenter? I'd say Mark was the king of presenting - but out of all those who have arrived since Scott definetly deserves that crown for the last two decades - someone who has been frequent cover for the show since he joined Radio 1. He even launched the download chart and the mid-week chart (whoooo?!)

 

I did like hearing Jameela Jamie presenting it as it was the music of my teenage year she’d play. That is a quick run off the chart it feels it didn’t feel that long. Know Clara Amfo was the shortest run of the chart.

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In terms of modern presenters, I think both Wes Butters and JK & Joel were solid hosts who get an unfair amount of hate. Listening back to their shows, they were all good presenters who did exactly what was asked of them, but were forced to put up with some dire format changes (Wes doing a 40 minute album chart when Simon Mayo was already hosting a dedicated album chart show on Radio 2 at the same time etc). JK & Joel were lucky that their own complaints off-air led to a major overhaul in 2006 when almost anything non-Top 40 related was dropped.

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I used to hate the chart growing up. I found it super boring, and I kind of resented the feeling that I was supposed to care how popular these songs were. 

I grew to like it more under Greg, and then more again under Scott. Having given it a bit of thought recently, I think I know why. It's because I know these presenters for more than the chart show. For me, presenters like Reggie, JK and Joel, Jameela Jamal… I wanted to get to know them a bit more, but the pesky chart format got in the way. Does that make any sense?

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