Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[TheSaviourisHere]

Was just thinking of ideal schedule with the current crop of presenters

Mon-Fri

Early Breakfast- Sam&Danni (Fridays future hosts keep the same)

0630-1000 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James

1000-1245 Sian Eleri

1300-1600 Matt&Mollie

1600-1900 Going Home with Katie&Jordan

1600-1900 Chart Show (Fridays) Jack 

1900-2100 Jack Saunders (Mon-Thurs)

1900-2100 (Fridays) Danny Howard

2100-2200 a different specialist show each night

2200-0000 Alyx Holcombe

2200-0000 (Fridays) Sarah Story

Weekends

0700-1000 Emil Frenchie

1000-1300 Vick Hope 

1300-1600 Arielle Free

1600-1900 Nat O Leary 

1900-2200 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Saturdays)

1900-2200 Rock Show with Nels Hylton (Sundays) 

2200-0000 Chillest Show with Vicky Hawkesworth

Thoughts? What would you guys most ideal line up be of the current crop?

[Old Codger Fan]

Sian Eleri for mid-morning is a bold call ...

... Specialist shows do need a 'stable' position in the schedule (9pm clashes with the R2 specialist shows, for me, though).

Maybe try Jack and Clara together for the 'Evening Sessions'?

A 'hard No' to Rock Show on a Sunday - Fri or Sat is place for that.

[TheSaviourisHere]

6 minutes ago, Old Codger Fan said:

Sian Eleri for mid-morning is a bold call ...

... Specialist shows do need a 'stable' position in the schedule (9pm clashes with the R2 specialist shows, for me, though).

Maybe try Jack and Clara together for the 'Evening Sessions'?

A 'hard No' to Rock Show on a Sunday - Fri or Sat is place for that.

Good shout on Rock Show i never know what day that would suit

[UnofficialStark]

6 minutes ago, Old Codger Fan said:

Sian Eleri for mid-morning is a bold call ...

Is it really? When she covered Dean she was very good at it. Also you could hear her personality broadcasting talents during Murder Mystery.

[lochnessa]

50 minutes ago, UnofficialStark said:

Is it really? When she covered Dean she was very good at it. Also you could hear her personality broadcasting talents during Murder Mystery.

Yes!  When I think about it I would have like to seen her paired with Vicky or Dean.  I like both of them but I think they need a balance for all that ALL ENERGY ALL THE TIME.

[Old Codger Fan]

58 minutes ago, UnofficialStark said:

Is it really? When she covered Dean she was very good at it. Also you could hear her personality broadcasting talents during Murder Mystery.

Wasn't meant in derogatory way - She's just soooh perfect for the darker hours, is all I meant. I rate her highly.

[AndyK77]

Always a fun thread but I almost think it needs to be "ideal line-up after Greg leaves" as few of us would turf Greg off breakfast but in my case I'd love Jordan or Jordan and Katie on breakfast.  I've also worked on the basis that Adele, Rickie and Melvin, Matt and Mollie won't be on the station indefinitely.

I've also made longer shows to keep live programming on-air longer into the evening.

Monday to Friday

0400 - 0700 Early Breakfast with Arielle Free

0700 - 1000 Breakfast with Jordan and Katie

1000 - 1300 Emil Franchi

1300 - 1600 Sam and Danni

1600 - 1900 Jack Saunders on Drive (Chart on Friday until 1800)

1900 - 2200 Combine Future Sounds and Future Artists with Kerri Cosh (Keep Danny Howard at 1800 and Sarah at 2000)

2200 - 0100 Late night show with Jeremiah Asiamah  (Pete Tong Friday).

0100 - 0300 Specialist Shows

Weekends

0700 - 1000 James Cusack

1000 - 1300 Arille Free

1300 - 1600 Vick Hope

1600 - 1900 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Sat) Life Hacks with Vicky Hawkesworth (Sunday)

1900 - 2200 Jeremiah Asiamah (Satuday) New Music of the week with Kerri Cosh (Sunday)

2100 Documentary type show (Sunday)

2200 - 0100 Charlie Tee (Saturday)

2200 - 0000 Indie Show with Nels Hylton

[BBCAaron]

1 hour ago, TheSaviourisHere said:

Was just thinking of ideal schedule with the current crop of presenters

Mon-Fri

Early Breakfast- Sam&Danni (Fridays future hosts keep the same)

0630-1000 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James

1000-1245 Sian Eleri

1300-1600 Matt&Mollie

1600-1900 Going Home with Katie&Jordan

1600-1900 Chart Show (Fridays) Jack 

1900-2100 Jack Saunders (Mon-Thurs)

1900-2100 (Fridays) Danny Howard

2100-2200 a different specialist show each night

2200-0000 Alyx Holcombe

2200-0000 (Fridays) Sarah Story

Weekends

0700-1000 Emil Frenchie

1000-1300 Vick Hope 

1300-1600 Arielle Free

1600-1900 Nat O Leary 

1900-2200 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Saturdays)

1900-2200 Rock Show with Nels Hylton (Sundays) 

2200-0000 Chillest Show with Vicky Hawkesworth

Thoughts? What would you guys most ideal line up be of the current crop?

I personally would have big rock and alternative on Thursday nights with the rock and alternative stuff as to radio 1’s very dances stuff. Dont think would give Alyx two hour nightly stuff as it works good keeping the hy-brid of Kerrang Radio and the Rock Introducting would find it odd to have Hawkesworth over Eleri to do Chillest show but 2200-0100 where it needs to be chillest show

[AndyK77]

51 minutes ago, AndyK77 said:

Always a fun thread but I almost think it needs to be "ideal line-up after Greg leaves" as few of us would turf Greg off breakfast but in my case I'd love Jordan or Jordan and Katie on breakfast.  I've also worked on the basis that Adele, Rickie and Melvin, Matt and Mollie won't be on the station indefinitely.

I've also made longer shows to keep live programming on-air longer into the evening.

Monday to Friday

0400 - 0700 Early Breakfast with Arielle Free

0700 - 1000 Breakfast with Jordan and Katie

1000 - 1300 Emil Franchi

1300 - 1600 Sam and Danni

1600 - 1900 Jack Saunders on Drive (Chart on Friday until 1800)

1900 - 2200 Combine Future Sounds and Future Artists with Kerri Cosh (Keep Danny Howard at 1800 and Sarah at 2000)

2200 - 0100 Late night show with Jeremiah Asiamah  (Pete Tong Friday).

0100 - 0300 Specialist Shows

Weekends

0700 - 1000 James Cusack

1000 - 1300 Arille Free

1300 - 1600 Vick Hope

1600 - 1900 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Sat) Life Hacks with Vicky Hawkesworth (Sunday)

1900 - 2200 Jeremiah Asiamah (Satuday) New Music of the week with Kerri Cosh (Sunday)

2100 Documentary type show (Sunday)

2200 - 0100 Charlie Tee (Saturday)

2200 - 0000 Indie Show with Nels Hylton

I should say that I struggle to suggest changes to the current line-up as I largely like it and think it's a fairly good line-up

The only bits I'd possibly change are Vick and Dean for the reasons I've already said (too excitable for that timeslot - might work on breakfast or drive on some station) and Clara (who I think is a great presenter but I think for new music you need the explosion of passion).  Plus Katie for Vick with Jordan.

So in other words I agree with the original poster ? @TheSaviourisHere

[BBCAaron]

19 minutes ago, AndyK77 said:

I should say that I struggle to suggest changes to the current line-up as I largely like it and think it's a fairly good line-up

The only bits I'd possibly change are Vick and Dean for the reasons I've already said (too excitable for that timeslot - might work on breakfast or drive on some station) and Clara (who I think is a great presenter but I think for new music you need the explosion of passion).  Plus Katie for Vick with Jordan.

So in other words I agree with the original poster ? @TheSaviourisHere

I agree on the comments of Clara Amfo not being best suited with Future Sounds but think Jack Saunders should be the one for that slot.

if I was rescheduling I’d least have Melvin, Rickie, Charlie, Clara, Matt, Mollie, Greg and Dan P Carter moving on and even Pete Tong with move to Radio 2 do feel eventually Benji would move his show to 6M

[TheSaviourisHere]

1 hour ago, AndyK77 said:

Always a fun thread but I almost think it needs to be "ideal line-up after Greg leaves" as few of us would turf Greg off breakfast but in my case I'd love Jordan or Jordan and Katie on breakfast.  I've also worked on the basis that Adele, Rickie and Melvin, Matt and Mollie won't be on the station indefinitely.

I've also made longer shows to keep live programming on-air longer into the evening.

Monday to Friday

0400 - 0700 Early Breakfast with Arielle Free

0700 - 1000 Breakfast with Jordan and Katie

1000 - 1300 Emil Franchi

1300 - 1600 Sam and Danni

1600 - 1900 Jack Saunders on Drive (Chart on Friday until 1800)

1900 - 2200 Combine Future Sounds and Future Artists with Kerri Cosh (Keep Danny Howard at 1800 and Sarah at 2000)

2200 - 0100 Late night show with Jeremiah Asiamah  (Pete Tong Friday).

0100 - 0300 Specialist Shows

Weekends

0700 - 1000 James Cusack

1000 - 1300 Arille Free

1300 - 1600 Vick Hope

1600 - 1900 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Sat) Life Hacks with Vicky Hawkesworth (Sunday)

1900 - 2200 Jeremiah Asiamah (Satuday) New Music of the week with Kerri Cosh (Sunday)

2100 Documentary type show (Sunday)

2200 - 0100 Charlie Tee (Saturday)

2200 - 0000 Indie Show with Nels Hylton

Love the idea of Jack on Drive. But why getting rid of Greg?

[BBCAaron]

1 hour ago, AndyK77 said:

Always a fun thread but I almost think it needs to be "ideal line-up after Greg leaves" as few of us would turf Greg off breakfast but in my case I'd love Jordan or Jordan and Katie on breakfast.  I've also worked on the basis that Adele, Rickie and Melvin, Matt and Mollie won't be on the station indefinitely.

I've also made longer shows to keep live programming on-air longer into the evening.

Monday to Friday

0400 - 0700 Early Breakfast with Arielle Free

0700 - 1000 Breakfast with Jordan and Katie

1000 - 1300 Emil Franchi

1300 - 1600 Sam and Danni

1600 - 1900 Jack Saunders on Drive (Chart on Friday until 1800)

1900 - 2200 Combine Future Sounds and Future Artists with Kerri Cosh (Keep Danny Howard at 1800 and Sarah at 2000)

2200 - 0100 Late night show with Jeremiah Asiamah  (Pete Tong Friday).

0100 - 0300 Specialist Shows

Weekends

0700 - 1000 James Cusack

1000 - 1300 Arille Free

1300 - 1600 Vick Hope

1600 - 1900 Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges (Sat) Life Hacks with Vicky Hawkesworth (Sunday)

1900 - 2200 Jeremiah Asiamah (Satuday) New Music of the week with Kerri Cosh (Sunday)

2100 Documentary type show (Sunday)

2200 - 0100 Charlie Tee (Saturday)

2200 - 0000 Indie Show with Nels Hylton

Rather than doing documentary show on sunday evenings I would think that if BBC had simplified rebrand and reshape of the factual podcasting and programming that having Newsbeat at least turn the 15 minute daily newsbeat into something that could be podcastable but if the newsbeat presenters did podcast series that came synonymously promoted and targetted to Radio 1’s audience that would be better than a one hour time slot but in-terms of documentary stuff when Radio 1 does informative I prefer it to be something organic as Lifehacks. Why before advocated for one of the daily time slots to have some embedded conversations would see in Lifehacks and relate to newsbeat or stuff like that having smart ways of embedding one to three minute length mini documentary conversations in a one show in the daytime schedule that would have a text, tweet, whats app question linked with it and embedding the listeners responses into short links in between songs and having odd semi length interviews like with lifehacks where put listeners questions forward. Interms of the documentary stuff would think the Radio 1 and 1 Xtra stories programme doesn’t feel like fitting format that fits with the audience having a longer show where could fit small bits of content that could happen mid day. As TikTok shows short form is way to go and think its finding fine balance of embedding suggested having ‘Groupchat’ as a daily daytime show before where could do this mixed in with funny stories and certain movie, music reviews and in line with the playlist.

But in terms of other informative content the station should do is maybe do LifeHacks live Q&A online only through likes of instagram live, youtube, tiktok, twitter spaces and the likes and find digital all together brand for the informative and helpful stuff for a young audience that is multi-platform 

[BBCAaron]

7 minutes ago, TheSaviourisHere said:

Love the idea of Jack on Drive. But why getting rid of Greg?

I think Jack going to drive unless he gets to do the music specialism bit of waste of his talents if he had that slot could last out and leave a Zane Lowe esq legacy. With Greg doing five to six years by the next change think he has had his run so I see reasons for moving him on

[AndyK77]

2 hours ago, TheSaviourisHere said:

Love the idea of Jack on Drive. But why getting rid of Greg?

Only as I am basing my fantasy schedule on the logic that it is based on Greg having decided to move on.

Otherwise I wouldn't shift him. 

[TheSaviourisHere]

I would like to see Greg see out this year anf next before the change. For me he is still too good