What might cover look like after September?

[Intercity_225]

For some reason there is 'Summer on Radio 1' listed on Sunday 2nd June, could this be replacing M&M until July?

[ianwilk1999]

5 hours ago, Darren m said:

They seem to be using James more for cover now makes me think it will be him getting weekends eitjer breakfast or 1 till 4 

Yeah he's on more than usual including this Sunday and then 3 more shows in May according to the above. Makes me think it's James for the weekend shows also

[Ash101]

2 hours ago, GregJames_fan said:

For some reason there is 'Summer on Radio 1' listed on Sunday 2nd June, could this be replacing M&M until July?

It’s on Saturday and Friday that week too.

I guess this would make sense, as it gives them roughly 6 weeks off weekends until they start the new show?

[Dan18F1]

The Summer on Radio 1 thing makes me wonder whether they might be doing something similar to last year again where they have a temporary schedule over the summer before introducing changes in September - maybe the new host won’t start until after the summer?

[Intercity_225]

8 hours ago, Dan18F1 said:

The Summer on Radio 1 thing makes me wonder whether they might be doing something similar to last year again where they have a temporary schedule over the summer before introducing changes in September - maybe the new host won’t start until after the summer?

I wouldn't be surprised if they do this around June time:

05.00 Ore Olukoga

07.00 Greg James

10.30 RMC

14.00 VKJ 

That'll probably happen (for my guess) from the 17th June.

And for weekends:

07:00 Sam & Danni

11:00 Gregor Davidson

15:00 Charlie Hedges

Maybe Fridays aswell:

07:00 Greg James

11:00 Gregor Davidson

14:30 Jack Saunders

[AndyK77]

1 hour ago, GregJames_fan said:

I wouldn't be surprised if they do this around June time:

05.00 Ore Olukoga

07.00 Greg James

10.30 RMC

14.00 VKJ 

That'll probably happen (for my guess) from the 17th June.

And for weekends:

07:00 Sam & Danni

11:00 Gregor Davidson

15:00 Charlie Hedges

Maybe Fridays aswell:

07:00 Greg James

11:00 Gregor Davidson

14:30 Jack Saunders

But they said the main changes would happen in July.

[AndyK77]

1 hour ago, GregJames_fan said:

I wouldn't be surprised if they do this around June time:

05.00 Ore Olukoga

07.00 Greg James

10.30 RMC

14.00 VKJ 

That'll probably happen (for my guess) from the 17th June.

And for weekends:

07:00 Sam & Danni

11:00 Gregor Davidson

15:00 Charlie Hedges

Maybe Fridays aswell:

07:00 Greg James

11:00 Gregor Davidson

14:30 Jack Saunders

But they said the main changes would happen in July.

[Dan18F1]

Yeah I don’t think they’ll be anything that drastic - maybe a week or 2 of cover on early breakfast etc, but maybe just having that weekend afternoon slot covered over the summer means they can put someone on from September who maybe isn’t available until then? 

[Lily Georgia]

I think more likely it'll just be a temp presenter for weekends 1-4 to give Matt & Mollie time off, plus time to plan and pilot the new show.

[AndyK77]

9 minutes ago, Lily Georgia said:

I think more likely it'll just be a temp presenter for weekends 1-4 to give Matt & Mollie time off, plus time to plan and pilot the new show.

I'm guessing there is also a stack of weekend events like Glastonbury

[Jono]

Would love for it to be like the Summer Friday Thing that me and @DC were remisincing about recently.

Lots of events going on that could easily form part of it. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/summer/cardiff/thursday/1.shtml

[R1Fan1]

When Matt covered breakfast on 22nd April, he said their new show was starting in 10 weeks, so that’d be the 1st July.

[Dan18F1]

And Arielle mentioned in her Instagram post that her final early breakfast show is the 27th of June - the Thursday before Glastonbury 

[ianwilk1999]

Just listening to matt and mollie at work and heard them say it's their second to last show on weekends

[coffeeandgin]

Yep think they mentioned that this is their penultimate weekend of shows but then they will also be on air during Big Weekend and they mentioned they'll be doing 'Party Anthems' on stage during Big Weekend which sounds intriguing.

Will miss Matt & Mollie on weekends - they in particular have made that Friday afternoon slot their own - but they'll be great on weekdays.

Do wonder if 'Summer on Radio 1' is just a placeholder name until they decide on who will cover the interim.

While it's obviously not the case it does feel like they've forgotten there's that weekend afternoon slot to fill given no permenant presenter has been announced for it yet.

[R1Fan1]

I suspect they’re gonna tie the announcement into something, or they’ve changed plans. I know we’ve said it as a joke but I wonder if Aled was planning on giving it to someone like Danny Beard, but he’s decided against that after the last few weeks.

Seems clear to me, though, that if Jordan hadn’t left, then Katie would’ve taken Dean and Vicky’s slot and Matt and Mollie would’ve stayed on weekends, which probably explains why they haven’t picked a replacement yet. If it was going to be the obvious choice, I.e. James Cusack, surely they would’ve announced it by now..?

[ianwilk1999]

Yeah they make the weekend shifts go so much quicker. Like today, the piece about Matt falling asleep in the cafe was funny, it's clear to see why they're going to weekdays.

It could well be they were thinking of Danny for it and like you say have decided against that, or like I said at the start it's James Cusack and the slow down on the announcement is him getting out of his contract. Remember he works for radio 1's main rivals.

I think it's quite telling that he's doing more r1 cover than usual, tomorrow and then a further 3 weekend shows in a row

[AndyK77]

12 hours ago, R1Fan1 said:

I suspect they’re gonna tie the announcement into something, or they’ve changed plans. I know we’ve said it as a joke but I wonder if Aled was planning on giving it to someone like Danny Beard, but he’s decided against that after the last few weeks.

Seems clear to me, though, that if Jordan hadn’t left, then Katie would’ve taken Dean and Vicky’s slot and Matt and Mollie would’ve stayed on weekends, which probably explains why they haven’t picked a replacement yet. If it was going to be the obvious choice, I.e. James Cusack, surely they would’ve announced it by now..?

I think this year has taught us we know nothing ?

Nobody would ever have credibly predicted Jordan leaving and all the changes that followed.   I have another interest outside radio and it is exactly the same - the stuff you never expect to happen is exactly what does.

[DC]

On 5/10/2024 at 11:18 AM, Jono said:

Would love for it to be like the Summer Friday Thing that me and @DC were remisincing about recently.

Lots of events going on that could easily form part of it. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/summer/cardiff/thursday/1.shtml

I think they should just bring that back as was. It's been nearly 20 years, so do it with a whole bunch of new DJ's. 

[Marcus17]

Right so prediction time. I think “Summer on Radio 1” which is on the schedule for Friday to Sunday 1-4 from June sticks around longer than the other changes in July. I think that lasts until September which is when we get the new weekend afternoon show. I think they’ll want to give Danny longer on air to see if they improve. I can’t see that happening, so my guess is in September they move Sam & Danni to weekend afternoons (at that point they’ll have been on weekend breakfast for a full year), and they bring James Cusack in to do weekend breakfast.