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You can't say this year hasn't been a year of surprises and changes on radio.

Radio 1 has seen big changes meaning that come January only really Greg & RMC in terms of daytime will be in the slots they were at the start of 2024.

Meanwhile Capital has a new Breakfast presenter with Jordan North moving over there and of course the big news to end the year that Scott finally gets the Breakfast Show

With the game of radio DJ musical chairs seemingly coming to an end for the year, what are people's thoughts with how the cards have fallen? And of course - which current or former Radio 1 host are we all going to be waking up to come 2025? Will it be Scott, Greg, Jordan or maybe even Moyles?

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I do think it's ended up a lot better than many of us anticipated.

To begin with Radio 1. Those initial Radio 1 changes were a mixed bag to put it mildly - Jordan's departure (and Radio 1's cold response to it) and then the choice of Jamie Laing as replacement did not go down well at all. It left Radio 1's weekday schedule looking really feeble.

Them then adding Katie to Going Home - which seemed to be a response to the negative reaction - was great news and what should've happened in the first place. But then again having Danny Beard as interim for Katie's weekend show was a complete misfire.

However, Matt & Mollie moving to weekdays was a lovely surprise - many of us had assumed Matt at least was on the way out but they got a well-deserved promotion to weekdays (finally for Matt after 14 years of waiting). Their weekend show was a crowd favourite and the weekday show has continued in that vein and brings back that Scott & Chris vibe to the slot. It was needed too as Dean & Vicky's show was just not working.

Similarly while Radio 1 took their time with weekends come January it's a great line-up with a real focus on the future. Many of us banged the drum for James Cusack getting a full-time show and he now has one, Sam & Danni show promise and an afternoon slot will be a bit more freeing for them than Weekend Breakfast.  And if Nat & Vicky's pairing goes well maybe weekdays will be in their future.

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Now to the other stations.

Obviously too Capital saw some big changes with Roman Kemp leaving Breakfast and Jordan taking his place. While it's a shame Jordan left Radio 1 and the 'thrupple' of him, Vick and Katie came to an end doing a big Breakfast show has very much been his goal so you can understand why he jumped at the chance. Especially as if Greg stays a while longer at Radio 1 there's a risk Jordan's opportunity at Radio 1 Breakfast would've come and gone.

I think many of us though had assumed Jordan & Katie were dead-certs to succeed Greg on Breakfast so Jordan's departure leaves that successor role open.

And of course forum favourite Scott Mills finally has a Breakfast Show come January and the biggie too in Radio 2 Breakfast. With that, his RATW appearance and his marriage this year has been a very eventful and successful one for him and it's great to see things going so well for somebody who absolutely deserves it.

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