so - which presenters are talking much more than they used to? I know foxy talks a lot on the breakfast show - but garry vincent hardly used to say anything and hannah cox/danny p hardly say anything at all!!
Paul Phear seems to be saying more. Angie Greaves is almost unstoppable but you can forgive her given her infectious happiness. Collins seems to just ramble a lot. The celeb zone on Sundays with kim Wilde and Ronan is a no-go zone :rolleyes:
Paul Phear seems to be saying more. Angie Greaves is almost unstoppable but you can forgive her given her infectious happiness. Collins seems to just ramble a lot. The celeb zone on Sundays with kim Wilde and Ronan is a no-go zone :rolleyes:
why is it a no go zone? ive never heard these shows!
Magic seem to change a few thinks around every few years. Maybe they want to try out this for some feedback. They get a lot of feedback about the constant music rotation.
Must admit i like hearing a bit more presenter input and it would be nice if they had someone (even if its voicetracked) overnight.
The music definately needs a bit more added to its playlist, i listen to The Coast 106 now and again and this has a bit more of a wide ranged playlist. Also its nice hearing Russell Pockett on Drivetimes.
I suppose some presenters like to open up the mic, because it does get boring just sitting there not saying a word. Then you will find presenters falling over there words. They are experienced broadcasters who like openings up mics.
I suppose some presenters like to open up the mic, because it does get boring just sitting there not saying a word. Then you will find presenters falling over there words. They are experienced broadcasters who like openings up mics.
Its not the presenters job to do as they please. If I was a bus driver on a set route, would my employer allow me to drive a different direction because I was bored?
i emailed magic a little time ago - a year or two about whether they were getting someone on at night and they said magic is just right how it is then, with mellow magic part 2 - non-stop music - as it still gets healthy listening figures for it's time period - but magic AM stations have pre-rec links - but even so it's not upto much, but with the population in London you would think they could have some kind of voice overnight!!
I suppose some presenters like to open up the mic, because it does get boring just sitting there not saying a word. Then you will find presenters falling over there words. They are experienced broadcasters who like openings up mics.
If I was a CNN anchor, do I get to read the stories I want to read? Or do I get told what to read?
Doesnt matter how many years experience one may have, its not their toy set to lay with.
The music definately needs a bit more added to its playlist, i listen to The Coast 106 now and again and this has a bit more of a wide ranged playlist.
Yes, I expect Bauer will be desperate to emulate The Coast's 7% reach and 2% market share.
Have the station been reading forums lately about opening the mic more?
Yeah, all major radio stations base their programming decisions on digitalspy's forums. That's why Heart is now rotating 10,000 songs and Sarah Kennedy has been fired from Radio 2. Oh no, hang on...
Doesnt matter how many years experience one may have, its not their toy set to lay with.
Exactly! Truly professional jocks will mould themselves to a format - and can often punch through a format and let their personality shine. They certainly don't expect a format to fit around them.
just discovered a station called Breeze broadcasting on listentobreeze.com
it's a mellow station - and seems to play a lot of songs so far that mellow magic don't!! wet wet wet sweet surrender and gerry rafferty and nightowl -
Totally! They won't be analysing the format, but they will appreciate lots of continuous music, or become irritated by too much speech clustered together.
Yep, and it's worth noting that all the "new kids on the block" who ended up decimating the heritage stations in their markets were very clever about where they placed their ad breaks: Magic, Heart and Galaxy.
Ad breaks, ironically, are everything. I worked at a station that had five 2-minute breaks each hour. Yes. FIVE.
FIVE switch points.
Now I'm no Richard Park but even I can tell you that the first rule is to minimise your switch-points.
And if you have a commercial load of 10 minutes an hour, then it's a no-brainer to run 3 breaks of 3:20, rather than 5 breaks of 2:00.
For this same reason I'm not bothered about an ad-break before the news. Again you only have 3 switch-points - instead of :10, :20, :30, :40 and :50 and the news it's now :20, :40 and :57/news.
The trade-off is a handbrake on the music for 6+ minutes on the TOTH, but as it's all one long "non-music" point, I don't think listeners will be bothered as the music will only stop 3 times per hour.
And if you have a commercial load of 10 minutes an hour, then it's a no-brainer to run 3 breaks of 3:20, rather than 5 breaks of 2:00.
Yeah, and if your minuteage is only 8-9 minutes an hour, I'd argue the case for running only TWO breaks of 4:00-4:30. Sure, they're long breaks, but there are huge benefits to having uncluttered clocks with long, uninterrupted sweeps of music.
Yep, and I think every group and format has at least a few superstars who can engage and entertain without needing to talk endlessly and whilst respecting a format.
Martin Collins - you gotta laugh at some of the stuff he does on Magic. On Friday night he gets the name of the next show wrong! Its Mellow Magic. Also he plays the wrong song out of the .30 news headlines nearly every time and has to fade it out quickly and play the correct one. Also got the start time of the breakfast show wrong. In a way its interesting to have someone as un-slick as Collins on Magic ocassionally. He can just about get away with it on drive or breakfast, but I've noticed Hannah Cox is now the full time sub for Danny P on Mellow Magic.
that is very interesting, i wonder why martin is not as polished as the other jocks on there with the short links, i wonder as he likes to ramble on, and he doesnt sound very mellow either when he is talking so fast!!
i listen every night, but i find the mellow magic love letters between 12 and 1am so utterly cheesy and predictable, it almost gets to the point of making me switch to smooth for an hour.
Seems a little problem with Voice track this evening. 20.40 Danny was announcing the news next. Then the next link trying to talk over the top of the songs. Shame the system isn't running right.
Seems a little problem with Voice track this evening. 20.40 Danny was announcing the news next. Then the next link trying to talk over the top of the songs. Shame the system isn't running right.
Embarassing for Magic to be caught out like that. They seem to prefer doing quite a bit of voice tracking as opposed to getting another relief presenter on board.
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Paul Phear seems to be saying more. Angie Greaves is almost unstoppable but you can forgive her given her infectious happiness. Collins seems to just ramble a lot. The celeb zone on Sundays with kim Wilde and Ronan is a no-go zone :rolleyes:
why is it a no go zone? ive never heard these shows!
The music definately needs a bit more added to its playlist, i listen to The Coast 106 now and again and this has a bit more of a wide ranged playlist. Also its nice hearing Russell Pockett on Drivetimes.
Its not the presenters job to do as they please. If I was a bus driver on a set route, would my employer allow me to drive a different direction because I was bored?
Doesnt matter how many years experience one may have, its not their toy set to lay with.
I was pointing something out. You don't need to be rude.
Yes, I expect Bauer will be desperate to emulate The Coast's 7% reach and 2% market share.
Yeah, all major radio stations base their programming decisions on digitalspy's forums. That's why Heart is now rotating 10,000 songs and Sarah Kennedy has been fired from Radio 2. Oh no, hang on...
Exactly! Truly professional jocks will mould themselves to a format - and can often punch through a format and let their personality shine. They certainly don't expect a format to fit around them.
Sounded perfectly polite to me.
it's a mellow station - and seems to play a lot of songs so far that mellow magic don't!! wet wet wet sweet surrender and gerry rafferty and nightowl -
Ad breaks, ironically, are everything. I worked at a station that had five 2-minute breaks each hour. Yes. FIVE.
FIVE switch points.
Now I'm no Richard Park but even I can tell you that the first rule is to minimise your switch-points.
And if you have a commercial load of 10 minutes an hour, then it's a no-brainer to run 3 breaks of 3:20, rather than 5 breaks of 2:00.
For this same reason I'm not bothered about an ad-break before the news. Again you only have 3 switch-points - instead of :10, :20, :30, :40 and :50 and the news it's now :20, :40 and :57/news.
The trade-off is a handbrake on the music for 6+ minutes on the TOTH, but as it's all one long "non-music" point, I don't think listeners will be bothered as the music will only stop 3 times per hour.
Blimey, that's mental James!
Yeah, and if your minuteage is only 8-9 minutes an hour, I'd argue the case for running only TWO breaks of 4:00-4:30. Sure, they're long breaks, but there are huge benefits to having uncluttered clocks with long, uninterrupted sweeps of music.
Yep, and I think every group and format has at least a few superstars who can engage and entertain without needing to talk endlessly and whilst respecting a format.
The Mellow Magic Lunchbreak is still going - but the music is hardy what Magic 105.4 used to describe as mellow.
"Standing In The Shadows Of Love" by the Four Tops isn't mellow but it had just been played.
Deary me.
Embarassing for Magic to be caught out like that. They seem to prefer doing quite a bit of voice tracking as opposed to getting another relief presenter on board.