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Did you not hear Julian Clary's show on Radio 1 in the early 90s? ;-)
"But what's frustrating is that they got it back to front: they thought we hadn't added them because of their age, but we play lots of Eminem, lots of Jay Z, lots of David Guetta and Dave Grohl. It's not about the age of the artist, it's about the age of their predominant fan base. Pete Tong's average [listeners'] age is lower than the average age of the whole station, and he's been on Radio 1 for over 20 years. He's relevant to young people as a music authority."
I think Annie Mac staying at 10 is more because of her Sunday show's chillout theme. But yeah, that would be a bit of a transition from the rock show.
Disappointed that Rob Da Bank is leaving, I think his show on Saturdays is brilliant.
With regards the Sunday scheduling of Chart to Rock to Chillout stuff plays in Radio 1's favour of being different from anything out there commercially. No one else will have those gear changes in these days of 24 hour playlists of the same songs in the commercial sector. Very clever planning by Radio 1 if you ask me.
Disappointed that Rob Da Bank is leaving, I think his show on Saturdays is brilliant.
With regards the Sunday scheduling of Chart to Rock to Chillout stuff plays in Radio 1's favour of being different from anything out there commercially. No one else will have those gear changes in these days of 24 hour playlists of the same songs in the commercial sector. Very clever planning by Radio 1 if you ask me.
You raise a good point. You are right such gear changes are something that Radio 1 should doing by virtue that it's something the commercial sector don't do (on the whole). It's something Radio 1 did in the past (dance into heavy rock early 90s, Sunday nights to a degree mid 90s) of course but they've zoned shows from the same genre in recent times.
Hasn't the Rock show been on Sunday Nights before? IIRC when Claire Sturgess did it - think it got moved there after a short-lived spell in the interesting slot of Sunday afternoon pre-chart in the "Down the Bannisters" phase.
Dev becomes the first presenter for years to get a 4 hour show (Since Bob Harris?).
Most shows now 3 hours, but odd one of the biggest names Zane Lowe still only gets 2 hours.
Also the first time there has been mainstream playlist output before 7am on a Saturday since 2001, and on Sunday since…god knows…mid 90s? The explosion in specialist shows did seem to be rather driven by iPlayer (resulting in the 2-4 slot finally biting the dust in 2004), but looks like cost is finally becoming an issue with this.
The 2100 slots seems to have become a waiting room for being kicked out (Tom Deacon, Edith Bowman, Steve Lamacq etc). Wouldn't surprise me if that went ultimately and Zane or his successor went to 3 hours.
No news about Annie Nightingale or Essential mix (assume that it's on at 4am now).
Also surprised that Scott Mills hasn't been given the boot during this period!
Annie Nightingale gets an extra hour! She's now on 1-4am on monday nights.The essential mix is on friday nights 4-6am (which is a sliightly wierd time for that if you ask me)
Pete Tong also gets an extra hour and is now on 10pm-1am on fridays. The 2 great survivors of radio one culls!
having studied these changes I've noticed that they've got rid of about half their over 40 presenters ,and everyone who have been there more than a decade ,except for Pete Annie Scott and Huw
I've heard a rumour that Fearne Cotton might leave soon and they want Alice Levine to take over. I would certainly welcome that move
I second that, Alice Levine would be great on weekday mornings; Fearne has surprised me over the years and is much better than I though she would be, but her show seems a little stuck in a rut recently.
In terms of the ageism debate, I actually think Radio 1 have avoided that row this time by giving Pete Tong, Annie Nightingale, Daniel P Carter and even Annie Mac (is she 35?) more to do rather than less. No one younger has been promoted to a slot above someone older.
On another note, on Edith Bowman's twitter, former Radio 1 producer page tweeted that Edith is off to BBC America later in the year. Interesting!
Hi - Annie Nightingale the oldest serving Radio 1 presenter - Like Terry Wogan is for Radio 2.
Desmond Carrington is the oldest radio 2 presenter followed by Brian Matthew.As for Annie I think she's probably the oldest DJ radio one have ever had,or are ever likely to have! She will be on the station till she dies I reckon
I wonder if 6 Music would make her Screen 6 occasional series a permanent show. I could see Edith filling in for Jo or Janice for a couple of years, possibly even taking over from Janice when she retires? However, as I said in a previous post, I noticed a comment on Edith's twitter about being off to BBC America... Intriguing!
I wonder if 6 Music would make her Screen 6 occasional series a permanent show. I could see Edith filling in for Jo or Janice for a couple of years, possibly even taking over from Janice when she retires?
Also the first time there has been mainstream playlist output before 7am on a Saturday since 2001, and on Sunday since…god knows…mid 90s? The explosion in specialist shows did seem to be rather driven by iPlayer (resulting in the 2-4 slot finally biting the dust in 2004), but looks like cost is finally becoming an issue with this.
The 2100 slots seems to have become a waiting room for being kicked out (Tom Deacon, Edith Bowman, Steve Lamacq etc). Wouldn't surprise me if that went ultimately and Zane or his successor went to 3 hours.
I remember the old 6-8am weekend early shows in the 80s Simon Mayo and Nicky Campbell both presented I think, lead into Peter Powell, does that mean I'm too old for Radio 1! Just given up on Grimmy and my hairdresser recently commented on how much grey hair I have.
I'm really pleased Pete Tong is getting his hour back. I always preferred his 3 hour show on Friday evenings. Not surprised he survived the cull although I have noticed his show is pre-recorded a lot more now he has moved to LA.
Not bothered about Essential Mix moving to 4 AM as I listen to that via iPlayer.
I think splitting up the Phil and Alice 10pm show is a big mistake, their show is sounding great lately.
Glad that Alice is moving to the weekend slot though, Huw Stephens has never worked on daytime and she's a real talent.
The whole reshuffle sets them up for the inevitable big daytime shake up a year or two down the line though:
Breakfast: Greg James (with his current team, Chris Smith as a regular contributor etc.)
Mornings: Alice Levine
Afternoons: Matt Edmonson (though I really hope they hold onto Scott for 2-3 years yet, his show is sounding great.)
Drive: Dev
I think splitting up the Phil and Alice 10pm show is a big mistake, their show is sounding great lately.
Glad that Alice is moving to the weekend slot though, Huw Stephens has never worked on daytime and she's a real talent.
The whole reshuffle sets them up for the inevitable big daytime shake up a year or two down the line though:
Breakfast: Greg James (with his current team, Chris Smith as a regular contributor etc.)
Mornings: Alice Levine
Afternoons: Matt Edmonson (though I really hope they hold onto Scott for 2-3 years yet, his show is sounding great.)
Drive: Dev
A straight swap between, say, Matt and Scott would be great, but (1) he is hitting 40 by then, and (2) he's got his foot, or a couple of toes at least, on Radio 2 now.
Bob's old show stayed at four hours until early 1997. Dave Pearce did a four hour show on Sunday in 1996.
I would guess the reason is the other weekend evenings from 7-10 - a flagship dance show Friday, flagship urban show Saturday so having a rock show Sunday at 7 would fit that pattern.
Annie Mac would be less of a gear change after the Chart Show though - although hopefully the timing will help rock music get some more traction.
Bob Harris was the first presenter to do overnights when BBC Radio 1 became 24 hours. At this time BBC Radio 1 was carried on AM and FM. To save costs the AM frequency was closed at midnight until 06.00 so Bob was only on FM. Bob's show was midnight to 4.00am. Bob was on overnights until 1993. Bob's show was axed when Matthew Bannister became the controller who famously aimed the station back at a younger audience. Presenters like Bob Harris, Alan Freeman, Dave Lee Travis, Gary Davies and Simon Bates were either sacked or resigned.
Edith and Nihal should have been ditched at least 5 years ago. I don't get why Radio One hangs on to past it presenters in ow key slots for a couple of years, rather than just ditching them straight away and trying out new talent.
Edith and Nihal should have been ditched at least 5 years ago. I don't get why Radio One hangs on to past it presenters in ow key slots for a couple of years, rather than just ditching them straight away and trying out new talent.
I'd imagine Nihal was kept on to satisfy some kind of Asian programming requirement, which has probably been lifted now the Asian Network is a little more safe
I think splitting up the Phil and Alice 10pm show is a big mistake, their show is sounding great lately.
Glad that Alice is moving to the weekend slot though, Huw Stephens has never worked on daytime and she's a real talent.
The whole reshuffle sets them up for the inevitable big daytime shake up a year or two down the line though:
Breakfast: Greg James (with his current team, Chris Smith as a regular contributor etc.)
Mornings: Alice Levine
Afternoons: Matt Edmonson (though I really hope they hold onto Scott for 2-3 years yet, his show is sounding great.)
Drive: Dev
I'm pretty sure Dev won't be getting one of the main daytime slots.
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Did you not hear Julian Clary's show on Radio 1 in the early 90s? ;-)
It was from this Guardian article on the Radio 1 playlist:
Disappointed that Rob Da Bank is leaving, I think his show on Saturdays is brilliant.
With regards the Sunday scheduling of Chart to Rock to Chillout stuff plays in Radio 1's favour of being different from anything out there commercially. No one else will have those gear changes in these days of 24 hour playlists of the same songs in the commercial sector. Very clever planning by Radio 1 if you ask me.
You raise a good point. You are right such gear changes are something that Radio 1 should doing by virtue that it's something the commercial sector don't do (on the whole). It's something Radio 1 did in the past (dance into heavy rock early 90s, Sunday nights to a degree mid 90s) of course but they've zoned shows from the same genre in recent times.
Also the first time there has been mainstream playlist output before 7am on a Saturday since 2001, and on Sunday since…god knows…mid 90s? The explosion in specialist shows did seem to be rather driven by iPlayer (resulting in the 2-4 slot finally biting the dust in 2004), but looks like cost is finally becoming an issue with this.
The 2100 slots seems to have become a waiting room for being kicked out (Tom Deacon, Edith Bowman, Steve Lamacq etc). Wouldn't surprise me if that went ultimately and Zane or his successor went to 3 hours.
I've heard a rumour that Fearne Cotton might leave soon and they want Alice Levine to take over. I would certainly welcome that move
Annie Nightingale gets an extra hour! She's now on 1-4am on monday nights.The essential mix is on friday nights 4-6am (which is a sliightly wierd time for that if you ask me)
Pete Tong also gets an extra hour and is now on 10pm-1am on fridays. The 2 great survivors of radio one culls!
having studied these changes I've noticed that they've got rid of about half their over 40 presenters ,and everyone who have been there more than a decade ,except for Pete Annie Scott and Huw
I second that, Alice Levine would be great on weekday mornings; Fearne has surprised me over the years and is much better than I though she would be, but her show seems a little stuck in a rut recently.
In terms of the ageism debate, I actually think Radio 1 have avoided that row this time by giving Pete Tong, Annie Nightingale, Daniel P Carter and even Annie Mac (is she 35?) more to do rather than less. No one younger has been promoted to a slot above someone older.
On another note, on Edith Bowman's twitter, former Radio 1 producer page tweeted that Edith is off to BBC America later in the year. Interesting!
Desmond Carrington is the oldest radio 2 presenter followed by Brian Matthew.As for Annie I think she's probably the oldest DJ radio one have ever had,or are ever likely to have! She will be on the station till she dies I reckon
I wonder if 6 Music would make her Screen 6 occasional series a permanent show. I could see Edith filling in for Jo or Janice for a couple of years, possibly even taking over from Janice when she retires? However, as I said in a previous post, I noticed a comment on Edith's twitter about being off to BBC America... Intriguing!
She has one key problem. She is very, very dull.
I remember the old 6-8am weekend early shows in the 80s Simon Mayo and Nicky Campbell both presented I think, lead into Peter Powell, does that mean I'm too old for Radio 1! Just given up on Grimmy and my hairdresser recently commented on how much grey hair I have.
Not bothered about Essential Mix moving to 4 AM as I listen to that via iPlayer.
Still, there is always my mates show I can listen to on one of the community radio stations.
Glad that Alice is moving to the weekend slot though, Huw Stephens has never worked on daytime and she's a real talent.
The whole reshuffle sets them up for the inevitable big daytime shake up a year or two down the line though:
Breakfast: Greg James (with his current team, Chris Smith as a regular contributor etc.)
Mornings: Alice Levine
Afternoons: Matt Edmonson (though I really hope they hold onto Scott for 2-3 years yet, his show is sounding great.)
Drive: Dev
Bob Harris was the first presenter to do overnights when BBC Radio 1 became 24 hours. At this time BBC Radio 1 was carried on AM and FM. To save costs the AM frequency was closed at midnight until 06.00 so Bob was only on FM. Bob's show was midnight to 4.00am. Bob was on overnights until 1993. Bob's show was axed when Matthew Bannister became the controller who famously aimed the station back at a younger audience. Presenters like Bob Harris, Alan Freeman, Dave Lee Travis, Gary Davies and Simon Bates were either sacked or resigned.
I'd imagine Nihal was kept on to satisfy some kind of Asian programming requirement, which has probably been lifted now the Asian Network is a little more safe
I'm pretty sure Dev won't be getting one of the main daytime slots.