As much as it hurts me to say this. Heart is improving and the late show is good with Zoe Hardman too. So well done global.
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Lucy Ellis is in for Zoe Hardman tonight 10pm to 1am
Zoe is covering for Roberto tomorrow and Saturday 9pm to 1am
Rich Clarke is back on Monday 7pm to 10pm
Lucy Ellis is in for Simon Beale 1am to 4am all next week
Roberto returns on Tuesday 7pm to 10pm
Zoe is covering for Roberto tomorrow and Saturday 9pm to 1am
Rich Clarke is back on Monday 7pm to 10pm
Lucy Ellis is in for Simon Beale 1am to 4am all next week
Roberto returns on Tuesday 7pm to 10pm
Originally Posted by Gavin_D:
“Lucy Ellis is in for Zoe Hardman tonight 10pm to 1am
Zoe is covering for Roberto tomorrow and Saturday 9pm to 1am
Rich Clarke is back on Monday 7pm to 10pm
Lucy Ellis is in for Simon Beale 1am to 4am all next week
Roberto returns on Tuesday 7pm to 10pm”
“Lucy Ellis is in for Zoe Hardman tonight 10pm to 1am
Zoe is covering for Roberto tomorrow and Saturday 9pm to 1am
Rich Clarke is back on Monday 7pm to 10pm
Lucy Ellis is in for Simon Beale 1am to 4am all next week
Roberto returns on Tuesday 7pm to 10pm”
Well hold the front page!
Why do people feel the need for this sort of post. As and when you tune in, such information becomes obvious.
Originally Posted by suffolkblue:
“As much as it hurts me to say this. Heart is improving and the late show is good with Zoe Hardman too. So well done global.”
“As much as it hurts me to say this. Heart is improving and the late show is good with Zoe Hardman too. So well done global.”
Yeah, I agree. Enjoying Zoe in the evenings - sounds really fresh.
Last Sunday and the one before hearts listen again had no shows this Sunday after getting the shows back during the week its gone again this time Error while loading channels list.
It seems Heart is ignoring Little Mix's Black Magic. Which is a great shame.
It's an absolutely fantastic record,a different class from most pop these days. (And the video's brilliant as well.
)
Presumably it doesn't test well,or fit in with the Heart demographic or something.
Last night on the overnight show we heard "Love Me Like You Do" at about 1.30am.
Then after 5am the presenter started talking about the new James Bond theme and I thought,this sounds like a lead up to playing that Ellie Goulding record again. Indeed it was. I couldn't take listening to that record again so at that point we gonged Heart off and put on Forth One instead.
Forth One isn't a brilliant station but at least the playlist extends further than twelve records.
It's an absolutely fantastic record,a different class from most pop these days. (And the video's brilliant as well.
)Presumably it doesn't test well,or fit in with the Heart demographic or something.
Last night on the overnight show we heard "Love Me Like You Do" at about 1.30am.
Then after 5am the presenter started talking about the new James Bond theme and I thought,this sounds like a lead up to playing that Ellie Goulding record again. Indeed it was. I couldn't take listening to that record again so at that point we gonged Heart off and put on Forth One instead.
Forth One isn't a brilliant station but at least the playlist extends further than twelve records.
Originally Posted by Sarahsaurus:
“Forth One isn't a brilliant station but at least the playlist extends further than twelve records.”
“Forth One isn't a brilliant station but at least the playlist extends further than twelve records.”
Comparemyradio would disagree with you on that one, but nonetheless it confuses me, when your posts consistently imply that you and your colleagues feel Forth One is a superior station to Heart (which, interestingly, came after you insisted that the only reason you listened to Heart was because you couldn't get any other station at work), why you don't just listen to Forth One as your main station and be done with it? Why do you keep ending up back on Heart?
Originally Posted by pi r squared:
“Comparemyradio would disagree with you on that one, but nonetheless it confuses me, when your posts consistently imply that you and your colleagues feel Forth One is a superior station to Heart (which, interestingly, came after you insisted that the only reason you listened to Heart was because you couldn't get any other station at work), why you don't just listen to Forth One as your main station and be done with it? Why do you keep ending up back on Heart?”
“Comparemyradio would disagree with you on that one, but nonetheless it confuses me, when your posts consistently imply that you and your colleagues feel Forth One is a superior station to Heart (which, interestingly, came after you insisted that the only reason you listened to Heart was because you couldn't get any other station at work), why you don't just listen to Forth One as your main station and be done with it? Why do you keep ending up back on Heart?”
Well,on a Friday and Saturday night up until about 1 or 2am,Forth One plays dance music,and I use the word music loosely there,because most of it is basically unlistenable as far as I'm concerned. I think most of the stuff in the charts now is rubbish anyway,so the last thing I want to listen to is six minute extended versions of them featuring more drum noises. Anytime we have tried listening to that it wasn't long before somebody would shout something like,"Turn that f*****g sh**e" off!"
And the Time Tunnel on Heart at 2am is usually quite good. If nothing else at least you'll get a few records off the normal playlist.
After that we could turn over to Forth One but as I've said the reception often isn't great,it can vary from day to day. So usually we just end up having to listen to Heart the whole night.
The other problem with switching stations is because the playlists are similar,if you turn over from Heart because you can't face listening to Ed Sheeran yet again,there's every chance he'll turn up ten minutes later on Forth One,and it's not feasible to keep running up and changing the channel back and forth all the time.
At least Forth One plays Little Mix!
They have some right dim wits on the sing before they win competition. The lady at 10am today claimed she was a dj but didn't know get lucky by daft punk 😄
Originally Posted by Sarahsaurus:
“Well,on a Friday and Saturday night up until about 1 or 2am,Forth One plays dance music,and I use the word music loosely there,because most of it is basically unlistenable as far as I'm concerned. I think most of the stuff in the charts now is rubbish anyway,so the last thing I want to listen to is six minute extended versions of them featuring more drum noises. Anytime we have tried listening to that it wasn't long before somebody would shout something like,"Turn that f*****g sh**e" off!"
And the Time Tunnel on Heart at 2am is usually quite good. If nothing else at least you'll get a few records off the normal playlist.
After that we could turn over to Forth One but as I've said the reception often isn't great,it can vary from day to day. So usually we just end up having to listen to Heart the whole night.
The other problem with switching stations is because the playlists are similar,if you turn over from Heart because you can't face listening to Ed Sheeran yet again,there's every chance he'll turn up ten minutes later on Forth One,and it's not feasible to keep running up and changing the channel back and forth all the time.
At least Forth One plays Little Mix!”
“Well,on a Friday and Saturday night up until about 1 or 2am,Forth One plays dance music,and I use the word music loosely there,because most of it is basically unlistenable as far as I'm concerned. I think most of the stuff in the charts now is rubbish anyway,so the last thing I want to listen to is six minute extended versions of them featuring more drum noises. Anytime we have tried listening to that it wasn't long before somebody would shout something like,"Turn that f*****g sh**e" off!"
And the Time Tunnel on Heart at 2am is usually quite good. If nothing else at least you'll get a few records off the normal playlist.
After that we could turn over to Forth One but as I've said the reception often isn't great,it can vary from day to day. So usually we just end up having to listen to Heart the whole night.
The other problem with switching stations is because the playlists are similar,if you turn over from Heart because you can't face listening to Ed Sheeran yet again,there's every chance he'll turn up ten minutes later on Forth One,and it's not feasible to keep running up and changing the channel back and forth all the time.
At least Forth One plays Little Mix!
”
I would kill for a chr format station on my fm dial.
I've looked at forth one and they play some great songs we don't get on heart.
Though heart has been trying much harder lately lots more new music and songs off the normal playlist.
Was listening to Heart on Sky earlier on and heard JK and Lucy on the Drive time. They do a really good show and would definately have the breakfast show in London if it wasnt for Emma Bunton and Jamie being such big names
Originally Posted by stv viewer:
“Was listening to Heart on Sky earlier on and heard JK and Lucy on the Drive time. They do a really good show and would definately have the breakfast show in London if it wasnt for Emma Bunton and Jamie being such big names”
“Was listening to Heart on Sky earlier on and heard JK and Lucy on the Drive time. They do a really good show and would definately have the breakfast show in London if it wasnt for Emma Bunton and Jamie being such big names”
I slways thought you got your local drivetime on Sky
Originally Posted by spursboy68:
“I slways thought you got your local drivetime on Sky”
“I slways thought you got your local drivetime on Sky”
No London drive and breakfast on sky
Originally Posted by occy:
“No London drive and breakfast on sky”
“No London drive and breakfast on sky”
Thanks for that. Wasn't sure how it worked outside the London area. Is it the same for all stations that have local breakfast and drive. I live in Surrey so don't know.
Originally Posted by spursboy68:
“Thanks for that. Wasn't sure how it worked outside the London area. Is it the same for all stations that have local breakfast and drive. I live in Surrey so don't know.”
“Thanks for that. Wasn't sure how it worked outside the London area. Is it the same for all stations that have local breakfast and drive. I live in Surrey so don't know.”
There isn't currently a regional variant in place for radio stations on Sky, bar showing/hiding BBC London on 0152 (based on the same mechanism that guides whether you see BBC One London on 101 or not); currently, most of those radio stations which have multiple variants in existence (Heart, Capital, Smooth, Xfm) currently carry one service, usually the London version, on TV platforms. (Stations without a London outpost that have broadcast on satellite in the past have included Real Radio, which put its Wales station on Sky before Global came calling, and Galaxy Digital which was based on and at the Yorkshire station...)
In theory (assuming the option's available for radio, which it may not be), Global could do what the likes of ITV do and take up enough capacity to squirt all their variants into the sky, then acquire the 'conditional access' from Sky to get each postcode the right version on 0111, but it'd probably be a pricey faff given the bulk of local-area listeners and advertisers are drawn from the FM and DAB platforms...
Originally Posted by SonOfPurple:
“There isn't currently a regional variant in place for radio stations on Sky, bar showing/hiding BBC London on 0152 (based on the same mechanism that guides whether you see BBC One London on 101 or not); currently, most of those radio stations which have multiple variants in existence (Heart, Capital, Smooth, Xfm) currently carry one service, usually the London version, on TV platforms. (Stations without a London outpost that have broadcast on satellite in the past have included Real Radio, which put its Wales station on Sky before Global came calling, and Galaxy Digital which was based on and at the Yorkshire station...)
In theory (assuming the option's available for radio, which it may not be), Global could do what the likes of ITV do and take up enough capacity to squirt all their variants into the sky, then acquire the 'conditional access' from Sky to get each postcode the right version on 0111, but it'd probably be a pricey faff given the bulk of local-area listeners and advertisers are drawn from the FM and DAB platforms...”
“There isn't currently a regional variant in place for radio stations on Sky, bar showing/hiding BBC London on 0152 (based on the same mechanism that guides whether you see BBC One London on 101 or not); currently, most of those radio stations which have multiple variants in existence (Heart, Capital, Smooth, Xfm) currently carry one service, usually the London version, on TV platforms. (Stations without a London outpost that have broadcast on satellite in the past have included Real Radio, which put its Wales station on Sky before Global came calling, and Galaxy Digital which was based on and at the Yorkshire station...)
In theory (assuming the option's available for radio, which it may not be), Global could do what the likes of ITV do and take up enough capacity to squirt all their variants into the sky, then acquire the 'conditional access' from Sky to get each postcode the right version on 0111, but it'd probably be a pricey faff given the bulk of local-area listeners and advertisers are drawn from the FM and DAB platforms...”
Thanks for that. Great help.
Originally Posted by spursboy68:
“I slways thought you got your local drivetime on Sky”
“I slways thought you got your local drivetime on Sky”
Its the same on Virgin media, freeview ect you only get the output from London
Originally Posted by Gavin_D:
“Its the same on Virgin media, freeview ect you only get the output from London”
“Its the same on Virgin media, freeview ect you only get the output from London”
I did wonder if it was the same, particularly on Freeview. Although with Heart, I noticed the ad breaks are different. Heart Digital?
Hearts really got a national breakfast and drive show with Jamie and Emma and JK and Lucy but it's only based on London listeners
Originally Posted by Sarahsaurus:
“Well,on a Friday and Saturday night up until about 1 or 2am,Forth One plays dance music,and I use the word music loosely there,because most of it is basically unlistenable as far as I'm concerned. I think most of the stuff in the charts now is rubbish anyway,so the last thing I want to listen to is six minute extended versions of them featuring more drum noises. Anytime we have tried listening to that it wasn't long before somebody would shout something like,"Turn that f*****g sh**e" off!"
And the Time Tunnel on Heart at 2am is usually quite good. If nothing else at least you'll get a few records off the normal playlist.
After that we could turn over to Forth One but as I've said the reception often isn't great,it can vary from day to day. So usually we just end up having to listen to Heart the whole night.
The other problem with switching stations is because the playlists are similar,if you turn over from Heart because you can't face listening to Ed Sheeran yet again,there's every chance he'll turn up ten minutes later on Forth One,and it's not feasible to keep running up and changing the channel back and forth all the time.
At least Forth One plays Little Mix!”
“Well,on a Friday and Saturday night up until about 1 or 2am,Forth One plays dance music,and I use the word music loosely there,because most of it is basically unlistenable as far as I'm concerned. I think most of the stuff in the charts now is rubbish anyway,so the last thing I want to listen to is six minute extended versions of them featuring more drum noises. Anytime we have tried listening to that it wasn't long before somebody would shout something like,"Turn that f*****g sh**e" off!"
And the Time Tunnel on Heart at 2am is usually quite good. If nothing else at least you'll get a few records off the normal playlist.
After that we could turn over to Forth One but as I've said the reception often isn't great,it can vary from day to day. So usually we just end up having to listen to Heart the whole night.
The other problem with switching stations is because the playlists are similar,if you turn over from Heart because you can't face listening to Ed Sheeran yet again,there's every chance he'll turn up ten minutes later on Forth One,and it's not feasible to keep running up and changing the channel back and forth all the time.
At least Forth One plays Little Mix!
”
They just played the new Little Mix song you'll be glad to hear.
Originally Posted by simonk243:
“They just played the new Little Mix song you'll be glad to hear.”
“They just played the new Little Mix song you'll be glad to hear.”
Will it be a one off or is it now on 10 times a day for the next year?
Originally Posted by simonk243:
“They just played the new Little Mix song you'll be glad to hear.”
“They just played the new Little Mix song you'll be glad to hear.”
I shall learn all the words so I can sing along if it comes on when I'm at work.
Actually I know most of the words already.
"Take a sip of my secret potion
I'll make you fall in love.."
I love the bit in the video when Jade's in the libary and the spell book comes off the shelf and knocks her on the head and she completely overdoes her fall on the floor,it's really funny.
I seem to have drifted a bit off topic.
Originally Posted by pjex:
“Will it be a one off or is it now on 10 times a day for the next year?”
“Will it be a one off or is it now on 10 times a day for the next year?”
Hopefully somewhere between those two extremes.
It is a really good record.
I much prefer that sort of upbeat pop to the likes of Sheeran/Smith/Bay/Goulding/Sande etc, which seem to be massively popular at the moment.
Lord knows why.
Have to add that Heart has improved so much since I last listened. Global have really pulled all the stops out with Heart; 90s at 9, Happy Hour etc. It sounds brilliant, less repetitive and I find myself dipping in more and more.
Heart East Anglia's breakfast and drive shows are also quite good too. Nice one!
Heart East Anglia's breakfast and drive shows are also quite good too. Nice one!
Originally Posted by Sarahsaurus:
“I much prefer that sort of upbeat pop to the likes of Sheeran/Smith/Bay/Goulding/Sande etc, which seem to be massively popular at the moment.
Lord knows why.”
“I much prefer that sort of upbeat pop to the likes of Sheeran/Smith/Bay/Goulding/Sande etc, which seem to be massively popular at the moment.
Lord knows why.”
That is the reason I hate Heart and to an extent the other stations who rotate those artists really highly. You see Little Mix could be in high rotation like Uptown Funk and not get THAT dull because it is an upbeat pop song.
The stuff like Bay and Sam Smith bores you to death in high rotation and that is why I switch over now when they come on.
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