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Old 02-11-2013, 21:41
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I'd guessed as much, but it's still a decent listen. It manages not to sound as generic as the other shows.
Put him on Drive then..
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Old 03-11-2013, 00:16
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Nigel plays Elton John's 'Little Jeannie'.Makes a change from Candle in the Bleeding Wind....
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Old 03-11-2013, 00:28
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Nigel plays Elton John's 'Little Jeannie'.Makes a change from Candle in the Bleeding Wind....
26 minutes after midnight before a word was uttered by the presenter.
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Old 03-11-2013, 00:35
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26 minutes after midnight before a word was uttered by the presenter.
Indeed.Unless you count his link up to the midnight news.Well.Nigel is soliciting for texts.so one has to assume he is live.Although what exactly would be the point in texting,with all the texts he is likely to receive he's hardly going to be able to react to them all given he;s only allowed to speak every 20 minutes.and a speedlink at that.So.what's the point in texting? Just to massage Nigel's ego probably.
One thing I did notice in the first half hour was that there were at least three songs with 'night' in the title.
OH BAD PROGRAMMING. He started with Phil Collins 'One More Night'....and at 00,35..here comes Collin's voice again with Genesis 'Throwing It All Away'..Nice to hear the song.but so soon after the Collins song???.Maybe 'Throwing It All Away' is Smooth's new theme song....
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Old 03-11-2013, 02:25
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26 minutes after midnight before a word was uttered by the presenter.
Certainly at this time of night it would be nice if they spoke a bit more, especially for those alone or lonely who rely on radio as a companion. Waiting 26 minutes into a show before an utterance is quite absurd. Although I wish they'd shove Dotun Adebayo (5 Live - Up All Night) onto Smooth as he needs to give his overused voice at this time of night a rest.

I'm sure I used to listen to this same guy under the guise of being NJ Williams on Chiltern Radio in the late 80's/early 90's.
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Old 03-11-2013, 03:41
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Certainly at this time of night it would be nice if they spoke a bit more, especially for those alone or lonely who rely on radio as a companion. Waiting 26 minutes into a show before an utterance is quite absurd. Although I wish they'd shove Dotun Adebayo (5 Live - Up All Night) onto Smooth as he needs to give his overused voice at this time of night a rest.

I'm sure I used to listen to this same guy under the guise of being NJ Williams on Chiltern Radio in the late 80's/early 90's.
You did.Maybe there was a PC who didn't think Nigel was a hip enough name for the HOT FM
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Old 03-11-2013, 10:18
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26 minutes after midnight before a word was uttered by the presenter.
Surely people must agree that this is too long? It's just completely impersonal a show just cannot flow leaving this long? Even Magic speak more than this. Quite frankly at this rate there seems little point in having a presenter at all.
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Old 03-11-2013, 10:25
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Surely people must agree that this is too long? It's just completely impersonal a show just cannot flow leaving this long? Even Magic speak more than this. Quite frankly at this rate there seems little point in having a presenter at all.
The music probably flows a lot better though.
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Old 03-11-2013, 14:08
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The music probably flows a lot better though.
Mississippi by Pussycat certainly does.

Sorry, this is an old joke used by Tony Blackburn at least twice on radio in recent months in association to the track above!
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Old 03-11-2013, 16:48
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Surely people must agree that this is too long? It's just completely impersonal a show just cannot flow leaving this long? Even Magic speak more than this. Quite frankly at this rate there seems little point in having a presenter at all.
Do they ? Magic quite often has 40 minute music sweeps at times.
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Old 03-11-2013, 17:30
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Do they ? Magic quite often has 40 minute music sweeps at times.
I don't listen to Tragic much but I do hear it on in friends houses and thought they did about a 20 minute sweep. To my mind anything over 20 minutes and I just fail to see any need for a presenter. I can live with Simon Bates as he still seems to be allowed to talk after a couple of tracks but once he finishes it's the off switch.
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Old 03-11-2013, 21:41
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Do they ? Magic quite often has 40 minute music sweeps at times.
The presenters on Magic 105.4 are now having more frequent links. e.g. they now have a speed link within the 40 minute music sweep.

The other thing I have noticed recently with Magic 105.4, is that they are playing a lot of surprises. I'm not sure if they have added a lot of songs on a low rotate, or if they are playing a lot of 'spot-plays' [or if the presenters are making changes to the playlist].

Some of the surprises that I have heard recently have been songs like I'm still standing, Heart and soul (TPau), Go your own way, Toy Soldiers, Over my shoulder, and U2's Pride.
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Old 03-11-2013, 21:50
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The presenters on Magic 105.4 are now having more frequent links. e.g. they now have a speed link within the 40 minute music sweep.

The other thing I have noticed recently with Magic 105.4, is that they are playing a lot of surprises. I'm not sure if they have added a lot of songs on a low rotate, or if they are playing a lot of 'spot-plays' [or if the presenters are making changes to the playlist].

Some of the surprises that I have heard recently have been songs like I'm still standing, Heart and soul (TPau), Go your own way, Toy Soldiers, Over my shoulder, and U2's Pride.
Interesting I think Ill give it a listen.
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Old 03-11-2013, 22:04
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The presenters on Magic 105.4 are now having more frequent links. e.g. they now have a speed link within the 40 minute music sweep.

The other thing I have noticed recently with Magic 105.4, is that they are playing a lot of surprises. I'm not sure if they have added a lot of songs on a low rotate, or if they are playing a lot of 'spot-plays' [or if the presenters are making changes to the playlist].

Some of the surprises that I have heard recently have been songs like I'm still standing, Heart and soul (TPau), Go your own way, Toy Soldiers, Over my shoulder, and U2's Pride.
Hense why Magic is now very cluttered and the music isn't a patch on the Richard Park days. Sadly magic have messed with a good formulae and as a result there listeners are slowly declining.
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Old 03-11-2013, 22:06
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The presenters on Magic 105.4 are now having more frequent links. e.g. they now have a speed link within the 40 minute music sweep.

The other thing I have noticed recently with Magic 105.4, is that they are playing a lot of surprises. I'm not sure if they have added a lot of songs on a low rotate, or if they are playing a lot of 'spot-plays' [or if the presenters are making changes to the playlist].

Some of the surprises that I have heard recently have been songs like I'm still standing, Heart and soul (TPau), Go your own way, Toy Soldiers, Over my shoulder, and U2's Pride.
Isn't this the reason that Magic is now losing listeners...
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Old 04-11-2013, 00:47
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Hense why Magic is now very cluttered and the music isn't a patch on the Richard Park days. Sadly magic have messed with a good formulae and as a result there listeners are slowly declining.
The latest TV ads show Magic might have refocused towards Heart's target audience rather than older 45 plus audience,
http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/press/ne...or-magic-105.4
The thirty second spot, created by Red Bee Media, features a central female character in her mid to late thirties called Melanie, who listens to Magic 105.4 with the ad visualising the effect the music has on her life.
It's been a while since there was TV and billboard ads for Smooth in London to create brand awareness, which it needs if it is going for Magic listeners.
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Old 04-11-2013, 03:17
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Hopefully Smooth are starting to spread their wings a little music wise. I actually heard an 'obscure' track tonight whilst in the car .......... (Hi Gloss) It's not obscure to me. I really hope they continue with these 'obscure' tracks.
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Old 04-11-2013, 06:06
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The follow on presenter takes the news from the previous - similar to what Heart does.
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Old 04-11-2013, 14:19
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I have to say I have heard some different tracks lately which is nice. Keep it up smooth please.
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Old 04-11-2013, 16:06
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New PD for Smooth:

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/11/dick...adio-group-pd/
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Old 04-11-2013, 19:33
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Its just an internal Global thing he's from Capital FM so don't expect Smooth to expand the playlist anytime soon.
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Old 04-11-2013, 23:25
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Sorry, this is an old joke used by Tony Blackburn at least twice on radio in recent months in association to the track above!
Most of Tony Blackburn's jokes are old aren't they?
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Old 05-11-2013, 01:56
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Its just an internal Global thing he's from Capital FM so don't expect Smooth to expand the playlist anytime soon.
But they really have as far as I can tell. Just listening to Dave Brown as I've not long been in from work and he's been playing some great stuff that hasn't been played for a while since the Global take over. Keep it up Smooth
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Old 05-11-2013, 03:35
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Have they also improved the day time play list, or is the overnight play list selected in a different way?


I have heard some real gems in the last few hours on Smooth. Songs they didn't even play on the 'old' Smooth (during normal shows anyway)

Mtume (UK No 34 single) & Billy Griffin (just managed the Top 20), and song from Aretha Franklin that did not trouble the top 10.

What's going on?
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Old 05-11-2013, 06:29
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Have they also improved the day time play list, or is the overnight play list selected in a different way?


I have heard some real gems in the last few hours on Smooth. Songs they didn't even play on the 'old' Smooth (during normal shows anyway)

Mtume (UK No 34 single) & Billy Griffin (just managed the Top 20), and song from Aretha Franklin that did not trouble the top 10.

What's going on?
Chart poditions mean nothing when fetermiming how popular a song is with an sudience. Plenty if number 1's are awful and unpopular whereas pkentuy of songs that never charted are loved by an audience.
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