Originally Posted by FM Lover:
“You see, I used to think that, how wrong I was.
When Mayo used to stand in for Chris Evans I thought he was dire but now, after a year in the job and very little time off I think he is well suited to the Drivetime slot on Radio 2 and find his shows enjoyable and love his dry sense of humour.
Maybe I am being a little unfair to Carlos as being a Southerner I don't know him, just my opinion of course.”
It's a purely personal thing with me & Mayo. I think he just comes across as smug & smarmy. Always thought he did on R1 as well, but i accept others like him.
I also think Smooth could regret the signing on loads of old R1 DJs. It misses the point that the real reason R1 did so well in the 70s & 80s wasn't much to do with the presenters, but more to do with the fact that there was little else on the dial.
Many areas had no local commercial stations & those that did alongside some great stuff had hours of IBA enforced news, long interviews, people flogging their latest book, the AA guy answering peoples motoring problems & people selling their old tat on the air. Compared to that anyone could have got good figures on R1 just playing the hits with no adverts.
For what it's worth, i think Bates was good & so was Jensen back in the day. I'm not so sure about Goodier or Peebles though.Those are just personal opinions of course, others may disagree.
Also. lets not forget that Classic Gold stuffed the schedule with ex-R1 presenters back in the mid 90s. Bates, Read, Blackburn etc & that really did nothing in terms of getting an audience
You can't go back re-create the past, things have moved on, old R1 DJs are not a guaranteed draw & these days Smooths big opposion is R2 which is about large playlists & entertainment.