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Capital South Wales launch a new weekend breakfast show this Saturday, a triple header with Polly James, Geraint Hardy (who presents a Blue Peter style show for S4C) and Matt Lissack https://twitter.com/CapitalMPG/statu...646016/photo/1
Is this the only show of this type in that slot on the network? Aren't they usually just one jock? |
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Capital South Wales launch a new weekend breakfast show this Saturday, a triple header with Polly James, Geraint Hardy (who presents a Blue Peter style show for S4C) and Matt Lissack https://twitter.com/CapitalMPG/statu...646016/photo/1
Is this the only show of this type in that slot on the network? Aren't they usually just one jock? Heart has speech/music weekend breakfast shows but not Capital. Or maybe South Wales is getting something different. After all, Cardiff is a capital city. Ps is that Polly formally of Absolute Radio? |
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I'd rather pull out my own teeth than listen to capital. There is only so many times I can listen to a Rihanna track before I want to throw myself out of a window.
Why can't the Managing Editor get some Disclosure, Jessie Ware or Laura Mvula on the playlist or at least some better variety of songs? The only ever time we at least see some variety songs on weekdays out of the usual RN playlist is on Simon Logan's show at 12pm and 3.20pm. Otherwise the rest of the time RN makes Heart and Capital look Oscar-winning- I end up switching to Radio 1 most of the time. |
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Dare I say it, network testing? Or maybe Kam and Sally are moving?
Heart has speech/music weekend breakfast shows but not Capital. Or maybe South Wales is getting something different. After all, Cardiff is a capital city. Ps is that Polly formally of Absolute Radio? |
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I'll repost this in a sec...
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I notice that Capital are really pushing the "hit music" format at the moment with "this is hit music" in practically in every sweeper and jingle.
Whilst this strengthens and reinforces the brand, I actually preferred the older jingles where they replaced a word in an artists song with Capital, e.g with Calvin Harris and Example's recent hit it was "We'll be coming back for...Capital" or Usher's Scream being "If you wana scream...Capital". |
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Yes it is that Polly. First thing that came to my mind was that it's a future breakfast show but we shall see.
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So can Capital work with speech then?
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Does anyone else think the FM processing makes it sound like a very weak signal? Also the bass very noticeably distorts female vocals. I'm quite picky about sound.
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I'd like to think so, especially at that time of day. Speech works for weekday breakfast so no reason why it shouldn't at the weekend. I like the idea of having a 'must tune in' show at the weekend too as opposed to the rest of the schedule which is aimed at casual/background listening. It's just a matter of whether there's an audience who want to tune in to Capital for that type of show. Dare I say that it would probably work very well in Yorkshire for example, an ex Galaxy station with a strong, loyal audience for it's weekday breakfast show.
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Not a fan of the processing AJM. Where's the bass?!
That said, it does make the station sound rather good on cheap radios - kind of of in the same way that Phil Spector's production values made his records sound good on Wurlitzer jukeboxes and AM radio, or how Stock, Aiken & Waterman's production values made their records sound amazing on a £20 Argos cassette recorder, but shite on anything else! Wouldn't be surprised if they do go down the route of Heart and move the local window at weekends to afternoons, and run a weekend "late" breakfast show 8-12. There's definitely an audience for a "breakfast-style" show at that time - especially, like you say, stations like Yorkshire which have a very strong weekday breakfast show. |
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I can deal with the compression but not the vocal distortion which makes it sound poor. I do know where you're coming from for example if I compare it to Wave 105 the audio seems quiet but in reality it's just less compression. Leave the treble as it is but prevent the vox from distortion and sort the lower band/bass out. Stereo image could be wider too.
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Could Hirsty get at least one weekend breakfast slot?
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Dare I say it, network testing? Or maybe Kam and Sally are moving?
Heart has speech/music weekend breakfast shows but not Capital. Or maybe South Wales is getting something different. After all, Cardiff is a capital city. Ps is that Polly formally of Absolute Radio? |
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Kam and Sally will move to breakfast on the new Heart Wales when its rebranded from Real Radio later this year. Polly and Matt or Gethin will get breakfast on Capital South Wales in their place, depending on how the weekend dynamic goes.
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It's a good theory. There was a plan to try a trio on breakfast before Kam and Sally were brought in, so not beyond the realms of possibility.
I still think bringing Kam and Sally back together was the right choice in the end. |
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I still think bringing Kam and Sally back together was the right choice in the end.
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I know sometimes the Radio player's listen again sometimes works when it want's but Andi Durrant's put his shows up on his soundcloud page. I think it's good idea:
https://soundcloud.com/andidurrant/sets/radio-shows Also,looking at his twitter conversation he is trying to get the show on earlier. When do you think they will change the schedule again, before summer? |
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Could Hirsty get at least one weekend breakfast slot?
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They could do what they do in London and have the Best bits of Hirsty Daily Dose on a Saturday morning between 8 & 12
I believe London get's away with best bits on a Saturday Morning as the rest of the output comes from London. |
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I know sometimes the Radio player's listen again sometimes works when it want's but Andi Durrant's put his shows up on his soundcloud page. I think it's good idea:
https://soundcloud.com/andidurrant/sets/radio-shows Also,looking at his twitter conversation he is trying to get the show on earlier. When do you think they will change the schedule again, before summer? |
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What do you think will happen to the capital network this year?
My guess is that The Bassman will leave or be moved somewhere else and then follows a schedule shake up before summer. |
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What do you think will happen to the capital network this year?
My guess is that The Bassman will leave or be moved somewhere else and then follows a schedule shake up before summer. |
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Bassman moved to heart using his real name Ant Payne moved to afternoons
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Oh Really? That doesn't surprise me to be honest, Bassman is way out of Capital's target demographic isn't he?
Ant's a strong presenter with a personality who I think will fit in really well with afternoons. I'm kind of surprised Pandora didn't get the gig with her covering Rich Clark and Greg Burns recently though. When does this take effect from? |
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