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Radio X - the new station replacing XFM
A new thread o discuss the new Radio X station/network.
Will typical XFM listeners warm to the likes of Moyles, Vernon and Vaughn? Or are they moving to making it more appealing to a wider audience? |
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A new thread o discuss the new Radio X station/network.
Will typical XFM listeners warm to the likes of Moyles, Vernon and Vaughn? Or are they moving to making it more appealing to a wider audience? |
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So the London/UK version will be rebranding to Radio X - daft name for a station, Capital Rocks would have been a better name!
I guess XFM will continue in Manchester and Scotland |
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Agree. What a silly name. Capital rocks slightly better, but why the change?
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Agree. What a silly name. Capital rocks slightly better, but why the change?
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Well neither are brilliant to be fair. ..
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Sorry I disagree as I think that sucks as well. The X part at least keeps the XFM:
. X Radio would have been slightly better in my Opinion. Please don't get me started on Internet only stations that brand themselves as *********FM
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Please don't get me started on Internet only stations that brand themselves as *********FM ![]() |
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Please don't get me started on Internet only stations that brand themselves as *********FM ![]() I take your point, but a while ago we ran out of station names.
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What's wrong with keeping it as XFM why do Global need to change it. Can't see much appeal in Vaughan and Kay but I can see why they would want Moyles. With the shift to older presenters I presume the music will shift to more classic rock?
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What's wrong with keeping it as XFM why do Global need to change it. Can't see much appeal in Vaughan and Kay but I can see why they would want Moyles. With the shift to older presenters I presume the music will shift to more classic rock?
The jury is out on Vernon. Never heard him on Radio 1 as I'm far too old to listen to Radio 1. |
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What's wrong with keeping it as XFM why do Global need to change it.
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I think a lot of people will welcome JV back to a daily slot, I'm a little surprised he agreed though considering the way Global treated him on Capital but I guess the gig pays the bills.
The jury is out on Vernon. Never heard him on Radio 1 as I'm far too old to listen to Radio 1. What with being a convicted Drug Dealer |
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He's hardly batting off work offers with a s&^**y stick
What with being a convicted Drug Dealer |
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I agree, FM as part of station names is becoming increasingly outdated. There's so many ways to listen to radio now, not just FM.
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Moyles used to absolutely slate Vaughn on air...
will be weird to hear him promote him instead. |
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Moyles used to absolutely slate Vaughn on air...
will be weird to hear him promote him instead. |
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Capital Rocks would have been a better name!
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A new thread o discuss the new Radio X station/network.
Will typical XFM listeners warm to the likes of Moyles, Vernon and Vaughn? Or are they moving to making it more appealing to a wider audience? |
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The jury is out on Vernon. Never heard him on Radio 1 as I'm far too old to listen to Radio 1.
That said and speaking as someone who really didn't like him back them, I really warmed to him as someone who genuinely loved radio and the music he was playing. I would be surprised if he committed to a daily show on radiowhatever as he only did one day a week for most of his stint on R1. |
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So the London/UK version will be rebranding to Radio X - daft name for a station, Capital Rocks would have been a better name!
I guess XFM will continue in Manchester and Scotland |
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If XFM in Scotland and Manchester rebrand as a separate name from X, wouldn't they need to create another broadcasting hub at global for a separate network of its own? They surely can't do a Smooth Extra, as both stations would have a different music policy?
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Just noticed a newbie from Kerrang covering XFM overnights - Jack Oliver Saunders. I think he'll be part of the line-up? Although he's still freelancing at Bauer.
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Vernon always seemed a bit 'old' for Radio 1, he was at the end of his T4 presenting stint when he joined and at the start of his light entertainment TV presenting career. Seems strange he only finished a few years ago.
That said and speaking as someone who really didn't like him back them, I really warmed to him as someone who genuinely loved radio and the music he was playing. I would be surprised if he committed to a daily show on radiowhatever as he only did one day a week for most of his stint on R1. Vernon's TV commitments these days seem to be just Family Fortunes, he seems to have lost his ITV appeal to Stephen Mulhern for anything else. |
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Capital Rocks would have been a better name!
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