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Old 18-08-2016, 15:32
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Interesting that Vernon mentioned Comedy Dave on today's show, don't think Moyles has made a single reference to him since he joined Radio X. He'd be a good addition to the team if Moyles would make up with him.
What time was this?

A few weeks ago Chris did reference him when he was talking about something that happened at Radio 1. I can't remember what exactly was said.
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Old 18-08-2016, 15:34
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Yeah comedy Dave is long gone, no reference apart from when Chris started saying Dave has got his own projects. It's a shame really I think that was one of the reasons it ended at R1. Dave still listens to radio 1 to if you go on his twitter there are numerous pictures of his car dash, I think he does it on purpose.
Yes i've noticed that on his twiiter, I think he doing it on purpose to although it would be nice to have him on Radio X though.
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Old 18-08-2016, 16:16
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Yes i've noticed that on his twiiter, I think he doing it on purpose to although it would be nice to have him on Radio X though.
That's what happens when you Make friends with daves ex wife. Which was 2 months before it ended at R1.
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Old 18-08-2016, 18:19
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That's what happens when you Make friends with daves ex wife. Which was 2 months before it ended at R1.
Yes exactly. Dave is not happy.
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Old 18-08-2016, 19:34
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Yes exactly. Dave is not happy.
There not even friends on twitter. Just goes to show those last few weeks at R1 must of all been an act when the mics went up.
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Old 18-08-2016, 22:10
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Think Moyles has lost it today check out his Facebook feed, he spent the day editing a bit of video as upset about the response to a Twitter comment he made about A levels. He does not sound happy, career not going as planned?

Maybe his 4 weeks off was too much as it's given him time to read Twitter replies which he should ignore.
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Old 18-08-2016, 22:36
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Think Moyles has lost it today check out his Facebook feed, he spent the day editing a bit of video as upset about the response to a Twitter comment he made about A levels. He does not sound happy, career not going as planned?

Maybe his 4 weeks off was too much as it's given him time to read Twitter replies which he should ignore.
Yeah not going as planned I think they thought they would hit the million mark, even people in London who listen on fm has nearly halved. He has had more time off than Steve wright did a couple of years ago.

I can see global may change things when the Q3 figures get released in November ish time, maybe a shake up with the schedule or changing the show slightly.

Even the podcast has had a massive drop it was number 1 for weeks when the show first started, now there lucky if it even makes the top 100,
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Old 19-08-2016, 08:34
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Even the podcast has had a massive drop it was number 1 for weeks when the show first started, now there lucky if it even makes the top 100,
Just for clarification - ITunes Podcast Chart works on number of new subscribers.

So *in theory*, 1 BILLION people could subscribe in week 1, putting the podcast to the top of the chart, and 0 people subscribe in week 2. In week 2 the podcast would be no where to be seen in the chart, but 1 BILLION people would still be downloading it.

The podcast stats could be a good indicator of listening figures. Brings over a legion of loyal fans, but struggling to bring on any new listeners.
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Old 19-08-2016, 08:39
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I'd suggest some people are making mountains of molehills, probably deliberately.
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Old 19-08-2016, 20:40
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PS. I don't think I've ever heard The Police on X before (probably excepting the early Capital days, & Moyles's indulgent hour?), and I've listened fairly regularly since the start.

Same goes for Fleetwood Mac.
The day I heard the Police was the day I stopped listening. Wanted to give Moyles the benefit of the doubt, especially since he championed Indie on Capital way back when, but nah. No.

Think Vaughan would be better on breakfast and Moyles lates to be fair...
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Old 19-08-2016, 21:44
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Just for clarification - ITunes Podcast Chart works on number of new subscribers.

So *in theory*, 1 BILLION people could subscribe in week 1, putting the podcast to the top of the chart, and 0 people subscribe in week 2. In week 2 the podcast would be no where to be seen in the chart, but 1 BILLION people would still be downloading it.

The podcast stats could be a good indicator of listening figures. Brings over a legion of loyal fans, but struggling to bring on any new listeners.
Ok I didn't know that
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Old 21-08-2016, 20:52
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God that Moyles Facebook rant is pretty cringey. He might claim he was being satirical in the first place, but the amount of times his shtick makes reference to his 'famous' buddies shows it's something he wastes no time in drawing attention to. That's putting it as kindly as possible.

@Gideon, I'd probably say they gave up on being credible indie a few years ago, but especially when Radio X came in. If anything, the current playlist with more 'classics' and a few spice tracks is sounding a bit better than the narrower watered-down XFM we were getting. I think Viola Beach are the only new indie band being playlisted at the moment. And that's - putting it bluntly here - only because they're dead.

I think it's a matter of time before Vaughan takes breakfast.
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Old 22-08-2016, 17:25
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Chris Moyles is obviously a very talented presenter, I think his time on R1 was cut a bit too short. I can quite see him on Radio 2 eventually. Remember as the old R1 audience grows older, having Moyles on there will become even more relevant.

I mean did we honestly think in 2000 that Chris Evans, Sara Cox would ever be on R2?
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Old 22-08-2016, 20:10
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For me the station sound is going in completely the wrong direction by adding The Police etc. The world doesn't need another Absolute/Jack etc. They need to cut back on the oldies and what they do have focus more on indie, rock and crossover EDM from brit-pop onwards - without every third oldie being Oasis. The priority every hour should be new music - go as wide as the remit allows. Elle King was massive for X but really Ex's and Ohs is just intelligent pop music. There's a whole load of stuff on Radio One's playlist (once you get past Bieber/Drake etc) and new material from older acts on 6music like that which should be getting airplay on X and isn't. And this should be getting the priority on breakfast and drive. Moyles and Vaughn's are used to hearing (Golden hour aside) only current music and entertaining chat - just because they're four years older now doesn't mean they now want music from 40 years ago - they still want current (popular) music but the good stuff not the teenie crap. Banning oldies from breakfast and drive (apart from within features) would force X to work a lot harder on a decent range of current music.
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Old 23-08-2016, 11:29
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But would the current music (which sells much less copies than it did years ago) be popular enough to drag enough audience to Radio X?

The whole point of changing from XFM was to create a bigger market appeal - Im not convinced newer music will do that - especially for ipod generation!
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Old 23-08-2016, 15:29
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But would the current music (which sells much less copies than it did years ago) be popular enough to drag enough audience to Radio X?

The whole point of changing from XFM was to create a bigger market appeal - Im not convinced newer music will do that - especially for ipod generation!
An interesting point.

My daughter is 28 and rarely, if ever, listens to the radio live. She prefers to d/l what she wants to listen to music wise and uses podcasts of any show that might interest her [very rarely]. To her the thought of listening to a repetitive playlist interspersed with news, traffic, babbling DJ's and adverts is an anathema.
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Old 24-08-2016, 16:08
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I think with indie just not being that big at the moment, the station would be better sat as a very cool 90s, 00s now type station aiming at mainly 30somethings who want a bit more variety and personality with slightly more credible music.

Radio X could be the cool persons answer to Heart, sticking with more credible tracks from across the board, with more variety and personality. Tracks that never get played these days include stuff like the Brit Pop stuff, dance stuff from the late 90s, rock and credible dance from the 00s and newer stuff like Nero mixed with new indie.

No other Global station would touch any of this, but I don't think you could do this as a tight format as such, it's less about a format and more about the stations personality as a whole. With this type of sound, Moyles would fly I think, but the show needs a bit more of its old charm.
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Old 24-08-2016, 16:14
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Trouble is no commercial station can touch, what the BBC does radio wise it's just to good
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Old 26-08-2016, 06:39
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Sounds like Pippa was responsible for 6-6:30 output today and made a right mess, same song played twice and news jungle at 6:22. Vernon discussing at the start of his show.

Appears to be an issue handing from Manchester to London studios. Don't get why some shows come from Manchester as creates technical problems, is it a requirement of their Manchester FM licence that some shows are local?
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Old 26-08-2016, 07:10
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Doesn't the show before TCMS come from the 'broom cupboard' studio elsewhere in the same building? At least that's the case normally when Rich Walters throws to Chris and the team.
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Old 26-08-2016, 08:52
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This show just keeps going from bad to worse. It surly cannot continue the way it is with continuous technical issues, very limited playlists, falling listeners and a presenter who spends more time on holiday than working.

Moyles is simply not suited to this station or anything it stands for. Capital would be the best option for Chris and it would be interesting to hear him once on LBC.
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Old 26-08-2016, 09:54
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Doesn't the show before TCMS come from the 'broom cupboard' studio elsewhere in the same building? At least that's the case normally when Rich Walters throws to Chris and the team.
The early show today was from Manchester with Hattie Pearson, but apparently she had to leave early so they handed over to London so Pippa was driving the show before 6:30, sounds like it all went horribly wrong.
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Old 26-08-2016, 11:10
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Sounds like Pippa was responsible for 6-6:30 output today and made a right mess, same song played twice and news jungle at 6:22. Vernon discussing at the start of his show.

Appears to be an issue handing from Manchester to London studios. Don't get why some shows come from Manchester as creates technical problems, is it a requirement of their Manchester FM licence that some shows are local?
Yes I heard that output this morning from 6-6.30, and yes every show they do from Manchester has technical problems, I remeber two weeks ago the Manchester frequency was heard on National DAB when they do the news split.
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Old 26-08-2016, 11:12
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Where an earth is Rich Walters these days? Is he on holiday?
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Old 26-08-2016, 12:53
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Where an earth is Rich Walters these days? Is he on holiday?
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