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Old Yesterday, 14:23
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thought it was Simon Bates
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Old Yesterday, 14:28
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Tony started it when he was still doing the 9 - 12 show, then it just stayed in place when Simon Bates took over and Tony was moved to 2 - 4.30 p.m..
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I think Tony was moved from the breakfast show in mid-1973 (in anticipation of ILR starting in the October) and replaced with Noel Edmonds. Simon Bates took over in 1976 and "The Golden Hour" became his for the next 18 years, which is why it's associated with him.

ILR really caused Radio 1 to up its game and you could say that Tony was the first victim of the purge of "Smashie and Nicey" DJs 10 years before it actually happened when he was shipped off to BBC Radio London in 1984.

Tony was the epitome of naff presenting back then.
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Old Yesterday, 15:13
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Tony started the golden hour when he was still doing breakfast on Radio One. It was a once a week feature in the last hour on Fridays. When he moved to 9-12, it became a daily feature in the first hour. Radio 2 should put Tony on breakfast again, that was always his best slot.
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I wonder if it will still be one or two specific years tomorrow evening. The Freeview EPG says that the playlist is being ignored and Tony's playing his favourite oldies of all time. Hope it's not just an hour of random oldies.
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Tony started the golden hour when he was still doing breakfast on Radio One. It was a once a week feature in the last hour on Fridays. When he moved to 9-12, it became a daily feature in the first hour. Radio 2 should put Tony on breakfast again, that was always his best slot.
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Old Yesterday, 15:25
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I wonder if it will still be one or two specific years tomorrow evening. The Freeview EPG says that the playlist is being ignored and Tony's playing his favourite oldies of all time. Hope it's not just an hour of random oldies.
An hour of well chosen but not themed oldies would be much better. Just concentrating on one year is very boring. You already have that on POTP anyway. Poor Gambo, you can tell he hasn't got his heart in it.
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Old Yesterday, 15:44
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Radio 2 should put Tony on breakfast again, that was always his best slot.
It would be good if BBC Radio 2 at least tried him out as holiday cover next time his had a week or two off.
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It would be good if BBC Radio 2 at least tried him out as holiday cover next time his had a week or two off.
Never going to happen, they'd never put someone better than the regular host on cover duties.
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Old Yesterday, 19:40
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Simon did the Golden Hour when he did the breakfast show on Smooth.used to like him on there
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Old Yesterday, 19:55
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Simon Bates still does the Golden Hour from 9am-10am every weekday morning on BBC Radio Devon.
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Old Yesterday, 21:01
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I think Tony was moved from the breakfast show in mid-1973 (in anticipation of ILR starting in the October) and replaced with Noel Edmonds. Simon Bates took over in 1976 and "The Golden Hour" became his for the next 18 years, which is why it's associated with him.

ILR really caused Radio 1 to up its game and you could say that Tony was the first victim of the purge of "Smashie and Nicey" DJs 10 years before it actually happened when he was shipped off to BBC Radio London in 1984.

Tony was the epitome of naff presenting back then.
Interesting post........it was November 77 when the change happened. David Hamilton went to radio two. Tony Blackburn replaced him. Bates took over the mid morning show and Peter Powell joined the station to do the Sunday morning show. As far as Tony Blackburns radio one career was concerned the BIG moment happened in 1979 when he made remarks on air slagging off someone who had criticised him- cant remember the full details as its so long ago but that caused him to be moved to weekends. Initially doing the 10-1 slot on a Saturday and the top 40 on sundays but finally settling in to the old junior choice slot in Early 1980...

The "big new hope" from late 78 was Andy Peebles and IMHO the bosses were keen to get him into the day time schedules asap and that's why I think Blackburn was sidelined in 1979...as had it been serious he was have been fired-simple as.........there were NO other alternatives to get Peebles in at that time. Bates, Jensen and DLT were all less than 2 years doing their respective shows and Burnett was fixed in the lunchtime slot meaning the only option was the end of Tony doing a daytime show

He wasn't right for the weekend show he presented from 1980 and I'm surprised he lasted until 1984. Shame really as he remains IMO the best DJ Radio one had in the 15+ years I listened to the station...
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Old Yesterday, 23:15
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Would love Tony to do a two hour Golden Hour (guess the year), on a Saturday and Sunday breakfast time on radio 2.
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Old Yesterday, 23:53
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Tony won't do guess the year. But you may be right about The Golden Hour at 09.00 on a Saturday in the final hour of a breakfast show.
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