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Shineyshine said:
I agree. I’m not sure how well she will go down nation wide. She doesn’t have the type of appeal that’s required. Also, this could look as though the BBC is favouring the South / South East yet again, when they had an opportunity to go in a different direction.
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Beck Want will be doing Mon-Thu from Manchester, Jo Good is only on Fridays and Saturdays do there is a north-south split.
 
Missylauren said:
What does everyone think of the Arielle Free situation?
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i was just reading about it on the celeb gossip
thread!

ultimately imo a producer shouldn’t have let her on air or even in the booth that drunk - credit to the other dj for handling it so well. a suspension seems very harsh, but i know they really frown on the dj’s expressing negative opinions about artists etc which i guess she did.

radio 1 gave her a lot of backing and kinda made her their poster girl for a bit with the charity thing she did so interested to see how it all plays out.
 
LaBlonde said:
i was just reading about it on the celeb gossip
thread!

ultimately imo a producer shouldn’t have let her on air or even in the booth that drunk - credit to the other dj for handling it so well. a suspension seems very harsh, but i know they really frown on the dj’s expressing negative opinions about artists etc which i guess she did.

radio 1 gave her a lot of backing and kinda made her their poster girl for a bit with the charity thing she did so interested to see how it all plays out.
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I think the same!I wonder if more happened behind the scenes as it seems ott to to get suspended for that!
 
Missylauren said:
What does everyone think of the Arielle Free situation?
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Very interesting! I’m not a big fan of her as I mentioned previously on this thread, she often sounds quite hoarse which is a bit off putting to listen to and I prefer listening to pretty much anyone else.

She’d had way too much of whatever she’d taken when she was on Charlie’s show and it’s understandable Charlie was pissed off.

I was reading what was being said about it on DS and people there mentioned her not appearing on the early morning show sometimes, like her sleeping in, but I’m not sure if that’s what they’re assuming or if that was confirmed.

I’d imagine she won’t stay at Radio 1 once her contract ends, whenever that is.
 
Jo Good continues to advertise on her BBC Radio London late show. . Last night she opened the show saying she was full after eating a big bowl of pasta. Of course it wasn't a general innocuous comment, later in the show she said the meal was from Hello Fresh who she is current promoting on her Insta stories, she's done many promos for them in the past, punting affiliate links from which she would receive sales commisssion.
 
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Steve Wright's Summer Nights 7 - 9pm

Will it have stopped raining in the UK by then 🤔
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BBC Radio 2 is down one million listeners in the latest radio listening figures provided by RAJAR for quarter 2, 2023, as Ken Bruce helps commercial radio increase.The national BBC network dropped from 14.45m weekly reach last quarter (and 14.5m from
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Thinking about the October changes to BBC local radio when much of the output will be shared England-wide, the current 5am to 6am slot - early breakfast with Jason Rosam which goes out from London to all England - is almost preview of the new set up. The ident is 'across England', 'BBC local radio', 'with all the music you love' I wonder if that will be used going forward or if it will be all new.

I think Jason does a fantastic job, he often mentions the various local presenters, which the listeners appreciate, as well as having lots of general knowledge about the whole country, and a warm rapport with many regular the callers. He plays a best-of local radio from a different station every morning, and apparently visited Radio Leicester yesterday. Ironically Jason said this morning that listener numbers for most BBC local radio stations are up in the Rajars. Jason is most definitely a passionate advocate for local radio, a Tattler on another thread said she believes he is a director or trustee of a smaller, charity-based local radio station.

I don't know Becky Want but I will give her late show a try on the weeknights from October. I wonder if she'll have an inclusive nationwide approach, I do hope so. Not so for Jo Good, who will be doing the Friday and Saturday night lates across England, she's already told her London listeners that they needn't worry, her show won't be very different. I can't imagine self-centred, central London-centric Jo Good being bothered to make many concessions to engage with the rest of the country. I know I'll not be listening if Becky Want's show is 90% Mancy-mancy, just as imagine that the many listeners outside London won't appreciate having Jo Good's narc-fest show dumped on their local airwaves.
 
Kay's Good Cooking said:
I've just seen, in passing, the article about Radio 2 having lost a million viewers since Ken left. Why keep Jeremy when they've culled Vanessa, Ken, and (effectively) Steve?

I'd love to meet this 'next generation' they're supposedly targeting
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I've no idea why they keep Vine. His show is so out of odds with the rest of the output (plus he's twit)

I saw someone saying that Zoe Ball was still bedding in ... I'll assume they were being sarcastic.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
I've no idea why they keep Vine. His show is so out of odds with the rest of the output (plus he's twit)

I saw someone saying that Zoe Ball was still bedding in ... I'll assume they were being sarcastic.
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It beggars belief how much Zoe Ball gets paid for what she does, but then I think that about a lot of presenters. She was useless years ago, and she still is. The term nepo baby is used now, Zoe Ball was one of the earlier ones at the BBC, getting opportunities purely because of her family connections rather than any actual talent.
 
I happened to have the radio on today when Vernon and Vine were doing their handover chat and it was quite amusing. Vine was talking about driving and Vernon said “hang on, you’ve got a car? I thought you cycled everywhere!” Vine “no I do have one but I hardly use it, my wife tells me off for going too slow” Vern “that’s really dangerous that Jeremy!”
 
IndominusRex said:
I happened to have the radio on today when Vernon and Vine were doing their handover chat and it was quite amusing. Vine was talking about driving and Vernon said “hang on, you’ve got a car? I thought you cycled everywhere!” Vine “no I do have one but I hardly use it, my wife tells me off for going too slow” Vern “that’s really dangerous that Jeremy!”
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Heh. Vernon gently trolling there. He's smarter than he looks.
 
IndominusRex said:
I happened to have the radio on today when Vernon and Vine were doing their handover chat and it was quite amusing. Vine was talking about driving and Vernon said “hang on, you’ve got a car? I thought you cycled everywhere!” Vine “no I do have one but I hardly use it, my wife tells me off for going too slow” Vern “that’s really dangerous that Jeremy!”
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Alexa, what does a twit look like?

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I've reached the life stage where 6 music is too funky for me and switched to Radio 2. Most of the programming suits our household but Mr B gets a fair amount of rage when Jeremy Vine is on. It's the only time of day it gets switched over to Absolute 00s.

I don't see much love for Elaine Paige's musical show on Sunday afternoons. It's one when I'm getting on with weekly chores and it's such a good background show for that. This week is a heroes and villains theme which I cannot wait for 😍
 
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