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There's only 4 contestants for Champs League PopMaster this year 😲
I caught 20 mins or so of Scott Mills yesterday, it was guff, I have got no idea who the show is aimed at, noticed he has a guest on now around 3.30, a bit like Steve's show had :unsure:
No wonder his show is only 2 hours long, very bland indeed.
 
Does Scott Mills have his sidekick Chris (forgotten his name)?
They had a show on Saturday mornings on 5 Live. A couple of times Chris did it on his own and he was dreadful. Completely out of his depth.
 
Jelly Bean said:
Does Scott Mills have his sidekick Chris (forgotten his name)?
They had a show on Saturday mornings on 5 Live. A couple of times Chris did it on his own and he was dreadful. Completely out of his depth.
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No, Chris is on the Capital breakfast show now! I always liked hearing them together on Radio 1 but I didn’t hear a lot of their 5 Live shows.
 
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Jelly Bean said:
Does Scott Mills have his sidekick Chris (forgotten his name)?
They had a show on Saturday mornings on 5 Live. A couple of times Chris did it on his own and he was dreadful. Completely out of his depth.
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Don't think so, I only heard Scott when I listened yesterday.
It has been quiet on the Steve Wright gossip, I wonder if he is just seeing out his contract quietly then appear somewhere in 2023.
 
Jelly Bean said:
Together they were fine and bounced off each other. But on his own Chris (Stark! Just remembered it) floundered terribly. Lots of awkward pauses.
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Oh dear, he maybe wasn't confident running the show alone. There’s three other presenters with him on the Capital breakfast show (why so many?!) so hopefully he’ll be alright! I haven’t tried listening to it.

As for Scott’s R2 show, I wanted to like it but I only listened to a couple of shows when he first started and wasn’t really enjoying it, I’ll need to give it another try.
 
I think Scott’s show must be tanking. All they do is advertise it, especially on Ken’s programme, to the point you get sick of hearing about it.

There was an article in one of the papers last week saying they’ve lost a lot of listeners, but someone high up said that’s ok because they’re looking to gain a new younger audience. Excuse me! I find that really offensive - and I’m only in my late forties. Once they lose those listeners (us) they will never gain them back, or get new listeners in the same numbers to replace them. Also, from a business perspective, they should want to keep our custom. If an executive in a private sector company said that I don’t think they’d last too long in their job…
 
Shineyshine said:
I think Scott’s show must be tanking. All they do is advertise it, especially on Ken’s programme, to the point you get sick of hearing about it.

There was an article in one of the papers last week saying they’ve lost a lot of listeners, but someone high up said that’s ok because they’re looking to gain a new younger audience. Excuse me! I find that really offensive - and I’m only in my late forties. Once they lose those listeners (us) they will never gain them back, or get new listeners in the same numbers to replace them. Also, from a business perspective, they should want to keep our custom. If an executive in a private sector company said that I don’t think they’d last too long in their job…
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That's exactly what Radio London has done. They won't attract the younger listeners they want because of changing listening patterns, nor will they recover the listeners they're losing (who have generally always had radio as part of their lives).
 
Even though Scott Mills is far too old for Radio 1 (he’s nearly 50) he just doesn’t fit in with his show on radio 2. Silly phone ins, all this “I love you” …”I love you too” shite! Why does he keep having to ask or say how old a listener is? “hi Scott, I’m 35 and just tuned in to Radio 2 for the first time because I love you..you’re the best DJ in the world!” Scott… “I love you too!” That was a real listener last week. Every call in ends in I love you. He needs so much adoration, just play some music!!
 
Affiliatedlink said:
Even though Scott Mills is far too old for Radio 1 (he’s nearly 50) he just doesn’t fit in with his show on radio 2. Silly phone ins, all this “I love you” …”I love you too” shite! Why does he keep having to ask or say how old a listener is? “hi Scott, I’m 35 and just tuned in to Radio 2 for the first time because I love you..you’re the best DJ in the world!” Scott… “I love you too!” That was a real listener last week. Every call in ends in I love you. He needs so much adoration, just play some music!!
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I don’t listen to him, I gave him a go but he’s not for me. This sounds pathetic, no wonder people are turning off in their droves. There’s already a Radio 1 if people want to listen to that, I wish they’d stop trying to change 2 into something it isn’t. It’s not catering to its audience. They forget that we pay them to provide us with a service, and broadcast what we want to listen to. If we stop listening they’ll be out of a job. Or they should be.
 
Radio 2's Johnnie Walker & his wife have a show on Boom Radio, tues 27th Dec 4pm.
Shaun Keaveny sits in for Johnnie throughout January (Fri night radio 2 Rock Show)
I'm looking forward to listening to Paul O'Grady & Malcolm on Boom, as I peel vegetables on xmas day :rolleyes:
 
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