These people are self aggrandising and immature in their handling of what is meant to be an arts channel. As a presenter on the network's 105.7 Smooth Radio in Birmingham, he fronted the weekday afternoon show from 1 to 4pm, as well as hosting a programme on Saturday between 10am and 1pm. What do you think of the decision to axe the local breakfast shows and replace them with Amanda and Jamie from London? ", Radio listeners are famously resistant to change, and often sceptical that it's even possible to attract young audiences to stations that skew older. We will miss Ian Skellys wit and charm on Radio 3 in the morning. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The company said a small number of stations with particularly strong local followings such as Cornwalls Pirate FM and Lincolnshires Lincs FM will keep their existing line-ups. He will now be buried in a post-lunch snooze. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The station takes the national networked breakfast show from Hits Radio UK hosted by Fleur East, James Barr & Matt weekdays from 6am-10am. Others admitted they had tried the celebrity presenters but soon changed to a local radio station. Long promoted a number of acts through live music sessions on her show including Adele, The Zutons, Primal Scream, Kasabian, Amy Macdonald, Hard-Fi, Faithless, The Manic Street Preachers, Marillion, Josh Ritter, The Stranglers, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Moby, The Dandy Warhols, Stereophonics, Aslan and a significant number of new and unsigned bands This seemed to be the end of County Sound as we knew it. Because people forget that Prince Charles is a musician, and he listens to Radio 3 when he can. There is nothing more annoying than having to turn up the volume or stand next to the loudspeaker just to hear what or who was just playing. At the time of writing, the petition had already been backed by almost 6,000 radio listeners up and down the country, with one saying that Heart has no heart without its local presenters. The overheads of these stations will fall, national revenues will grow and one imagines, local revenues may fall. For localness Heart Surrey isn't as good as Eagle. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. The login page will open in a new tab. I'm on 6 Music six days a week [but] the Radio 2 show was performing well," he said earlier this week. Mayo is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur, and lives in London. Sam FM South Coast / Solent will rebrand to Greatest Hits Radio in September and network all programmes from Bauer, with the exception of a daily afternoon drive show. Peter Gordon launched 96.4 The Eagle at 7:45am on 4 January 1996, with the words "Hey, I've landed", an allusion to "the Eagle has Landed", the call sign Neil Armstrong used for the landing of the 1969 lunar landing craft. Just introduce the music, please. In some cases audiences may rise, and in others they may fall. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Im sorry to say I had long been tired of Mr Skellys manner, which I found pretentious and irritating.
Scores of UK radio stations to lose local programmes Radio listeners in uproar over presenter changes - Slippedisc It is such a shame. #Radio pic.twitter.com/BuiF1V3Lx0, Ben Norris (@Benjfnorris) August 28, 2020, When I first started visiting Salisbury in 1999 and was told that the city had it's own radio station, I said "what, little Salisbury?! "I can see their point. Bauer-owned stations rebranding as GreatestHitsRadioThe Beach (Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft)The Breeze (Alton, Petersfield, Haslemere & Bordon)The Breeze (Andover)The Breeze (Basingstoke)The Breeze (Bath)The Breeze (Bridgwater & West Somerset)The Breeze (Bristol)The Breeze (Cheltenham)The Breeze (Newbury)The Breeze (Reading)The Breeze (Shaftesbury)The Breeze (Torbay)The Breeze (Warminster)The Breeze (Weston super Mare)The Breeze (Yeovil)Compass FM (Grimsby)Dearne FM (Barnsley)Dream 100 (Tendring)Eagle Radio (Guildford)KLFM (Kings Lynn)Minster FM (Northallerton)Minster FM (York)Mix 96 (Aylesbury)North Norfolk Radio (North Norfolk)Peak FM (Chesterfield)Pulse 2 (Bradford & Huddersfield)Radio Norwich (Norwich)Ridings FM (Wakefield)Rother FM (Rotherham)Rutland Radio (Rutland)Sam FM (Swindon)Signal 107 (Kidderminster)Signal 107 (Shrewsbury & Oswestry)Signal 107 (Telford)Signal 107 (Wolverhampton)Signal 2 (Stoke-on-Trent)Spire FM (Salisbury)Spirit FM (Chichester)Stray FM (Harrogate)Swansea Sound (Swansea)Tower FM (Bolton & Bury)Trax FM (Bassetlaw)Trax FM (Doncaster)Wave 96.5 (Blackpool)Wessex FM (Weymouth)Wire FM (Warrington)Wish FM (Wigan)Yorkshire Coast Radio (Bridlington)Yorkshire Coast Radio (Scarborough), Bauer-owned stations retaining their name and own breakfast shows but broadcasting Hits Radio during the rest of the day:Pulse 1 (Bradford & Huddersfield)Signal 1 (Stoke-on-Trent)96.4 The Wave (Swansea)Fire Radio (Bournemouth), Bauer-owned stations remaining as standalone outlets:Lincs FM (Lincolnshire)Pirate FM (Cornwall)Sam FM (Bristol), Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Classical radio does much of its business from 9-to-5, while in drive time, US classical listeners are generally more likely to listen to AM news/talk and public radio news (Morning Edition and All Things Considered). Dozens of Bauer-owned regional stations will be rebranded under the Greatest Hits Radio name from September. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Jonathan Charles Gaunt (born 3 March 1961) is an English radio talk show presenter, TV personality, newspaper columnist, social commentator and spokesman. Audio: Radio presenters say goodbye before GHR arrives. Dorothy Byrne, former Head of News & Current Affairs at Channel 4 News, says: "Key journalistic talent now leave because they believe rightly that the BBC's erroneous interpretation of regulation regarding impartiality prevents it from telling viewers and voters the truth. ", A spokesman for the station said: "Throughout the years Radio 2 has stayed relevant to its millions of listeners by evolving its schedule. ?Good luck @RobPersani in whatever you do next.??? [1] On 27 May 2020 it was announced that Eagle Radio will become Greatest Hits Radio from early September 2020. Now, if they could get rid of that dreadful Sean Rafferty I would be very pleased. It ceased broadcasting on 6 September 2021 when it rebranded to Hits Radio Bristol & The South West. I have to agree with the pro Skellers above. Some stars, like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker, have taken pay cuts following the scrutiny. Both stations will continue to provide local news, information, traffic and travel as well as work with Bauer charity, Cash for Kids. Wessex FM before its closure Until its closure on 31 August 2020, it had a reach percentage of 42%. LBC's left-leaning mid-morning presenter James O'Brien now has more listeners than breakfast show host Nick Ferrari, in the latest indication that British radio listening habits have changed . If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. @PGcomms says goodbye to @eagleradio after almost 25 years on breakfast (Aug 7th 2020). Chacun a son gout, I suppose, but for me Georgia Mann is one of the most irritating and patently least knowledgeable presenters on R3 . Ive only just read about Ian Skellys removal from the R3 morning slot but I have to say I was hardly heartbroken when it happened, and welcomed Georgia Mann (at least part compensation for losing Suzy Klein to management!). Mark Goodier. Every time there are changed on R3 there is a flurry of folk who dont like change. Radio 2 is going through a particularly tumultuous time, while many of the biggest names in news and podcasting have been lured away. Theme Kourtier Blog by. ?And SHAME on soulless companies like @BauerMedia with NO interest in LOCAL radio. Ah. You can listen here on our website, download our free app for iPhone or Android, on Freeview channel 716 or ask your Smart Speaker to play Greatest Hits Radio. Most solicitors, who may advertise a No Win, No Fee service, charge their clients a success fee of up to 25% of the damages awarded. What is it like to be a Classic FM presenter? DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. 2. Im sure his charm will transfer to the afternoons, but the format, unless changed, will not capitalise on his talents. Perhaps the departures that attract the most uproar are when a presenter doesn't want to leave - but the BBC is looking to appoint someone new who will attract younger listeners and viewers. The 61-year-old presented a Saturday morning show on the network. Vanessa Feltz, Simon Mayo, Andrew Marr, Peter Crouch, Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, Dan Walker, Steve Wright, Paul O'Grady, Craig Charles, Graham Norton, Shaun Keaveny and Sue Barker are some of the biggest names who have either been poached, dropped or demoted. You can find Greatest Hits Radio on your good old traditional radio were on FM & DAB in lots of places. "But there are lots of other tensions at play," Kanter continues.
(And thus became a shoo-in for a BBC announcers job). The changes are being made to make way for Bauers Greatest Hits Radio brand taking over many local radio services next week. Kam is a Presenter at Greatest Hits Radio Swindon. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. I find his diction leaves a lot to be desired. Bring back the breakfast show on Heart and keep Kent happy in the mornings!. So Mendelssohn composed Des Knaben Wunderhorn? It remains to be seen whether Bauer will feel in five years time that each of the moves were wise for the organisation overall. Fake cadences and top note squeaking is irritating beyond measure; talk properly and clearly as a present ought, thats all we ask surely? Is organic formula better than regular formula. The music policy that has been introduced does not suit the station at all and as other have commented the listening figures will be hit hard, I sincerely hope all the staff at Eagle are able to find themselves new roles. But he said he understood the need to freshen schedules and attract younger audiences. Gordon resides in Hackney, London, and travels back to New Zealand frequently. Dozens of radio presenters said their final goodbyes on Friday morning after years of hosting local breakfast shows. As Gordon explains it, the firm was created to take on a matter for a man born with defects from thalidomide, one he felt compelled to take. He currently resides in London Fields (East London) with his partner, Alastair Carruthers, co-chair of the Te Papa Foundation of the Museum of New Zealand and chairman of Allpress Espresso. Read more: Piers Morgan says Susanna Reid has an unrequited love for him. 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The current Fire Radio breakfast presenters Max and Jason will move over to Hits Radio Bristol and the South West (formerly Sam FM) to present drivetime, while Jono Holmes will start a new drivetime show on Hits Radio Bournemouth and Poole. For example, Alex Jones was relatively unknown to national audiences before she was hired by The One Show, but that move made her a star. [1] He appears every Wednesday as a newspaper reviewer on Sky News Sunrise. Tick box exercise, especially if one happens to be Cambridge educated, and clueless about the reality of life. Greatest Hits Radio Economics aside as I do not have access to their accounts some of these operations have proven that local radio can have a place most evident in smaller proud communities where its is well run by a committed team. Rather than producing their own shows, the stations will largely carry syndicated programmes made in London featuring national presenters playing classic pop music. doom laden colleague who sounds as bored presenting as I am listening to her. A rare real natural, warmly engaging with his audience as if chatting one-to-one. This decision stinks. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. I wish presenters would stop mumbling into the microphone and speak clearly- those who drop their voices at the end of sentences are especially irritating as are those who speak intimately as though the listener is next to them in the same room. Given the BBCs propensity for wanting to refresh the lineup, isnt it more than time for the same dictum to apply to their management? SCULL said . Were also on 103FM in Manchester, on 97-108FM on the South Coast, on 107.6FM in Bournemouth & Poole and on 106.5 in Bristol. I've lived my childhood dream. 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Joe Ferguson Kev seed James klass Suzie Smith Pea teller Rick vaughn Paul jordan John ohara Brian moore Rock fm: rob Charles, Danny bee, Mark Paxton, Dave Miller, Mark kaye, Sally stone, Paul. Come back Ian, there was nothing to forgive! But that they have to try is an undoubted factor, I think. Ian Skelly is Radio 3s best presenter (jointly with Martin Handley). The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "What the BBC does have is an unrivalled platform," says Kanter. ??
Audio: Radio presenters say goodbye before GHR arrives He remained with the channel until November 1998 and was a relatively popular presence on the station.
Angry Heart listeners demand 'return of regional presenters' with a new On 6 September 2021, Sam FM was rebranded as Hits Radio Bristol and The South West. Whenever he was due to take a break, he always said where he was going and what he would be up to while away.. Not a word this time. Simon Mayo.
Old local radio presenters Digital Spy BBC has no idea how to keep listeners but only wants to encourage new listeners, most of the demographic they want to attract will never tune into R3 anyway.
Eagle Radio - Wikipedia Ian is the better of the two current presenters and yet hes had the push. New mum Stacey Solomon given huge boost amid intense backlash and complaints from fans, Monty Don delights Twitter fans with double batch of exciting news, Katie Prices horrified ex Kieran Hayler shares health fears for daughter Bunny, Jeremy Kyle guest Mad Dog Deon dies aged 40 as tributes pour in, Stephen Bear sentence: Reality star issues bizarre statement as judge hands him 21 months in jail, Gogglebox star brands show pantomime behind the scenes as she reveals shock secrets about tense filming. The shocking legacy of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter', Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, 'Trump or bust' - grassroots Republicans are still loyal. I note that R3 has been trumpeting the return of Clemmy Burton-Hill in the way it used to promote Katie Derham.