Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley famously failed to transplant their chemistry from The One Show to ITV's Daybreak. 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. 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. Georgia is a hugely experienced R3 presenter and producer who will bring a range of cultural knowledge to the morning schedules, while Ian will bring his proven skills to the important afternoon sequence.. The resulting show was a disaster, and Mayo left for Bauer, where he currently presents on Greatest Hits Radio. Sam FM, which currently has its own local daytime lineup including Kam Kelly, Mark Franklin and Downsy, will take the network shows outside of Drive. Others think the BBC should let its biggest names leave rather than offer huge sums to keep them, and grow a new generation of stars instead. What frequency is Greatest Hits Radio on? Is Ian Skelly not even more hugely experienced and knowledgable? Read about our approach to external linking. How someone with a borderline speech defect gets to be a radio presenter is a mystery to me. I would expect this to be one of the stations that suffers the worst when it's GHRd. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Simon Mayo. !!! Head to our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know! He is being replaced by Radio 1's Scott Mills, but will continue to host Sunday Love Songs. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. The station takes the national networked breakfast show from Hits Radio UK hosted by Fleur East, James Barr & Matt weekdays from 6am-10am. Never say never again pic.twitter.com/BoDNkqIdBT, Minster FM Breakfast Show (@BenMinsterFM) August 28, 2020, Its my final day at Mix96 and this mornings Ben and Nia Breakfast Show (without Ben) is a celebration of the last 5 years and so Ive dug deep in to the archives! @iancrouch_radio @StuartMcGinley @milly_luxford pic.twitter.com/4PpT4NTxd0, Stagecoach South (@StagecoachSouth) August 28, 2020. The BBC's VR programme, a result of cost-cutting measures and a drive to move more staff out of London, has seen many experienced producers and journalists leave - a brain drain that often goes underreported compared with the departures of celebrities. Closure. She will continue to present live events, including the Proms. She then hosted middays at sister Classic Rock KZPS (LONESTAR 92.5)/DALLAS - FORT WORTH and Cumulus Classic Rock KDBN (93.3 The Bone)/DALLAS - FORT WORTH. 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. Where I lived in Thamesmead #spirefm pic.twitter.com/DDOeHfhN10, Simon Ward Photography (@SimonWardPhoto) August 28, 2020. Working for a large organisation does not mean one or in this case a presenter is good. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Eagle Radio was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Thanks, Ian. Most of the stations affected by Wednesdays announcement were bought by Bauer last year and were often founded in the commercial radio boom years of the 80s and 90s. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. So Mendelssohn composed Des Knaben Wunderhorn? You never know whats going to happen to you. Where are greatest hits radio . Its been downhill since the departure of Rob Cowan. The station went through a transitional period where its playlist was changed over to the 70s, 80s and 90s era, and jingles changed to reflect the station playing "greatest hits". We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. 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. The station went through a transitional period where its playlist was changed over to the 70s, 80s and 90s era, and jingles changed to reflect the station playing "greatest hits". Disgraceful business decision. 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 . On Wednesday, March 1, Gracie used her social media accounts to inform her followers about the layoff. Georgia Mann-Smith??? Clemmie suffered a major brain haemorrhage over a year again in New York and was unconscious for 17 days and it wasnt certain she would regain her speech. Or is this a remake of John Drummond being told by a BBC executive that he had been tainted by experience? These cases will run on a No Win No Fee basis so if you win your case, well charge you 25% of your compensation. What on earth is happening when someone can be simply emailed and told that they are being transferred without consultation! However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Fake cadences and top note squeaking is irritating beyond measure; talk properly and clearly as a present ought, thats all we ask surely? Eagle Radio was a local radio station in the Surrey and North East Hampshire area of England. News bulletins are short tick box affairs to cover the area, while the one remaining 'local' show at drive is shared with stations in Kent, Sussex, South Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Without it, more independent stations will fall away and communities will lose out.. Weve seen many messages on social media from presenters and listeners marking the day, too many to list in one article. Gaunt describes himself as a "working-class, educated guy with, in broad strokes, a rightwing agenda". Until 2018, Eagle Radio broadcast The Vodafone Big Top 40 chart show (previously The Pepsi Chart & Hit40UK) which was produced from Capital FM in London and syndicated across over 140 commercial radio stations in the UK. Replaced by two big names who certainly dont need/suit this job at all, we miss our personal, lovely presenters! The County Sound network joined forces with Radio Mercury in 1991 to form Allied Radio. It remains to be seen whether Bauer will feel in five years time that each of the moves were wise for the organisation overall. ", Radio listeners are famously resistant to change, and often sceptical that it's even possible to attract young audiences to stations that skew older. Oh for the days when we just had announcers as do most of the European stations still. Mayo was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. 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. "So they have a responsibility. Announcing his exit from weekday afternoons earlier this year, Steve Wright said: "My friend and boss Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said she wanted to do something different in the afternoons." Ms Mann seems to be a pleasant and reasonably knowledgeable presenter certainly but Ian Skelly has that certain je ne sais quoi that raises his presenting to a higher level. My voice has been heard on some of the biggest radio stations across the UK including, Smooth, Heart and Capital. Rather than producing their own shows, the stations will largely carry syndicated programmes made in London featuring national presenters playing classic pop music. 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. For some, however, no amount of money or freedom would be enough to compensate for the drop in relevance or audience that sometimes comes with leaving. Eagle Radio was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020. Some stars, like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker, have taken pay cuts following the scrutiny. How can I put it politely? Angry listeners predicted the station would lose thousands of listeners, with one saying the people want local presenters that we can relate to! Same here. When he left, Marr said he was looking forward to "getting his voice back" - a reference to impartiality rules at the BBC. Jack FM. When people move on, for whatever the reason, it creates an opportunity for new talent. . On 27 May 2020 it was announced that Eagle Radio will become Greatest Hits Radio from early September 2020. Global, who own the Heart network, revealed that a number of its regional breakfast show hosts would move to Drivetime. This seemed to be the end of County Sound as we knew it. The 61-year-old presented a Saturday morning show on the network. Mann/Klein Who reads the news on Greatest Hits Radio? Ah. So radio historian David Lloyd has created an audio montage to remember just some of those presenters moving on before being replaced by a national breakfast show: 2020 and another slew of stations reach the end of the road, as national radio brands become bigger. There is also 2 ex pirates now licenced Kane on FM and Release on Surrey DAB (but has a Bracknell address). pic.twitter.com/Mp1MFejaIQ, Tom Campbell (@TomCampbell) August 28, 2020, I've worked in radio almost 38 yrs. Schedule changes are also sometimes made, controversially, for reasons of diversity. In this period, the Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey, in the past an occasional fill-in presenter for Ken Bruce and Jeremy Vine, directly targeted Radio 2 as part of a wider campaign . Bauer Media announced the takeover of 56 radio stations back in May, as they planned to rebrand 49 of them under a universal banner of Greatest Hits Radio, reducing local content. My time there from 2011 to 2014 was full of hard graft and too many laughs to count. She has become known for her work presenting Radio 3s Breakfast programme, as well as lunchtime and evening concerts and a range of programmes on Radio 3, including Words and Music. The number of these changes, and the speed of them, can drive audiences up the wall. "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". Piers Morgan says Susanna Reid has an unrequited love for him, Gemma Collins turns to Kim K as she starts surrogacy process. Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. Interesting to see how R3 can stir and divide opinion. 2. 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).