We're grateful to all the presenters, past and present, who have played their part in the success of the station, and we also look forward to welcoming refreshed shows, new ideas and different voices to Radio 2, as we always have done. The best programme on R3 is Through the Night, which is excellent and is presented in the old way, both informative and understated. The music level is fine but presentersjust speak up!! 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 . For my part. Last ever show on Minster FM done! Bristol Good luck to the @GHRYork team who will be taking over from Tuesday ? 2023 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. [1] On 27 May 2020 it was announced that Eagle Radio will become Greatest Hits Radio from early September 2020. We can only hope that Georgia grows into the job. Also when R3 was often interrupted by Test Match Cricket, on one occasion he announced dolefully -And now Its CRICKET. Ian Skelly though is much missed and I now go to Classic FM during her schedule as it is simply too unbearable. Disgraceful business decision. SCULL said goodbye to THE SCULLY MORNING SHOW and listeners via an INSTAGRAM post earlier this week. It is the bedrock of why people come to us.". When presenter left LBC and his statement following immediate exit. Today PG ended his breakfast show with the words: After landing all those years ago, its time for me to take off again. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Why shouldn't the BBC do that more often, and let long-established names leave? The login page will open in a new tab. 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. Now it's a great big fat frightened rat. I'm on 6 Music six days a week [but] the Radio 2 show was performing well," he said earlier this week. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Spanish violinist wins Berlin Philharmonic seat, Italy lowers the age for chief conductors. 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. From 1 April 2015, the Jack FM name was dropped in favour of Sam FM by the station owner Celador Radio, who decided on changing the name six months beforehand. Based in Guildford in the Guildford College campus, Eagle Radio was part of the UKRD Group of radio stations. I note that R3 has been trumpeting the return of Clemmy Burton-Hill in the way it used to promote Katie Derham. Radio 2's multi-generational appeal serves a 35+ audience, a target which hasn't changed in decades, and we are proud to feature the best music from the 60s to the present day, which is key to the station's continued success.". Thanks, Ian. ?And SHAME on soulless companies like @BauerMedia with NO interest in LOCAL radio. Just introduce the music, please. The station was acquired by Celador Radio on 7 September 2010. What on earth is happening when someone can be simply emailed and told that they are being transferred without consultation! I wanted to work from home, & they wanted in office. Is Ian Skelly not even more hugely experienced and knowledgable? Ian Skelly was spot on and I shall certainly miss his style. How someone with a borderline speech defect gets to be a radio presenter is a mystery to me. My voice has been heard on some of the biggest radio stations across the UK including, Smooth, Heart and Capital. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Eagle FM owner John Walenga will talk about the idea of Eagle TV at 09h00 on 30 April 2020. ?Good luck @RobPersani in whatever you do next.??? 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). This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Because people forget that Prince Charles is a musician, and he listens to Radio 3 when he can. Cannot for the life of me see why you consider Ian Skelly being more suited to simply introducing the music. "For example, top stars absolutely loathe having their salaries published.". 2. Kam has been a Presenter at Atmosphere. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. His first words on the station were Hey, Ive landed, referencing Neil Armstrong use of the Eagle has landed. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. This issue is compounded by the ever-expanding media industry, which means there are more companies around to do the poaching. Maitlis has also accused the BBC of "both side-ism" - in other words, providing a superficial balance. I think it is fairly obvious what is going on here. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Skelly was one of the best Radio3 presenters and I looked forward to his slots on Essential Classics. Their departures have invited some uncomfortable headlines and questions for the corporation in the process. Allied changed the old FM Premier service to Radio Mercury and the County Sound name was used for the AM services but wasnt really like the original County Sound at all. The company that owns Capital, Smooth and Heart radio stations has announced it will network all shows, meaning a cull in regionalised radio. Dozens of Bauer-owned regional stations will be rebranded under the Greatest Hits Radio name from September. Would do it all again tomorrow! Such a shame to treat him like this. For stars who made their name in news, such as Sopel, Maitlis and Marr, the freedom offered by rivals is a significant attraction. Ah. It's very weird. Welcome to AllAccess.com, the web's largest radio and music industry community. Eagle Radio was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020. You can find Greatest Hits Radio on your good old traditional radio were on FM & DAB in lots of places. Chacun a son gout, I suppose, but for me Georgia Mann is one of the most irritating and patently least knowledgeable presenters on R3 . But he said he understood the need to freshen schedules and attract younger audiences. The stations which are being renamed 'Greatest Hits Radio' include The Beach (Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft) London Oh dear, thats reducing my enjoyment of R3s morning slot by at least 50% for a while. That belonged on the old Third Programme. Im sure his charm will transfer to the afternoons, but the format, unless changed, will not capitalise on his talents. I've been VERY lucky. All Rights Reserved. However, they confirmed that the number of regional shows will be halved. Its been downhill since the departure of Rob Cowan. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". By far the best would be Andrew McGregor who sounds engaged with the music. The drive-time slot is hosted by Max & Jason weekdays from 4pm-7pm. From my first day to my final day, Ive loved every minute. 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. Danny Baker fired by BBC over royal baby chimp tweet Afternoons are prime time for these formats, not a graveyard shift. The consolidation approach was pioneered by Bauers rival Global, which turned Capital and Heart into national brands by buying up regional stations and slowly reducing the amount of local content. In the meantime, Wake Up Bitches.you gonna be late. In smaller broadcast areas, particularly, where reach was high, yet overall audience volume (and thus national revenues) will never be huge owing simply to the TSA size, the balance of all these factors- taken together with the growth in overall brand might is an interesting one. That's how the conveyer belt of talent works. We are still waiting for the government to confirm what support will be provided as advertising revenues plummet across the industry. So Mendelssohn composed Des Knaben Wunderhorn? 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The number of these changes, and the speed of them, can drive audiences up the wall. doom laden colleague who sounds as bored presenting as I am listening to her. It has always been a very solid radio station that clearly cares abut its listeners. Ill not listen again until its back to what works best for us people!!. They have been in a relationship since 9 April 2011. The come-to-bed, have another whisky voice of GM makes Classic FM a real temptation not, surely, what the BBC wants and Im sorry for her to be put in this position; shes NOT hugely experienced and, initially, German esp. Carlos joined Smooth Radio in September 2007. Jon Gaunt. PLEASE admit it was wrong to lose the local side to Heart!! Mayo is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur, and lives in London. "So it's difficult to say to anyone in a job they enjoy that it's time for them to go - especially if the reasons are not explained. 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". Cindy Scull Says Goodbye To KEGL (97.1 The Eagle)/Dallas - All Access Timothy Leslie Boyd (Tommy Boyd) Prior presenter of the ITV children's program, Magpie, Tommy Boyd joined the talkSPORT station when it was still "Talk Radio" in 1995. 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. We dont need just an announcer for this sort of programme. Video unavailable Watch on YouTube Wave 105 Aircheck Pirate FM Aircheck GHR Aircheck Essential Classics is a complete joke right the way through with GM. Why has Steve Allen quit LBC? | The Sun Its all old hits now . If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. On behalf of our #WestSussex Stagecoach colleagues we thank you for entertaining us since 1996! There hasn't been a dedicated oldie station on AM/FM in the area since County Sound closed down. Georgia Mann has been making arts programmes at the BBC since 2008. I find Georgia and Ian similar in their wit and sense of humour. Good luck with claasic fm etc all those who say they are leaving. The arguments in favour of the brand and networked approach are well-rehearsed, and we all appreciate that the future of radio in a broader audio world not least with the economics of COVID around us is a very different picture, and it is dangerous to imagine that everything can carry on in the way it did in previous generations. They have two sons and a daughter. Elsewhere, Craig Charles lost his weekend Radio 2 show (although he is staying on 6 Music). The drive-time slot is hosted by Max & Jason weekdays from 4pm-7pm. Piers Morgan says Susanna Reid has an unrequited love for him, Gemma Collins turns to Kim K as she starts surrogacy process. As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. I would expect this to be one of the stations that suffers the worst when it's GHRd. "This presenter weighed that offer up, but ultimately decided that the platform they have on the BBC was more compelling than the cash. The world has moved on since then-or at least most of us have. The stations will still be obliged to broadcast some regional content in order to meet the requirements of their licences. It launched on DAB Digital Radio on 12 December 2013. 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. But many talent agents won't be best pleased when their clients do this, as they lose some of their commission in the process. 2023 BBC. It appears from some of the previous comments thats its fine for a man to be witty but not a woman. Dozens of radio presenters said their final goodbyes on Friday morning after years of hosting local breakfast shows. The early morning slot involves discussion of stories from the day's newspapers. All rights reserved. !!! Like one comment above, the wife who cant stand G Manns voice, I am in that camp. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Couldnt agree more as my wife and I cant stand Georgia Mann, her voice is bad enough we switch off straightaway. Cookies are also used for Google Ads personalisation. RadioToday has estimated that the current total of approximately 200 on air presenting roles across the former Wireless, UKRD, Lincs and Celador stations will be cut to around 40, with Greatest. The industry-wide move towards consolidating local stations into de facto national outlets has been under way for years, with the move exacerbated as Britons increasingly listen to the radio via DAB radio and smart speakers such as Amazons Echo rather than FM radio. Schedule changes are also sometimes made, controversially, for reasons of diversity. The County Sound network joined forces with Radio Mercury in 1991 to form Allied Radio. I've lived my childhood dream. "It would be criminal if you inherited Radio 2 or Radio 4 and you let it wither," he told BBC News earlier this week. Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley famously failed to transplant their chemistry from The One Show to ITV's Daybreak. He estimates that more than 250 presenters will lose their jobs as a result of national programming replacing local broadcasting as the industry continues to shrink. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. It was a terrible mistake to force the BBC to reveal its top talent salaries, and I suspect this problem will only get worse.". Very knowledgable, experienced and skilled at delivering appropriate anecdotes occasionally a delightful personal one with charm and wit. Peter Gordon does final show on Eagle Radio after 25 years Local journalists, engineers and marketing staff are expected to be affected by job cuts. In one sense it IS about gender and age. Kanter suggests: "What we're going to see increasingly, I think, is the BBC effectively hiding salaries through its commercial division or independent production companies. His sense of fun and gently cheeky humour has been such a delight, and his knowledge of classical music and performance has filled many an hour with interest and entertainment. Whats happened to David Heane, always sounded decent on Real. Great team.. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Read about our approach to external linking. 17yrs ago I joined a team launching a radio station in Barnsley and on 5/10/03 Dearne FM was born! owner John Walenga ", Radio listeners are famously resistant to change, and often sceptical that it's even possible to attract young audiences to stations that skew older. #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?! @Laura_Castle was a class act and the messages we had were amazing, we cried over every one of them ? This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Steven Barnett, professor of communications at the University of Westminster, says: "Because the BBC was forced - partly through a campaign driven by a self-interested press - to reveal top salaries, its commercial competitors know exactly where to pitch their offer. 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. Otherwise known as A Job In The Real World!. ", "Whilst we of course want new listeners to discover Radio 2, we are focused on providing the 14.5 million people who tune in each week with a brilliant range of programmes, hosted by some of the UK's best-loved presenters. 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. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. Gaunt describes himself as a "working-class, educated guy with, in broad strokes, a rightwing agenda". It is such a shame. ", The BBC's director-general Tim Davie has said: "Trust in our impartiality is not a nice to have, it is the very essence of who we are. 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. I have been a listener for over 40 years and am going nowhere. Georgia Mann is a brilliant broadcaster some are just radio naturals and she is one of them. Thanks to @harrissn#aircheck #radio pic.twitter.com/LQQhkab9En, Aircheck Downloads (@airchecks) August 7, 2020. Sam FM Bristol is an English language adult hits format radio station that broadcasts on 106.5 MHz FM in Bristol, United Kingdom and is owned by Bauer Radio. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. I find his diction leaves a lot to be desired. What happened to Darren Adam (LBC presenter)? : r/AskUK Georgia Mann knows that less is more, and will ensure I dont switch off in the mornings, as I frequently do when Skelly gets on my nerves. You can listen to his last link from Aircheck Downloads: New audio What an achievement. PG launched 96.4 The Eagle on 4th January 1996 when it first went on air. "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Skelly is the urbane co-presenter of Radio 3's mid-morning weekday show. They have had a total shift in music this week with non stop older musicgone from what was a decent blend of contemporary, pop and classics, to non stop no doubt what are 'greatest hits'. Veteran broadcaster Steve Allen announced he is leaving LBC radio station last week after 44 years, to the disappointment of his . Others admitted they had tried the celebrity presenters but soon changed to a local radio station. YEA Networks Joins Arc Software For Affiliate Research, Maintenance. Working for a large organisation does not mean one or in this case a presenter is good. So Ian Skelly, a gentle, informed and subtly humorous presence, falls victim to the Radio 3 cult of the presenter. Georgia Mann-Smith??? "So they have a responsibility. Where are greatest hits radio . Ian is the better of the two current presenters and yet hes had the push. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. Some stars, like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker, have taken pay cuts following the scrutiny. 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. A rare real natural, warmly engaging with his audience as if chatting one-to-one. 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. Now listeners have gone one step further, starting a Change.org petition to bring back the regional presenters and telling Heart they have made a terrible mistake. Simon Mayo described it as an "annual turkey shoot", while Graham Norton said it was "not comfortable and not nice". What happened to Sam FM? Closure. The range of opinions on Ian Skellys defenestration shows that taste differs hugely. LBC still have him listed as a presenter, and he didn't say he was leaving, which is completely unlike him. 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. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. It remains to be seen whether Bauer will feel in five years time that each of the moves were wise for the organisation overall. Closure. 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. 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!). 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. 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 . "Each one will be unique to the individual, but broadly speaking, there's a handful of reasons people are making the choice to leave," says Jake Kanter, media correspondent for the Times. "But there are lots of other tensions at play," Kanter continues. Combining stations into national outlets has generally been a success when it comes to boosting listenership, although it usually comes at the expense of hearing regional accents on air and substantially reduces the number of media jobs outside London. Neither will probably appeal to Eagle listeners?. Living-Candle-2934 1 mo. The little Ive heard of Georgia Mann I cant say Im overly impressed. ago. Every time there are changed on R3 there is a flurry of folk who dont like change. Feltz, for example, moved to the recently-launched Talk TV, while the huge investment in podcasts has seen Maitlis, Sopel and Radio 1's Chris Stark move to Global. Its all good cuz I'm a WALL ST Bets Degenerate Ape & that pays an ass-load better. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. Not a national one in London and especially NOT Amanda Holden!!!. What happened to Bush Troy and Paulina heart radio? 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. COME BACK IAN, WE ALL MISS YOU! Other outlets such as Bradfords Pulse 1and Swanseas The Wave will be allowed to keep their branding and local breakfast shows before becoming part of Hits Radio for the rest of the day. [1] He appears every Wednesday as a newspaper reviewer on Sky News Sunrise. Auditions are clearly not behind a screen. All I got was the usual dismissive stance and justification-led reply and nothing on the back of my final rebuttal to producer Vant. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. She underwent music based physio therapy and has regained her speech such that she was able to appear on womans hour. After a lengthy argument they decided to put it on the GWR FM website, as soon as this happened Paulina walked out on the show, leaving Bush and Troy to finish the show themselves.