How is having i) another woman ii) another Londoner iii) another woman of a certain age going to attract more listeners? "They couldn't give me any reason other than, they just wanted a change.". DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. Jonathan Charles Gaunt (born 3 March 1961) is an English radio talk show presenter, TV personality, newspaper columnist, social commentator and spokesman. Registered in England. ALL ACCESS has reached out to iHEARTMEDIA DALLAS for comment, but no response so far. Like one comment above, the wife who cant stand G Manns voice, I am in that camp. 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. I wonder how many listens they will loose. 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. Gusher Main-Spout!!! Had to give her the bad news. BBC Radio 3 has relegated one of its best presenters to the afternoon graveyard slot with this statement:Ian Skelly joins Afternoon Concert from 12th April. 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. Georgia Mann is a brilliant broadcaster some are just radio naturals and she is one of them. Audio: Radio presenters say goodbye before GHR arrives. You dont need a cut crystal accent explaining dodecaphonic construction at 09:15, you need good music and entertaining but intelligent chat. "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 changed its name from 96.4 The Eagle to 96.4 Eagle Radio in February 2007 and later changed to solely Eagle Radio. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Radio 3s editorial decisions are driven by the type of listener it wants to attract now rather than its cultural remit. The decision was announced on February 26 and will mean that popular shows such as the Heart Bristol breakfast show with Ed, Troy and Paulina will be axed. Weve seen many messages on social media from presenters and listeners marking the day, too many to list in one article. (And thus became a shoo-in for a BBC announcers job). A lot of that is driven by the need to reduce costs, and therefore a lot of people have simply taken voluntary redundancy (VR) and left by choice.". So Mendelssohn composed Des Knaben Wunderhorn? ", A spokesman for the station said: "Throughout the years Radio 2 has stayed relevant to its millions of listeners by evolving its schedule. ALL ACCESS has learned that CINDY SCULL has departed iHEARTMEDIA's Rock KEGL (97.1 THE EAGLE)/DALLAS - FORT WORTH after 27 years with the station. BBC local radio stations are seizing on this consolidation in the commercial radio market to reposition themselves around personality-led local programmes, with the corporations 40 local outlets across England increasingly presenters from former commercial rivals. His first words on the station were Hey, Ive landed, referencing Neil Armstrong use of the Eagle has landed. Eagle Radio was a local radio station in the Surrey and North East Hampshire area of England. Im not particularly a fan of IS and prefer Suzy Klein but to move him on in such a peremptory manner seems disrespectful. The station was sold by its original founders in October 2001 to Radio Investments Limited, which later became known as The Local Radio Company. How can I listen to Greatest Hits Radio? This is Neanderthal managerialism(unfortunately shared by most of our universities). You've got Radio Brooklands and Radio Woking on SSDAB. The. Fake cadences and top note squeaking is irritating beyond measure; talk properly and clearly as a present ought, thats all we ask surely? https://t.co/RJvtnMce6n, Graham Wright (@RadioGraham) August 28, 2020. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. The BBC. Kam has been a Presenter at Sam FM (Thames Valley) since 9 September 2019. The station takes the national networked breakfast show from Hits Radio UK hosted by Fleur East, James Barr & Matt weekdays from 6am-10am. 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. "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". Peter Gordon does final show on Eagle Radio after 25 years Eagle Radio breakfast presenter Peter Gordon has signed off for the last time, ahead of the station's rebrand to Greatest Hits. 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. The current state of the media industry means it could be difficult for staff to find jobs elsewhere, with many of the affected stations located in mid-sized settlements where there are no other stations. As a presenter on Classic FM I have the pleasure of sharing great music, fun stories and moments of relaxation with millions of people around the world. 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. Otherwise known as A Job In The Real World!. 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. !!! Would do it all again tomorrow! 2023 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. 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". Also when R3 was often interrupted by Test Match Cricket, on one occasion he announced dolefully -And now Its CRICKET. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Time for some decency, and time for overpayed Stalinists like Alan Davey to walk the plank! 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. A number of radio stations across the east will be replaced by a new name later this year. 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. Age, gender or simply too knowledgable? There have been multiple letters to Haaretz and other newspapers. Whichever way you look at it, its just more of the same. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 152,000 listeners and a 5.9% share as of September 2021. Gordon resides in Hackney, London, and travels back to New Zealand frequently. "A big one that we've seen in recent months and years is reorganisation at the BBC, particularly in the newsroom. It has always been a very solid radio station that clearly cares abut its listeners. Who reads the news on Greatest Hits Radio? 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. In between all of this he also presents After Hours on Radio Biscuit on Sunday nights, which Andy says he loves almost as much as life itself! There are credible industry rumours that another popular BBC podcast is also about to jump to the commercial sector at the end of its current season, taking its presenters with it. Last ever show on Minster FM done! Good luck to the @GHRYork team who will be taking over from Tuesday ? Cookies are also used for Google Ads personalisation. Maybe Georgia went to the Clemmy Burton-Hill school of presentation? I raised a direct complaint to GM and subsequently responding to the programmes producer after she was encouraging the listeners to make their (negative) feelings felt about the organ as an instrument one morning. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Carlos joined Smooth Radio in September 2007. Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. I find Georgia and Ian similar in their wit and sense of humour. Maitlis, meanwhile, was told off for impartiality breaches during her time at the corporation. "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. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Piers Morgan says Susanna Reid has an unrequited love for him, Gemma Collins turns to Kim K as she starts surrogacy process. A bit dull really, her manner I mean. 1. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Good luck with claasic fm etc all those who say they are leaving. Kam has been a Presenter at Atmosphere. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. But on Friday, February 24, 2023, the radio presenter announced he would be walking away from the show at the age . The first song played was "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel and the second song was "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac. The 61-year-old presented a Saturday morning show on the network. Dozens of Bauer-owned regional stations will be rebranded under the Greatest Hits Radio name from September. On Monday 25th June 2007, Andy Bush and Paris Troy announced they had a secret video of Paulina pole dancing . 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. Mayo was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. I am far more likely to listen to any programme presented by Skellers, who is by far the best presenter on R3. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. You can listen to his last link from Aircheck Downloads: New audio What an achievement. 17yrs ago I joined a team launching a radio station in Barnsley and on 5/10/03 Dearne FM was born! ", My experience of local radio was Capital FM with Chris Tarrant, Steve Penk and the Flying Eye! Georgia Mann-Smith??? We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. Video, 'Trump or bust' - grassroots Republicans are still loyal, Tony Hall described as a poacher's charter, Alex Murdaugh jailed for life for double murder, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, Mother who killed her five children euthanised, Zoom boss Greg Tomb fired without cause, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, Biden had skin cancer lesion removed - White House, US sues Exxon over nooses found at Louisiana plant. Dozens of radio presenters said their final goodbyes on Friday morning after years of hosting local breakfast shows. On behalf of our #WestSussex Stagecoach colleagues we thank you for entertaining us since 1996! What is it like to be a Classic FM presenter? Welcome to the Digital Spy forums.