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SantaFefan
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Hmmm, I might take a listen! Did you say it's on DAB now? along with Tony Blackburn too?
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | Hmmm, I might take a listen! Did you say it's on DAB now? along with Tony Blackburn too? |
Yes it's on National DAB now. From October the new schedules starts, but Simon as it says in the article doesn't start until January. Lynn Parsons takes charge. I don't know what the weekend schedule going to look like. |
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Ian Robinson
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| What a big steaming pile of poo. I know plenty of people who listen to Smooth here in the North West because it's a LOCAL alternative to Radio 2 but not as geriatric as the BBC stations. So, yeah, just nationalise it with dated Radio 1 throwbacks and knock out the few bits of character the wretched station actually has. Marvelous. |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:09 am Post subject: |
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I may just try it after October. I did try before, but although in the NW it's far from local to me so I'll welcome its switch to a national show.
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ColinB
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British radio is in a mess, and this proves it. Most of these so-called "independent" stations are anything but independent and are all out of the same jelly-mould (just look at "Heart" - yuck) and I think it's quite pathetic that an upcoming national DAB station feels the need to enlist a long-time Radio One has-been to its flagship show. Is it worth listening to? Definitely not!
I'll stick with Planet Rock or Radio Caroline at breakfast. |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Smooth's only salvation is that it's on FM so can set the alarm to it!
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ColinB
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| Helen May wrote: | | Smooth's only salvation is that it's on FM so can set the alarm to it! |
Ours fires off just before 6.30am and the radio goes off sharply at 7.03am (in order to avoid the self-centred cackle that comes immediately afterwards!). |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| ColinB wrote: | | Helen May wrote: | | Smooth's only salvation is that it's on FM so can set the alarm to it! |
Ours fires off just before 6.30am and the radio goes off sharply at 7.03am (in order to avoid the self-centred cackle that comes immediately afterwards!). |
I don't mind Chris Evans.  You should change the dial. |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Never in a month of Sundays would I listen to Evans Mark!
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ColinB
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | ColinB wrote: | | Helen May wrote: | | Smooth's only salvation is that it's on FM so can set the alarm to it! |
Ours fires off just before 6.30am and the radio goes off sharply at 7.03am (in order to avoid the self-centred cackle that comes immediately afterwards!). |
I don't mind Chris Evans. You should change the dial. |
Mark, if you read my post (above) very, very carefully - yes, I mean very carefully - you'll discover that I don't change the dial but I actually switch the device off. The clue is in my statement "the radio goes off sharply at 7.03am". |
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becky sharp
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| I used to like Our Tune.. and the music that played over it...blimey, how long am I going back? |
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| becky sharp wrote: | | I used to like Our Tune.. and the music that played over it...blimey, how long am I going back? |
I was on the road a lot when Bates was on R1 doing "Our Tune" in the 80s. It was always good for a laugh!!! |
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becky sharp
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| ColinB wrote: | | becky sharp wrote: | | I used to like Our Tune.. and the music that played over it...blimey, how long am I going back? |
I was on the road a lot when Bates was on R1 doing "Our Tune" in the 80s. It was always good for a laugh!!! |
You're heartless... |
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Helen May
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I'm sure I remember it in the late 70s.............
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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It was certainly a thing of the 1980s, but exactly when it started I'm not sure.
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| ColinB wrote: | | mark occomore wrote: | | ColinB wrote: | | Helen May wrote: | | Smooth's only salvation is that it's on FM so can set the alarm to it! |
Ours fires off just before 6.30am and the radio goes off sharply at 7.03am (in order to avoid the self-centred cackle that comes immediately afterwards!). |
I don't mind Chris Evans. You should change the dial. |
Mark, if you read my post (above) very, very carefully - yes, I mean very carefully - you'll discover that I don't change the dial but I actually switch the device off. The clue is in my statement "the radio goes off sharply at 7.03am". |
I know what you mean. Why don't you retune at 7.03am?
Back to Simon Bates it be good if the Golden Hour was introduced? |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Why don't you retune at 7.03am? |
Because there's nothing I want to listen to on FM and I have to get up anyhow. |
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mark occomore
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| If I can remember I don't think Simon every went out on the R1 roadshows? He did do a few outside broadcasts, and can remember watching him presenting his show from a shop window in Croydon. |
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Ian Robinson
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | If I can remember I don't think Simon every went out on the R1 roadshows? He did do a few outside broadcasts, and can remember watching him presenting his show from a shop window in Croydon. |
I think he did the Roadshow but not if it went too far North. We always got Gary Davies or Mark Goodier. |
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The Singing Kettle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll certainly give Simon Bates a try. I've got sick of Chris Evans shouting like a hyperactive schoolboy. |
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| It's a bit of a shame really, I liked him on classic FM, oh well. |
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NilbertZilbert
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So what's happening to Graham Dene? I first listened to him many moons ago when he started on Capital's breakfast show. I like his style and enjoy listening to Smooth when I'm within range. Can't say Simon Bates does much for me. May have to flick over to Foxy at Magic.
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Mark Mayhew
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I agree.
I used to think "little" Graham Dene was an excellent presenter.
Why has he been moved on. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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I remember Graham Dene on Capital Radio Breakfast. I even have a 'Fun Book'. from that era.
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Our Tune will return and will be on Breakfast when Simon starts in January. The station if you listen to it, is promoting his show with the our tune theme. |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like a good reason not to listen
I can't for the life of me understand why they can't just stick with Lynn Parsons
She's a far more appropriate presenter for 2011
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Our Tune will return and will be on Breakfast when Simon starts in January. The station if you listen to it, is promoting his show with the our tune theme. |
.... which can therefore be summed up in a single word: "Boring".
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John W
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| ruddlescat wrote: | Sounds like a good reason not to listen
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Our Tune? OMG! I will therefore NEVER tune into Simon's show. I don't even need to think about it now. Phew!
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| NilbertZilbert wrote: | | So what's happening to Graham Dene?. |
Smooth weekend breakfast. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | NilbertZilbert wrote: | | So what's happening to Graham Dene?. |
Smooth weekend breakfast. |
What a waste of a good presenter! |
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