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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: September schedule changes |
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Hi all,
I have been informed from a reliable source that there will be major changes to the evening and weekend schedules in September:
Monday to Thursday late-night
11.00 (Mon) Radio 2 Music Club with Simon Mayo
11.00 (Tue - Thu) Pete Mitchell featuring classic albums, sessions and guests
1.00am Janice Long
4.00 - 6.00am Alex Lester
Friday night
7.00pm Series / Documentary
7.30 Listen to the Band
8.00 Friday Night is Music Night
9.45 Book slot
10.00 The Weekender with Claudia Winkleman
12.00 Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour
1.00am Mark Lamarr
4.00 - 8.00am Mo Dutta
Saturday
2.00pm Shaun Keaveny
4.00 Dermot O'Leary
6.00 Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits
8.00 Suzi Quatro
9.00 Series / Documentary
10.00 Russell Brand
12.00am Bob Harris
3.00 - 7.00am Mo Dutta |
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igs007
Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 190
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting stuff, I await the official call.
The one that immediately caught my eye was Pete Mitchell with a 2-hour show. Surely this won't happen - reducing specialist output to 2 hours (7-8; 10-11) a night?!! Sure, bob Dylan on Thursday nights would move to Fridays (a good move putting him before Lamarr), but something's got to give and I fear it could be long-running output (Big Band, Organist). Also, didn't they only drop Mayo's show from the schedules last year?!
Friday nights seem good (it was a lousy move repeating Mike Harding at 3am, when people are using Listen Again more frequently). Saturday's are a bit strange - Sean and Dermot on in the afternoon?! Think I'll give that a miss... |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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I have seen these fantasy schedules with different programme names before. |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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Without wishing to argue with our newest member, I think these changes are very unlikely. On Saturdays Dermot will be presenting X Factor so wont want a later slot.
On weekday evenings I doubt there will be 2 shows (Radcliffe & Maconie and Pete Mitchell) doing the same thing each night. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | Without wishing to argue with our newest member, I think these changes are very unlikely. On Saturdays Dermot will be presenting X Factor so wont want a later slot.
On weekday evenings I doubt there will be 2 shows (Radcliffe & Maconie and Pete Mitchell) doing the same thing each night. |
O'Dreary could always do a SLS and pre-record _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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iain_smith Guest
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: September schedule changes |
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Wireless 2 wrote: | Hi all,
I have been informed from a reliable source that there will be major changes to the evening and weekend schedules in September:
Monday to Thursday late-night
11.00 (Mon) Radio 2 Music Club with Simon Mayo
11.00 (Tue - Thu) Pete Mitchell featuring classic albums, sessions and guests
1.00am Janice Long
4.00 - 6.00am Alex Lester
Friday night
7.00pm Series / Documentary
7.30 Listen to the Band
8.00 Friday Night is Music Night
9.45 Book slot
10.00 The Weekender with Claudia Winkleman
12.00 Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour
1.00am Mark Lamarr
4.00 - 8.00am Mo Dutta
Saturday
2.00pm Shaun Keaveny
4.00 Dermot O'Leary
6.00 Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits
8.00 Suzi Quatro
9.00 Series / Documentary
10.00 Russell Brand
12.00am Bob Harris
3.00 - 7.00am Mo Dutta |
one hour less a night for Alex Lester? thats not going to go down well at all.... surely axing Sarah Kennedy and putting Alex on till 7.30 would make much more sense...The schedule looks highly credible to me though.Pete Mitchell has probably threatened to quit if he doesnt get more than a weekly overnight slot and Simon Mayo clearly deserves his own show |
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iain_smith Guest
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: Re: September schedule changes |
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Wireless 2 wrote: | Hi all,
I have been informed from a reliable source that there will be major changes to the evening and weekend schedules in September:
Monday to Thursday late-night
11.00 (Mon) Radio 2 Music Club with Simon Mayo
11.00 (Tue - Thu) Pete Mitchell featuring classic albums, sessions and guests
1.00am Janice Long
4.00 - 6.00am Alex Lester
Friday night
7.00pm Series / Documentary
7.30 Listen to the Band
8.00 Friday Night is Music Night
9.45 Book slot
10.00 The Weekender with Claudia Winkleman
12.00 Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour
1.00am Mark Lamarr
4.00 - 8.00am Mo Dutta
Saturday
2.00pm Shaun Keaveny
4.00 Dermot O'Leary
6.00 Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits
8.00 Suzi Quatro
9.00 Series / Documentary
10.00 Russell Brand
12.00am Bob Harris
3.00 - 7.00am Mo Dutta |
it would seem your source wasnt so reliable... |
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Lady Boil De Spudswell
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 429 Location: Location, Location
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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I believe it! I mean, let's face it, it's got to be at least a fortnight since Gambo's slot time changed. We don't want him to lose his 'Pillar To Post' award for most shunted around show on radio do we?!!
Seriously, I've lost count of how many times his slot has changed. Everything from I think 5pm - 9pm and all half hour junctions in between! _________________ Who Can Take A Sunrise, Sprinkle It With Dew... |
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igs007
Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 190
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Lady Boil De Spudswell wrote: | I believe it! I mean, let's face it, it's got to be at least a fortnight since Gambo's slot time changed. We don't want him to lose his 'Pillar To Post' award for most shunted around show on radio do we?!!
Seriously, I've lost count of how many times his slot has changed. Everything from I think 5pm - 9pm and all half hour junctions in between! |
Stuart Maconie comes a close second, too. The amount of changes to his show was unfair, being given a deserved 3 hour slot, then cut to accommodate Russell Brand, then moved to accommodate Dermot's tv duties. And after all that cutting and changing, being dropped completely. All in the space of 2 years!
Stuart, we salute you. |
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nod
Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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2.00pm Shaun Keaveny
4.00pm Dermot O'Leary
thats the end of saturday afternoon listening with this pair |
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Mark Mayhew
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Shaun followed by Dermot would make excellent Saturday afternoon listening-both are great presenters. |
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Lady Boil De Spudswell
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 429 Location: Location, Location
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Mark Mayhew wrote: | Shaun followed by Dermot would make excellent Saturday afternoon listening-both are great presenters. |
Come back Richard Allinson, Martin Kelner, Gerry Anderson to Saturday afternoons - Even Katie Boyle was an eclectic improvement! _________________ Who Can Take A Sunrise, Sprinkle It With Dew... |
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nod
Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Mark Mayhew wrote: | Shaun followed by Dermot would make excellent Saturday afternoon listening-both are great presenters. |
Welcome back
I tried to listen to Dermot today it sounds just like the show on r1 at the same time, just adolescent banter and awful texting. Who wants to listen to texts to people working next to them in shops etc ?
The music can be good but spoilt by the bits in between. |
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