Radio 2 Breakfast Show
Discussion
What I want as a background to my mornings is light, recognisable music played by a DJ with minimal ego, regularly interspersed with news headlines, travel and weather (and no adverts!). This would seamlessly help my transition from bed to office and allow me to arrive for the drudge ahead in a relatively good mood.
Instead I get 50 year old hyperactive child-woman with poor diction who can't enunciate, says "erm" every 4th word and covers everyone in faux bonhomie and platitudes ('Hi, beautiful man/lady/girl etc..."). Then you have a travel reporter with an ego the size of the moon, who's more interested in furthering his pantomime of a career than reporting on travel (clue's in your job title, pal)
But, I tell myself that it's the national broadcaster and that's what everyone's listening to so don't be out of step. I calm myself remembering at least I don't have to listen to adverts like commercial radio, when a BBC ad' comes on for another BBC1 police drama where a serious actor dons a cod regional accent and has issues (but she/he is an honest copper).
Today featured travel man visiting a lady who was 101years old and it felt like that's how long was devoted to it. Last week they had pre-school children playing kazoos!!!!!
It is basically The One Show on the radio, and that is about the most derogative thing I could say about anything, without swearing.
Very cathartic that, thanks for bearing with me
Instead I get 50 year old hyperactive child-woman with poor diction who can't enunciate, says "erm" every 4th word and covers everyone in faux bonhomie and platitudes ('Hi, beautiful man/lady/girl etc..."). Then you have a travel reporter with an ego the size of the moon, who's more interested in furthering his pantomime of a career than reporting on travel (clue's in your job title, pal)
But, I tell myself that it's the national broadcaster and that's what everyone's listening to so don't be out of step. I calm myself remembering at least I don't have to listen to adverts like commercial radio, when a BBC ad' comes on for another BBC1 police drama where a serious actor dons a cod regional accent and has issues (but she/he is an honest copper).
Today featured travel man visiting a lady who was 101years old and it felt like that's how long was devoted to it. Last week they had pre-school children playing kazoos!!!!!
It is basically The One Show on the radio, and that is about the most derogative thing I could say about anything, without swearing.
Very cathartic that, thanks for bearing with me
Edited by IpcmcI on Monday 31st January 17:28
I sometimes have to turn Zoe Ball off after 30 seconds.
I appreciate she is so bubbly very early in the morning, but the way she fawns over EVERY guest is cringeworthy.
"There's so much love coming in for you, we are so lucky to have you as our guest, your books are amazing"
Even Serious jockin' (No G) is better than this s
te.
Every morning I play a little game to myself....I switch her on and see if I can stand five minutes of her, usually never get to a minute.
No reflection on her personally, I'm sure she's very nice, she just needs to tone it down.
I appreciate she is so bubbly very early in the morning, but the way she fawns over EVERY guest is cringeworthy.
"There's so much love coming in for you, we are so lucky to have you as our guest, your books are amazing"
Even Serious jockin' (No G) is better than this s
te.Every morning I play a little game to myself....I switch her on and see if I can stand five minutes of her, usually never get to a minute.
No reflection on her personally, I'm sure she's very nice, she just needs to tone it down.
It's been poor for a while but I get the impression that they have changed it since the new year as it seems even more inane. Maybe it's me but they seem to have no idea how to fill the time and so have resorted to talking endlessly about other shows coming up, those that have just happened and getting people to ring in to talk about something really trivial in their life.
The music......... actually they do play a fair amount of decent stuff but they also play a whole load of utter modern drivel, almost exclusively warbling, out of tune females who they are desperately trying to promote. Why don't they stick to R1, after all, isn't that supposed to be for the new/edgy/contemporary artists?
The weather guy is seriously annoying and as pointed out above, Zoe's constant hesitating, gushing all over everyone, talking about the "telly box" and being generally very average is a turn off for me.
The worst thing is that they've hired a travel reporter who can't pronounce the word "Bus". He says "Buzz". Drives me mad.
I don't mind Zoe, but I do find some of the "darling, gorgeous, love you" stuff a bit over done. However, every now and again I try listening to Chris Evans and it just seems he can't stop talking about himself and is surrounded by supercilious creeps who pander to his ego.
Like you OP, I wish there was an alternative for my daily commute
I don't mind Zoe, but I do find some of the "darling, gorgeous, love you" stuff a bit over done. However, every now and again I try listening to Chris Evans and it just seems he can't stop talking about himself and is surrounded by supercilious creeps who pander to his ego.
Like you OP, I wish there was an alternative for my daily commute
Wacky Racer said:
Every morning I play a little game to myself....I switch her on and see if I can stand five minutes of her, usually never get to a minute.
That’s funny as I do exactly the same. Never have I managed 5 mins. Anyone that can do 5 or longer you deserve a medal , seriously! As for BBC, it's the controller to blame ultimately, with the usual menu of politically correctly over broadcast skills. You haven't had any one actually engage with you since wogan. The indepdents? They aren't , something like 3 major groups in the industry. A high chance your local radio isn't really and a large number of gushing "super excited " jocks on minimum wage who are freelance. Any sign of creativity on air gets your in a meeting with the PD for a catch up "b
king/fired".Se7enheaven said:
Wacky Racer said:
Every morning I play a little game to myself....I switch her on and see if I can stand five minutes of her, usually never get to a minute.
That’s funny as I do exactly the same. Never have I managed 5 mins. Anyone that can do 5 or longer you deserve a medal , seriously! My record is - with me today is Michael Maci. Click off.
Travel `reporter` is also completely unable to function when he needs to enunciate a road number with more than 2 numbers in it. E.g. The B5132 pronounced B fiftyonethirtytwo. I would have thought that was the primary abilty required for the job.
Wake up to wogan got me to work Ok then I had to go radio 3 when Evans turned up.
Wake up to wogan got me to work Ok then I had to go radio 3 when Evans turned up.
I find the whole thing incredibly dreary. Zoë’s sickly fawning over boring guests promoting miserable things is pure drivel. The constant faux endearments wind me up, but not as much as ‘telly box’. 
Travel bloke seems harmless enough, although the way he says bus (buzz) is incredibly irritating. I don’t choose to listen to this - it’s what my unimaginative staff have on most days. 
It’s generally Radio 2 until 2pm, at which point Radio 1 goes on. Sometimes it’s switched over at 1pm if Jeremy Vine is talking about something morbid / depressing in that quiet voice he does.
Already discussed Zoë. Ken Bruce is decent enough; PopMaster is great and find him to be mostly entertaining. Jeremy Vine comes across as both stupid and yet somehow patronising at the same time. Not really interested in listening to people politely arguing so don’t enjoy it much. I must say, the moment it’s turned over to Radio 1 (Scott Mills), for me it’s a huge improvement. Yes, some of the music is absolute tripe, but it’s worth it for the better quality of entertainment.
Travel bloke seems harmless enough, although the way he says bus (buzz) is incredibly irritating. I don’t choose to listen to this - it’s what my unimaginative staff have on most days. It’s generally Radio 2 until 2pm, at which point Radio 1 goes on. Sometimes it’s switched over at 1pm if Jeremy Vine is talking about something morbid / depressing in that quiet voice he does.
Already discussed Zoë. Ken Bruce is decent enough; PopMaster is great and find him to be mostly entertaining. Jeremy Vine comes across as both stupid and yet somehow patronising at the same time. Not really interested in listening to people politely arguing so don’t enjoy it much. I must say, the moment it’s turned over to Radio 1 (Scott Mills), for me it’s a huge improvement. Yes, some of the music is absolute tripe, but it’s worth it for the better quality of entertainment.
IpcmcI said:
What I want as a background to my mornings is light, recognisable music played by a DJ with minimal ego, regularly interspersed with news headlines, travel and weather (and no adverts!). This would seamlessly help my transition from bed to office and allow me to arrive for the drudge ahead in a relatively good mood.
Instead I get 50 year old hyperactive child-woman with poor diction who can't enunciate, says "erm" every 4th word and covers everyone in faux bonhomie and platitudes ('Hi, beautiful man/lady/girl etc..."). Then you have a travel reporter with an ego the size of the moon, who's more interested in furthering his pantomime of a career than reporting on travel (clue's in your job title, pal)
But, I tell myself that it's the national broadcaster and that's what everyone's listening to so don't be out of step. I calm myself remembering at least I don't have to listen to adverts like commercial radio, when a BBC ad' comes on for another BBC1 police drama where a serious actor dons a cod regional accent and has issues (but she/he is an honest copper).
Today featured travel man visiting a lady who was 101years old and it felt like that's how long was devoted to it. Last week they had pre-school children playing kazoos!!!!!
It is basically The One Show on the radio, and that is about the most derogative thing I could say about anything, without swearing.
Very cathartic that, thanks for bearing with me
Can’t disagree with any of that. Podcasts and your own choice of music are the way to go.Instead I get 50 year old hyperactive child-woman with poor diction who can't enunciate, says "erm" every 4th word and covers everyone in faux bonhomie and platitudes ('Hi, beautiful man/lady/girl etc..."). Then you have a travel reporter with an ego the size of the moon, who's more interested in furthering his pantomime of a career than reporting on travel (clue's in your job title, pal)
But, I tell myself that it's the national broadcaster and that's what everyone's listening to so don't be out of step. I calm myself remembering at least I don't have to listen to adverts like commercial radio, when a BBC ad' comes on for another BBC1 police drama where a serious actor dons a cod regional accent and has issues (but she/he is an honest copper).
Today featured travel man visiting a lady who was 101years old and it felt like that's how long was devoted to it. Last week they had pre-school children playing kazoos!!!!!
It is basically The One Show on the radio, and that is about the most derogative thing I could say about anything, without swearing.
Very cathartic that, thanks for bearing with me
Edited by IpcmcI on Monday 31st January 17:28
Except for Simon Mayo’s drivetime show on Greatest Hits radio
Given a choice between eating my bowl of Frosties in the morning and having to listen to Zoe Ball, or swapping my Frosties for a bowl full of broken glass, I’ll take the broken glass.
I find her to be annoying, patronising and insincere. Even Steve Wright and his ‘possy’ of cretins isn’t as annoying as Zoe bloody Ball.
I find her to be annoying, patronising and insincere. Even Steve Wright and his ‘possy’ of cretins isn’t as annoying as Zoe bloody Ball.
I grew up with Radio 1 in the 80’s. Back in those days Radio 2 was very reserved, formal and stuffy. The music was very much ‘easy listening’; the Carpenters was about as racy as it got.
By about 1998, Radio 1 were trying so hard to shake off their older listeners and focus on teenagers that I finally threw in the towel. I could no longer listen to the over-excited Zoe Ball on breakfast and the constant wall of noise. That’s when I turned over to Radio 2 and discovered to my delight that they had changed their target audience and it was now tailored for people like me. They were playing pop music! I loved the calm soothing tones of Wogan, who talked about adult things (as opposed to the likes of Moyles on R1 who was busy taking about poo and breasts most of the time). Wogan wasn’t afraid to breathe between sentences and it made the drive to work pleasant and calm.
I think Zoe is trying far too hard to compete with her predecessor motor-mouth Chris Evans. His style (although also annoying) worked for him because that’s how he is. Why does everything have to be so exciting, amazing and fantastic. As soon as you see through it, it doesn’t work. I’ve actually gone back to R1 for breakfast now as Greg James is not too bad.
Scott Mills is brilliant. His ability to appeal to teens and middle-aged folk like me is very clever. His appearance on both R1 and R2 is testament to that.
By about 1998, Radio 1 were trying so hard to shake off their older listeners and focus on teenagers that I finally threw in the towel. I could no longer listen to the over-excited Zoe Ball on breakfast and the constant wall of noise. That’s when I turned over to Radio 2 and discovered to my delight that they had changed their target audience and it was now tailored for people like me. They were playing pop music! I loved the calm soothing tones of Wogan, who talked about adult things (as opposed to the likes of Moyles on R1 who was busy taking about poo and breasts most of the time). Wogan wasn’t afraid to breathe between sentences and it made the drive to work pleasant and calm.
I think Zoe is trying far too hard to compete with her predecessor motor-mouth Chris Evans. His style (although also annoying) worked for him because that’s how he is. Why does everything have to be so exciting, amazing and fantastic. As soon as you see through it, it doesn’t work. I’ve actually gone back to R1 for breakfast now as Greg James is not too bad.
Scott Mills is brilliant. His ability to appeal to teens and middle-aged folk like me is very clever. His appearance on both R1 and R2 is testament to that.
There must be something / someone that ZB doesn’t think is absolutely AMAZEBALLS?
The true greats of broadcast could always say the first thing that came into their head, spontaneity with the diversity of a genius sense of humour mixed with a warmth and a voice for radio. I remember fondly back to when that was a pre-requisite.
Zoe doesn’t possess any presenting skills, apart from welcoming a guest then gushing all over them for 20 mins. She’s terrified of saying the “wrong” thing so constantly checks herself before speaking.
I would have listened to Wogan or Kirsty Young read the phone book, to me ZB and Lauren Laverne are like nails on a black board.
The true greats of broadcast could always say the first thing that came into their head, spontaneity with the diversity of a genius sense of humour mixed with a warmth and a voice for radio. I remember fondly back to when that was a pre-requisite.
Zoe doesn’t possess any presenting skills, apart from welcoming a guest then gushing all over them for 20 mins. She’s terrified of saying the “wrong” thing so constantly checks herself before speaking.
I would have listened to Wogan or Kirsty Young read the phone book, to me ZB and Lauren Laverne are like nails on a black board.
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