What's going on at Radio 2?
Discussion
Steve Wright = Big headed obnoxious 
Lisa Tarbuck = Fat unfunny
Evans = Loud mouthed
Morning line up was much better last couple of weeks, Sara Cox in for Evans and Trevor Nelson in for Ken Bruce, it should stay that way permanently.
Mayo, Wiley, Rice, Nelson, Cox = Good
Vine is funny sometimes for his low key piss taking.
Lisa Tarbuck = Fat unfunny
Evans = Loud mouthed
Morning line up was much better last couple of weeks, Sara Cox in for Evans and Trevor Nelson in for Ken Bruce, it should stay that way permanently.
Mayo, Wiley, Rice, Nelson, Cox = Good
Vine is funny sometimes for his low key piss taking.
Isn't it just a generation thing?
I loved Radio 1 about 10-15 years ago, now it is total rubbish.
Radio 2 is now filled with the DJ's and music I loved from Radio 1 back in the day so I am growing to like it.
Older generation of DJs and listeners are put off by the 'youngsters' coming into R2 who are actually just the next generation moving in?
I loved Radio 1 about 10-15 years ago, now it is total rubbish.
Radio 2 is now filled with the DJ's and music I loved from Radio 1 back in the day so I am growing to like it.
Older generation of DJs and listeners are put off by the 'youngsters' coming into R2 who are actually just the next generation moving in?
ReaperCushions said:
Isn't it just a generation thing?
I loved Radio 1 about 10-15 years ago, now it is total rubbish.
Radio 2 is now filled with the DJ's and music I loved from Radio 1 back in the day so I am growing to like it.
Older generation of DJs and listeners are put off by the 'youngsters' coming into R2 who are actually just the next generation moving in?
The problem is that the "older generation" of R2 listeners (the late 50s/over 60s ) are still around and have found that there is no radio station that really covers their tastes in the same way.I loved Radio 1 about 10-15 years ago, now it is total rubbish.
Radio 2 is now filled with the DJ's and music I loved from Radio 1 back in the day so I am growing to like it.
Older generation of DJs and listeners are put off by the 'youngsters' coming into R2 who are actually just the next generation moving in?
R2 has decided that its main demographic is 30 to 50. Maybe it always was.
I 've always liked a broad spread of music covering multiple generations from classical to 80s rock and pop and everything in between.
gareth_r said:
227bhp said:
I don't like Mayo's show on a Friday! The music they play on behalf of the listeners is so dull and predictable, the same old every week.
Mayo is very good though, quite sharp witted and a little sarcastic, he's been on the radio now for almost as long as i've been listening to it.
Friday wouldn't be so bad if he didn't speak to every caller, for what seems like hours, before playng the track. More music, less boring chat, please.Mayo is very good though, quite sharp witted and a little sarcastic, he's been on the radio now for almost as long as i've been listening to it.
I'd rather the show was in the same format as the Monday to Thursday programmes.
These comments seem to prove the old adage, that "you can't please all the people, all the time". Having said that, clearly when you consider their ratings and percentage market penetration, they are not doing too badly.
On the subject of holiday subs, they could replace Chris with Sara Cox and save a lot of cash. I don't want to know about Tash's IVF treatment and it only goes to show how flip-flop his logic is. - I used to collect Ferraris, now I make money selling them. The Friday show is a mess - a chat show on radio does not really work. They need to communicate with the listener, not each other.
I like Trevor Nelson with Rhythm Nation, but don't think he made a good sub for Ken. I would have been radical and given it to Lynn Bowles and had a guy read the traffic reports.
Drivelling Jeremy Vine drives us nuts and so we switch to 6Music - Much prefer Namone to overpaid Lauren Laverne.
RadMac are pretty unbeatable and easily sub for each other.
Ore (SCD winner) was pretty hopeless as a sub for Steve Wright, who, l believe, really knows how to entertain his audience. Anika Rice, is simply hopeless. Reading texts from her sister, Floss and Jasper and boring us with her trips to the IoW is dreadful radio. I was so pleased when they ditched her Saturday show, but why try to bring her back? Jamie Lee Grace was much better, and perhaps cheaper.
The guy who subbed Simon Mayo was obviously forgettable, and useless. Totally agree about his Friday show and turn it off at the Muppets thing. The Mon - Thurs format is fine, but the sports monkey seems a bit too keen to laugh at everything Mayo says.
We tend to miss Graham Norton on Saturday, but the Al and Mel show sounds like they are having a great time on the trailers.
Johnny Walker is unmissable, so if I do, I catch up on iPlayer.
We don't intentionally listen to either Liza Tarbuck, or Paul O'Grady, but whenever we do, think that they are both very funny. There is clearly a lot of skill there.
On the subject of holiday subs, they could replace Chris with Sara Cox and save a lot of cash. I don't want to know about Tash's IVF treatment and it only goes to show how flip-flop his logic is. - I used to collect Ferraris, now I make money selling them. The Friday show is a mess - a chat show on radio does not really work. They need to communicate with the listener, not each other.
I like Trevor Nelson with Rhythm Nation, but don't think he made a good sub for Ken. I would have been radical and given it to Lynn Bowles and had a guy read the traffic reports.
Drivelling Jeremy Vine drives us nuts and so we switch to 6Music - Much prefer Namone to overpaid Lauren Laverne.
RadMac are pretty unbeatable and easily sub for each other.
Ore (SCD winner) was pretty hopeless as a sub for Steve Wright, who, l believe, really knows how to entertain his audience. Anika Rice, is simply hopeless. Reading texts from her sister, Floss and Jasper and boring us with her trips to the IoW is dreadful radio. I was so pleased when they ditched her Saturday show, but why try to bring her back? Jamie Lee Grace was much better, and perhaps cheaper.
The guy who subbed Simon Mayo was obviously forgettable, and useless. Totally agree about his Friday show and turn it off at the Muppets thing. The Mon - Thurs format is fine, but the sports monkey seems a bit too keen to laugh at everything Mayo says.
We tend to miss Graham Norton on Saturday, but the Al and Mel show sounds like they are having a great time on the trailers.
Johnny Walker is unmissable, so if I do, I catch up on iPlayer.
We don't intentionally listen to either Liza Tarbuck, or Paul O'Grady, but whenever we do, think that they are both very funny. There is clearly a lot of skill there.
Edited by rdjohn on Wednesday 30th August 20:25
Too many presenters who are employed because they are famous, not enough DJs who are employed because they know about music.
Too much chat with the public, not enough music.
Too much range. If you are still in school you have Radio 1, for classical and a bit of jazz there is Radio 3, Radio 5 for chat and sport (but no FM), Radio 6 is a little specialist and digital only. Radio 2 has to do everything else - and some of what's on Radio 5/6.
Too much chat with the public, not enough music.
Too much range. If you are still in school you have Radio 1, for classical and a bit of jazz there is Radio 3, Radio 5 for chat and sport (but no FM), Radio 6 is a little specialist and digital only. Radio 2 has to do everything else - and some of what's on Radio 5/6.
rdjohn said:
Anika Rice, is simply hopeless. Reading texts from her sister, Floss and Jasper and boring us with her trips to the IoW is dreadful radio. I was so pleased when they ditched her Saturday show, but why try to bring her back?
Stumbled upon AR on Sunday (maybe Bank Holiday Monday?) morning....good grief....Edited by rdjohn on Wednesday 30th August 20:25
She was wittering on about bunting... oh how she loves bunting...perhaps you can make bunting from old school clothes or the material or pattern from a young childs school uniform?...oh how it brings back fond memories...all you need is some length of cord...crimping shears...stops the edges fraying...and many hours sat creating bunting.... was like aural Blue Peter.
I've truly enjoyed Radio 2 this summer with Sara Cox and Trevor Nelson standing in - I'm a huge fan of Jo Whiley at 8pm and I'll often just put the radio on for 2 hours instead of TV now.
Steve Wright makes me cringe and generally want to smash up my Radio and I find myself occasionally shouting at his annoying trails in to the news - no other DJ has such a long musical lead in and I'll actually mute the radio while I wait for that crap to finish. The sooner he's off, the better in my own view.
Fridays at about 5.14 ish with Simon Mayo is the highlight for me and the kids
Steve Wright makes me cringe and generally want to smash up my Radio and I find myself occasionally shouting at his annoying trails in to the news - no other DJ has such a long musical lead in and I'll actually mute the radio while I wait for that crap to finish. The sooner he's off, the better in my own view.
Fridays at about 5.14 ish with Simon Mayo is the highlight for me and the kids
Motivated by this thread, I thought I would try to discover R2's budget and objectives.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/p...
Until I read this, I had thought it was a music station, but it's remit is much broader, its budget is £48million. No wonder so many of us are disappointed by some of its output.
It was interesting listening to Johnny Walker meets the Pirates. It seemed amazing that shoestring radio operators managed to find so many talented DJs who eventually went on to become household names. Kenny Everret was way ahead of anyone else, but also people like Stuart Henry, Emperor Roscoe, Simon Dee and obviously Tony Blackburn and JW himself, formerly a mechanic.
I suppose if you control such a big budget then recruiting celebs to become presenters has sound reasoning. Give them £30million and a mission to discover new talent, and I feel sure they would find that there is plenty out there waiting to be heard.
Chris Evans was sacked by Piccadilly Radio Manchester for being a plonker, he had nothing when he arrived in London and then suddenly became the next superstar of broadcasting. This probably tells you quite a lot about how BBC central thinks. Given that they also sacked him for being a plonker and eventually reemployed him on shed loads of cash when he eventually settled down. Having once again built up his credibility, they pay him even more for Top Gear, when in reality, most of the previous stuff he has done on TV has had limited appeal for his Timmy Mallet style of presentation.
It seems odd that so many of the BBC top earners are journalists, by profession, Jeremy Vine, Vanessa Feltz, and the BBC1 news readers. They are probably easily replaceable by cheaper "talent" from their regional teams. They need to discover just how many of their performers, ITV and SKY actually need. The market needs suppressing.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/p...
Until I read this, I had thought it was a music station, but it's remit is much broader, its budget is £48million. No wonder so many of us are disappointed by some of its output.
It was interesting listening to Johnny Walker meets the Pirates. It seemed amazing that shoestring radio operators managed to find so many talented DJs who eventually went on to become household names. Kenny Everret was way ahead of anyone else, but also people like Stuart Henry, Emperor Roscoe, Simon Dee and obviously Tony Blackburn and JW himself, formerly a mechanic.
I suppose if you control such a big budget then recruiting celebs to become presenters has sound reasoning. Give them £30million and a mission to discover new talent, and I feel sure they would find that there is plenty out there waiting to be heard.
Chris Evans was sacked by Piccadilly Radio Manchester for being a plonker, he had nothing when he arrived in London and then suddenly became the next superstar of broadcasting. This probably tells you quite a lot about how BBC central thinks. Given that they also sacked him for being a plonker and eventually reemployed him on shed loads of cash when he eventually settled down. Having once again built up his credibility, they pay him even more for Top Gear, when in reality, most of the previous stuff he has done on TV has had limited appeal for his Timmy Mallet style of presentation.
It seems odd that so many of the BBC top earners are journalists, by profession, Jeremy Vine, Vanessa Feltz, and the BBC1 news readers. They are probably easily replaceable by cheaper "talent" from their regional teams. They need to discover just how many of their performers, ITV and SKY actually need. The market needs suppressing.
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