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But he used to own virgin, dont remember Alonso owning an F1 team,buggering it up then coming back as an employee.
r11co said:
Thinking about the way this has been done I'm suspecting as his contract was drawing to an end the BBC intentionally offered him a take-it-or-leave-it renewal on less money (a lot less) and he's decided to walk thus saving them the hassle of a public fallout. Evans wiped millions off the value of a certain BBC franchise that was worth a lot more to them than any salary he was on, and while his show has commanded a significant audience (mainly because of the BBC competing with itself and haemorrhaging listeners from Radio 1) he's been a mixed blessing for them.
Evans going back to Virgin is like Fernando Alonso going back to McLaren - returning to a brand he ceremoniously crapped on previously who under new management are welcoming him back on a large pay-packet because of his status, but to an operation that will never fulfil his ambitions and ego.
Evans going back to Virgin is like Fernando Alonso going back to McLaren - returning to a brand he ceremoniously crapped on previously who under new management are welcoming him back on a large pay-packet because of his status, but to an operation that will never fulfil his ambitions and ego.
Edited by r11co on Monday 3rd September 20:30
r11co said:
Evans wiped millions off the value of a certain BBC franchise
I don't think he was good on Top Gear, but the damage to the brand was done the minute it was confirmed that Clarkson, Hammond and May would no longer be doing it, surely? Of course even the BBC may not see it that way.Jambo85 said:
r11co said:
Evans wiped millions off the value of a certain BBC franchise
I don't think he was good on Top Gear, but the damage to the brand was done the minute it was confirmed that Clarkson, Hammond and May would no longer be doing it, surely? Of course even the BBC may not see it that way.I cannot see his best mate Vassos hanging round & guess he newsreader might call it a day/retire.
Jambo85 said:
r11co said:
Evans wiped millions off the value of a certain BBC franchise
I don't think he was good on Top Gear, but the damage to the brand was done the minute it was confirmed that Clarkson, Hammond and May would no longer be doing it, surely? Of course even the BBC may not see it that way.Paddy_N_Murphy said:
droopsnoot said:
No, I think I'd like to hear that as well. I only switched to R2 because Moyles left the R1 breakfast show, or more to the point because I couldn't put up with Grimmy's voice, which I find almost as annoying as the aforementioned Mr Brand. I do wonder whether it would be as good without the rest of the "gang", though, as the last I read there wouldn't be a reunion with Comedy Dave any time soon.
This too.I've only ever paid for 1 podcast in my life and it was Moyles and his team doing a drunken radio show from the pub.
I don't mind if they put Sara Cox in place of Evans but hopefully they do the right thing and put Simon Mayo on breakfast and leave Wiley on drive time by herself. Can't see me tuning in to anyone else suggested so far.
I’m assuming the Beeb wanted Evans to take a very substantial pay cut, which he declined to do. Not because he needs the money to pay the mortgage & school fees, but because his ego believes he’s worth every penny of what they are currently paying him.
His replacement is almost certain to be a woman, so Sara Cox is the clear & obvious favourite, if she wants to do it full time.
His replacement is almost certain to be a woman, so Sara Cox is the clear & obvious favourite, if she wants to do it full time.
and31 said:
I used to really like Christian O’Connell on virgin-I guess his replacements haven’t been very successful....
Point of pedantry here, but the station Evans is going to isn't the one O'Connell has recently left.O'Connell was on the original Virgin Radio which was later sold and renamed Absolute Radio (ten years ago in fact). That's the station O'Connell has recently left, and his successor (Dave Berry) is still there and staying there.
Evans is going to the new re-launched Virgin Radio. Different owners and entirely unconnected with the original Virgin / Absolute, other than that both licensed the same brand name from Branson.
PistonHeads. Pedantry Matters.
JeffreyB said:
Leaving to join a competitor yet being allowed to stay on air until Christmas and no doubt using the time to promote his new show at Virgin? Come on BBC, wake up!
In any commercial organisation he would be off the premises by now, probably escorted by security staff.
You’re not wrong! He did exactly that earlier this morning - ‘come and listen to me on another breakfast show’ comment. In any commercial organisation he would be off the premises by now, probably escorted by security staff.
Welshbeef said:
On R4 Today programme it did hint that that the Chris leaving was down to £.
Of course it is.
As the BBC is a national broadcaster they should have given the listeners the vote on if they wanted to keep him and therefore his salary or try to negotiate him down/force him to leave.
9m people listen to him. Of course it is.
As the BBC is a national broadcaster they should have given the listeners the vote on if they wanted to keep him and therefore his salary or try to negotiate him down/force him to leave.
53m people choose not to.
Seems a pretty clear majority for the latter.
Welshbeef said:
I cannot see his best mate Vassos hanging round & guess he newsreader might call it a day/retire.
Dunno, I think Vassos is building his role in the BBC Sport system. I'm thinking a bit like Mark Chapman, who I think started of being best known for R1 sport reporting and is all over 5 Live and has the MOTD2 gig these days.TEKNOPUG said:
9m people listen to him.
53m people choose not to.
Seems a pretty clear majority for the latter.
Wogan must have been shot then with only 8m53m people choose not to.
Seems a pretty clear majority for the latter.
R4 Today must be s
t tooHeck top gear pulling in what an average of 5-6m viewers with only antiques roadshow on the other side must be s
t. Heck when England played in the World Cup they only managed 20m odd viewers and pretty much everyone listened / watched it so he’s not far off getting HALF.
Also my 3 kids all 6 and under don’t listen to he radio at all - our 1 year old clearly wouldn’t enjoy it. As such your 62m U.K. population needs to be pulled apart to be actual radio listeners.
9m or at its peak 9.9m trumps everything else period so if it’s shot then al radio needs to go down the drains? Is that correct?
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