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Originally Posted by jackc1806
The only difference in that line up to the current one is Nick instead of Chris, granted Gemma Cairney is replacing dev (I don't like her)
BBC Radio 1's average listener age is over the target audience and it isn't a justification of the license few money it receives if it doesn't bring down it's viewership.
I'm in it's target audience and I prefer Grimshaw over Moyles and if it was up to me I'd move Scott mills to Radio 2, obviously I don't speak for everyone
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I know, but the content of the shows has been changed and there is a discernible difference in the links of now and those a few years back, there is a lot of pandering to young girls in the 13 to 18 age bracket, granted it has got better since Grimmy's initial induction - I shudder remembering his first week had countless references and interviews with Bieber and One Direction - and to be fair to him his show has improved a lot now they've made it zoo-format and given the rest of the team an on-air voice, but it has nothing on the creativity of Moyles' show
If Scott was younger he'd have got breakfast, since his show is definitely sounding the best and most target audience at the minute and nearing 40 his ability to still sound young, fresh and relevant is positive - I actually think moving him to afternoons gave him a lease of life and he's very popular with the likes of 1D fans
The main problem I have with Radio 1 is their insistence on signing people that aren't necessarily from a radio background - so Jameela, Dan and Phil, Matt Edmondson (although he has improved a lot I will admit), as a fan of and someone with an interest in radio myself I don't think it's fair to the hundreds of new and upcoming talents on student and internet radio stations around the country that they're being ignored for some TV presenters or people that are being signed because of their name. That isn't what radio is about and 90% of the time their shows sound sloppy and messy, and some of them don't even drive the desk - that's pathetic. It's only really Greg, Scott and to a point Grimmy that are the only radio 'geeks' left on daytime, and that is sad to me - ironically I think they're probably the best shows left on the station
There is a real problem also with the target audience ranges for R1 and R2, there is a whole five to ten year age gap of people in their thirties that aren't catered for by the BBC, that isn't right. I think both the target audiences should overlap personally, so that the transitionary stage between both stations is easier. R1 could be 15 - 34, and R2 could be 30+, that would also mean the ability for the older DJs on Radio 1 to move to Radio 2 would be a lot easier and they wouldn't have to change their style so much. As it is, there is a whole generation not catered for and I find the BBC Trust's belief that young people only like listening to people that are the same age as them patronising and irritating