PLEASE admit it was wrong to lose the local side to Heart!! Others admitted they had tried the celebrity presenters but soon changed to a local radio station. Maitlis, meanwhile, was told off for impartiality breaches during her time at the corporation. hey ho. Weekly quiz: Which house are Harry and Meghan vacating? Sam FM. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. I, like many others, will no longer listen to the Radio 3 morning slot because it has become just another DJ focused station (like Classic FM) void of any interaction with Radio 3 listeners. And Ive long given up listening to the morning programmes. We dont need just an announcer for this sort of programme. The arguments in favour of the brand and networked approach are well-rehearsed, and we all appreciate that the future of radio in a broader audio world not least with the economics of COVID around us is a very different picture, and it is dangerous to imagine that everything can carry on in the way it did in previous generations. Timothy Leslie Boyd (Tommy Boyd) Prior presenter of the ITV children's program, Magpie, Tommy Boyd joined the talkSPORT station when it was still "Talk Radio" in 1995. He estimates that more than 250 presenters will lose their jobs as a result of national programming replacing local broadcasting as the industry continues to shrink. Kam is a Presenter at Greatest Hits Radio Swindon. Im sure his charm will transfer to the afternoons, but the format, unless changed, will not capitalise on his talents. At the time of writing, the petition had already been backed by almost 6,000 radio listeners up and down the country, with one saying that Heart has no heart without its local presenters. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I wonder how many listens they will loose. But that they have to try is an undoubted factor, I think. This obviously attracted comments of the most ill-advised and ignorant kind; no doubt from idiotic new listeners who had turned onto the new fluffier (read, unprofessional) presentational style of Radio 3. Just introduce the music, please. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Because people forget that Prince Charles is a musician, and he listens to Radio 3 when he can. Video'Trump or bust' - grassroots Republicans are still loyal, Why Trudeau is facing calls for a public inquiry. Even Heart shifted to very modern music in recent years. Bring back the breakfast show on Heart and keep Kent happy in the mornings!. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Perhaps the departures that attract the most uproar are when a presenter doesn't want to leave - but the BBC is looking to appoint someone new who will attract younger listeners and viewers. Its all old hits now . On 6 September 2021, Sam FM was rebranded as Hits Radio Bristol and The South West. I have to agree with the pro Skellers above. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. What a horrible and mean spirited person you must be. This decision stinks. The station was acquired by Celador Radio on 7 September 2010. ", A spokesman for the station said: "Throughout the years Radio 2 has stayed relevant to its millions of listeners by evolving its schedule. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. Long promoted a number of acts through live music sessions on her show including Adele, The Zutons, Primal Scream, Kasabian, Amy Macdonald, Hard-Fi, Faithless, The Manic Street Preachers, Marillion, Josh Ritter, The Stranglers, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Moby, The Dandy Warhols, Stereophonics, Aslan and a significant number of new and unsigned bands What happened Eagle Radio? Getting impartiality right can be tricky - people on both sides of the political divide regularly complain the corporation is biased in favour of the other. @Laura_Castle was a class act and the messages we had were amazing, we cried over every one of them ? Good luck to the @GHRYork team who will be taking over from Tuesday ? Bauer would not comment on the number of jobs that would be affected by the decision, although the industry news site Radio Today estimated about 160 of the 200 on-air presenters across the stations were facing redundancy, without taking into account off-air support staff and producers. A lot of that is driven by the need to reduce costs, and therefore a lot of people have simply taken voluntary redundancy (VR) and left by choice.". "Each one will be unique to the individual, but broadly speaking, there's a handful of reasons people are making the choice to leave," says Jake Kanter, media correspondent for the Times. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. And why did they kick Rob Cowan out? Local journalists, engineers and marketing staff are expected to be affected by job cuts. The current Fire Radio breakfast presenters Max and Jason will move over to Hits Radio - Bristol and the South West (formerly Sam FM) to present drivetime, while Jono Holmes will start a new drivetime show on Hits Radio - Bournemouth and Poole. Today PG ended his breakfast show with the words: After landing all those years ago, its time for me to take off again. 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However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. You can listen to his last link from Aircheck Downloads: New audio What an achievement. She underwent music based physio therapy and has regained her speech such that she was able to appear on womans hour. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Forum in Norwich. He remained with the channel until November 1998 and was a relatively popular presence on the station. Ian has a personality that GM can only dream about. I have listened to Eagle a lot over the years. The drive-time slot is hosted by Max & Jason weekdays from 4pm-7pm. What happened to Carolyn Gracie of QVC? Layoff leaves - sportskeeda.com After Bolton's exit, one tweeted: "This is exactly what's wrong in the BBC. He continued hosting his film show on Radio 5 Live with Mark Kermode, but that was recently poached too, by Sony. PG launched 96.4 The Eagle on 4th January 1996 when it first went on air. Bauer rebranding will scrap regional identities and replace them with national network. Thanks to Christian Spooner.#aircheck #radio pic.twitter.com/3UXxwkciDz, Aircheck Downloads (@airchecks) August 28, 2020, New audio @niavee at Mix 96 Aylesbury (Aug 28th 2020).#aircheck #radio pic.twitter.com/BxkNV3Ueva, New audio @adammorris85 and Morning Matt at Eagle Radio Surrey & East Hampshire (Aug 28th 2020). They added: Youre losing listeners in droves!!!! Sacked talkSPORT presenters over the years - Radio Fidelity RadioToday has estimated that the current total of approximately 200 on air presenting roles across the former Wireless, UKRD, Lincs and Celador stations will be cut to around 40, with Greatest. pic.twitter.com/3tJrdNljf9, Steve White (@SteveWhiteRadio) August 27, 2020, Its my last show on #KLFM today, and I would love to have as many people texting and calling as I can, so if you fancy it, 3 7 ? ", The BBC's director-general Tim Davie has said: "Trust in our impartiality is not a nice to have, it is the very essence of who we are. For localness Heart Surrey isn't as good as Eagle. In 2018, the BBC forced Mayo to share his hugely popular Drivetime show with Jo Whiley, to get a female presenter on the Radio 2 daytime schedule. Wessex FM was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Interesting to see how R3 can stir and divide opinion. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Georgia Mann has been making arts programmes at the BBC since 2008. Dorothy Byrne, former Head of News & Current Affairs at Channel 4 News, says: "Key journalistic talent now leave because they believe rightly that the BBC's erroneous interpretation of regulation . She then hosted middays at sister Classic Rock KZPS (LONESTAR 92.5)/DALLAS - FORT WORTH and Cumulus Classic Rock KDBN (93.3 The Bone)/DALLAS - FORT WORTH. Thanks, Ian. the umlaut were to her unknowe. There have been multiple letters to Haaretz and other newspapers. What happened to Bush Troy and Paulina heart radio? LBC's left-leaning mid-morning presenter James O'Brien now has more listeners than breakfast show host Nick Ferrari, in the latest indication that British radio listening habits have changed . Simon Mayo described it as an "annual turkey shoot", while Graham Norton said it was "not comfortable and not nice". Also when R3 was often interrupted by Test Match Cricket, on one occasion he announced dolefully -And now Its CRICKET. 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On 6 September 2021, Sam FM was rebranded as Hits Radio Bristol and The South West. Thank you Ian for some enjoyable,lifting mornings !!! BBC has no idea how to keep listeners but only wants to encourage new listeners, most of the demographic they want to attract will never tune into R3 anyway. It's tough. (And thus became a shoo-in for a BBC announcers job). Piers Morgan says Susanna Reid has an unrequited love for him, Gemma Collins turns to Kim K as she starts surrogacy process. The music level is fine but presentersjust speak up!! Im not particularly a fan of IS and prefer Suzy Klein but to move him on in such a peremptory manner seems disrespectful. Radio shake up means the end of more well known stations across the If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. 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Never say never again pic.twitter.com/BoDNkqIdBT, Minster FM Breakfast Show (@BenMinsterFM) August 28, 2020, Its my final day at Mix96 and this mornings Ben and Nia Breakfast Show (without Ben) is a celebration of the last 5 years and so Ive dug deep in to the archives! pic.twitter.com/Mp1MFejaIQ, Tom Campbell (@TomCampbell) August 28, 2020, I've worked in radio almost 38 yrs. When presenter left LBC and his statement following immediate exit. What frequency is Greatest Hits Radio on? The best programme on R3 is Through the Night, which is excellent and is presented in the old way, both informative and understated. Peter Gordon launched 96.4 The Eagle at 7:45am on 4 January 1996, with the words "Hey, I've landed", an allusion to "the Eagle has Landed", the call sign Neil Armstrong used for the landing of the 1969 lunar landing craft. 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Many of them have left the corporation entirely, although a few still do some work for the BBC. In Israel, meanwhile, there are similar protest over the morning classics show on Kol Hamusica, where new boss Omer Frenkel (formerly on Army Radio) has brought in a presenter, Alex Anski, who cannot let the music play without jabbering all around it. Dozens of Bauer-owned regional stations will be rebranded under the Greatest Hits Radio name from September. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Read about our approach to external linking. Bauer-owned stations retaining their name and own breakfast shows but broadcasting Hits Radio during the rest of the day: Pulse 1 (Bradford & Huddersfield) Signal 1 (Stoke-on-Trent) 96.4 The Wave. EastEnders spoilers: Stacey goes to extreme lengths to provide for her family, Emmerdale spoilers: Soap first for Emmerdale as an all-male episode sees the villagers sharing their darkest secrets. Based in Guildford in the Guildford College campus, Eagle Radio was part of the UKRD Group of radio stations. Had to give her the bad news. And yet, it is hard to pinpoint a single driving force behind the recent exodus, because there's a whole host of reasons for it. @Ofcom allowing @Rutland_Radio (where I spent ten, amazing years) and many others like it countrywide to disappear is a national DISGRACE. His great personality will be largely wasted on Afternoon Concert. The shadow culture minister, Chris Matheson, raised concerns about the decision. The stations will still be obliged to broadcast some regional content in order to meet the requirements of their licences. Eagle FM owner John Walenga will talk about the idea of Eagle TV at 09h00 on 30 April 2020. On 27 May 2020 it was announced that Eagle Radio will become Greatest Hits Radio from early September 2020. Eagle Radio was a local radio station in the Surrey and North East Hampshire area of England. Is Slater and Gordon the same as Gordon Legal? This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 152,000 listeners and a 5.9% share as of September 2021. The station was sold by its original founders in October 2001 to Radio Investments Limited, which later became known as The Local Radio Company. Where I lived in Thamesmead #spirefm pic.twitter.com/DDOeHfhN10, Simon Ward Photography (@SimonWardPhoto) August 28, 2020. Eagle Radio was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020. The BBC. The County Sound network joined forces with Radio Mercury in 1991 to form Allied Radio. The BBC has always been a timorous beastie. 106 Jack FM replaced Original, which had previously broadcast using the same frequency, on 2 December 2009 following a staged on-air argument and station hijacking the previous day. By far the best would be Andrew McGregor who sounds engaged with the music. On Monday 25th June 2007, Andy Bush and Paris Troy announced they had a secret video of Paulina pole dancing . ", Radio listeners are famously resistant to change, and often sceptical that it's even possible to attract young audiences to stations that skew older. His first words on the station were Hey, Ive landed, referencing Neil Armstrong use of the Eagle has landed. All Access Audio Summit 2023 Full Agenda Debuts Monday, March 6th -- Check Out Our Lineup Of 81 Talented Speakers/Content Creators And All 18 Sessions, Mentoring & Inspiring Women In Radio, Luminate Name Meg Dowdy Elevating Women In Audio Mentee. Eagle and its market have the same conditions as Pirate where both are doing well in a competitive market with Heart available on FM. As Gordon explains it, the firm was created to take on a matter for a man born with defects from thalidomide, one he felt compelled to take. What is happening to Eagle Radio? - Toccochicago.com Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. After studying English Literature at Cambridge University, she began her radio career as a reporter at BBC Three Counties Radio, going on to produce Radio 4s Front Row for several years. pic.twitter.com/SRHMhIeazn, . Eagle Radio was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020. It has always been a very solid radio station that clearly cares abut its listeners. But at the same time, presenter paranoia exists for a reason - we're all aware there's always somebody behind you wanting to do your job. He will now be buried in a post-lunch snooze. So Ian Skelly, a gentle, informed and subtly humorous presence, falls victim to the Radio 3 cult of the presenter. Closure. Whenever he was due to take a break, he always said where he was going and what he would be up to while away.. Not a word this time. What do you think of the decision to axe the local breakfast shows and replace them with Amanda and Jamie from London? Content is similarly tailored to such listeners. It has been the privilege of my life to have you as my friends + I'll miss you beyond measure. Some stars, like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker, have taken pay cuts following the scrutiny. Some of the individuals have new radio homes others do not. The company that owns Capital, Smooth and Heart radio stations has announced it will network all shows, meaning a cull in regionalised radio. Gusher Main-Spout!!! I am far more likely to listen to any programme presented by Skellers, who is by far the best presenter on R3. Eagle Radio was purchased by Bauer Media in 2019 along . When people move on, for whatever the reason, it creates an opportunity for new talent. Now listeners have gone one step further, starting a Change.org petition to bring back the regional presenters and telling Heart they have made a terrible mistake. I'm on 6 Music six days a week [but] the Radio 2 show was performing well," he said earlier this week. Registered in England. It all boiled down to a contract dispute. Hes been perfect for the morning slot. [1] He appears every Wednesday as a newspaper reviewer on Sky News Sunrise. We are still waiting for the government to confirm what support will be provided as advertising revenues plummet across the industry. The current state of the media industry means it could be difficult for staff to find jobs elsewhere, with many of the affected stations located in mid-sized settlements where there are no other stations. Every time there are changed on R3 there is a flurry of folk who dont like change. Eagle Radio was purchased by Bauer Media in 2019 along with other stations in the UKRD group. 17yrs ago I joined a team launching a radio station in Barnsley and on 5/10/03 Dearne FM was born! Or is this a remake of John Drummond being told by a BBC executive that he had been tainted by experience? So radio historian David Lloyd has created an audio montage to remember just some of those presenters moving on before being replaced by a national breakfast show: 2020 and another slew of stations reach the end of the road, as national radio brands become bigger. All I got was the usual dismissive stance and justification-led reply and nothing on the back of my final rebuttal to producer Vant. The shocking legacy of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter', Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, 'Trump or bust' - grassroots Republicans are still loyal. MW: 828 1584 kHz FM: 96.0 107.9 MHz DAB Freeview 716. This week it comes to and end & will become Greatest Hits Radio, a new chapter with great presenters! It launched on DAB Digital Radio on 12 December 2013. Maybe Georgia went to the Clemmy Burton-Hill school of presentation? The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. But in this series of hugely professional and thoroughly authentic farewells, you can hear the pain. Some people do like the change though, with one listener tuning in especially from Lanzarote to tell Amanda she was sounding blooming fab! You can listen here on our website, download our free app for iPhone or Android, on Freeview channel 716 or ask your Smart Speaker to play Greatest Hits Radio. The 61-year-old presented a Saturday morning show on the network. Were also on 103FM in Manchester, on 97-108FM on the South Coast, on 107.6FM in Bournemouth & Poole and on 106.5 in Bristol. Neither will probably appeal to Eagle listeners?. Coronation Street spoilers: Daisy faces Justin in court, but who will win? The oldies AM station County Sound seemed to gradually lose listeners and gracefully died as Eagle extra, https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2372836/bauer-radio-acquisitions#latest. "So they have a responsibility. Add your comment below. Ian Skelly is Radio 3s best presenter (jointly with Martin Handley). Eagle Radio - Wikipedia But what is behind the current raft of departures? His sense of fun and gently cheeky humour has been such a delight, and his knowledge of classical music and performance has filled many an hour with interest and entertainment. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".