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Nick Grimshaw.
There's a thought!
Careful what you wish for Drac, have you heard the Scot Mills show!?
I have. Not great but not as terrible as Mayo and Wrighty.
you’re obviously their target market! I did wonder if anyone likes these people. Especially the Rylan/Tarbuk/Cox
Tarbut I’m not keen of at all. Rylan I can tolerate.
I quite enjoy Rylan, but he suits his time slot, just like Paul O'Grady suited Sunday tea time. But Rob Beckett replaced him and he's bloody awful.
just like Paul O’Grady suited Sunday tea time
What... When no one was listening?
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I would have money on Gary Davies or OJ Borg fill in for Ken
I wish Alan Partridge was real. Mid-Morning Matters!
Query: 'was real' or 'were real'?
Am I alone in being dismayed by the level of interest in R2 on this here forum?
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Am I alone in being dismayed by the level of interest in R2 on this here forum?
Are you new here?
Not new by any means, but I am going to have to classify R2 as an obscure hardcore cult genre to keep planet STW spinning on its axis.
It's inoffensive radio for work. Background music.
As jambourgie on previous page - I like 6 music but I just have to switch it off at times.
Grimmy is a good shout. He's a very funny chap.
Crikey, Mrs. S is bereft about Ken leaving. And incandescent at the same time! The BBC is effed.
Thinking about it, KB and Popmaster could've worked great on 6 music. Better playlist obvs. Same slot, before Craig Charles at lunchtime-ish. Boot MAH over to the afternoon slump slot. They could dress it up as being "ironic" if necessary.
Well it's truly gone to the dogs now.
The BBC has fallen apart after engaging in a self-chosen race to the bottom over the past 5-10 years - a race it has won by at least 10 lengths and an innings to spare, and is now on the victory lap / funeral precession.
Steve Wright was naff on R1 and continued the utter insincerity on R2.
Jeremy Whine at dinner time for goodness knows how many years. Instant Radio retune.
Zone Ball's voice makes me want to poke my eyeballs out.
The cluster they made with Jo Wiley and Simon Mayo was just utter incompetence or tone deafness beyond belief (and not fair on Jo either - her eve show was good I thought).
I've never listened to R1 except for Tommy Vance on a Friday night. The rest was shiiite when I was a lad. And it's got a whole lot worse since.
Even Radio 4 has lost virtually all of its appeal except for a couple of comedy slots. Too argumentative and actually don't spend any time properly analysing or assessing stuff - just leaping from one poor interview that is not incisive , to another. If I want to hear what's actually happening in the world I find myself listening to Times Radio these days. Waaaaaay better amd balanced for politics and current affairs.
Local Radio. What a waste of Electro-Magnetic-Radiation around the entire country (except the Leicester Tigers games commentary for about 2hrs once a week between September and May.
The rest if the time ? Planet Rock mainly, where presenters can present and are engaging and pleasant without exception Come on - who'd you want to listen to more between records... Zoe Ball, Sara Cox, Jezzer Whine, or... ALICE COOPER.
I'm sorry but I just found Bruce & popmaster weary as fk.My first job in London r2 was on all day and it bored the tits off me, Instead of listening to Muse, the white stripes,prodigy, aphex twin, the streets, system of a down, gorillaz, dj shadow or any of the music I liked at the time.... it'd be Wings and Glen Campbell and then Janet from northampton impressing us all answering what cliff Richards first number 1 was
Aural methadone
, that was 20 years ago, to this day his voice depresses me!
Genuinely one of the worst things ever. It’s like an insane internal monologue spoken out loud. Utter nonsense.
Don't forget the occasional squeaky dog toy.
Hated her on the Big Breakfast as well.
The insanity is only matched by Elaine Piage who is at least ancient.
Don't mind Cox and thought Mayo was decent. Popmaster is about the only thing mildly worth tuning in for in the morning.
Breakfast has been shite since Wogan left.
squirrelking
Don’t forget the occasional squeaky dog toy.
makes me want to kill things that "feature".
I think I might start a campaign to bring back Mark & Lard.
It isn't in the same tone, but BBC Radio 4 Extra seems to be winning for me - daft comedy shows and the serious stuff seems to be very easy to tune out.
I've tried the Radio 4 thing - it works! Innit. Word, bro.
When Ken asks "do you want to say hello to anyone?" I always want the contestant to go "no ken, I don't. No-one I know will be listening. They're all at work or listening to something else," rather than inanely listing every bloody person they know. Including someone who's sat in the same bloody room with them.
I always planned on answering "I'd like to say hello to everyone who doesn't know me, because they never get a mention."
I think I might start a campaign to bring back Mark & Lard.
Last featured together on the radio 19 years ago. I'm guessing that if the campaign was successful then Mark (64) and Lard (61) would be retiring shortly.
I miss them as well, especially their late night Radio 1 show from the mid 90s, when they'd have poets, comedians, etc on. I like the fact that I first started to appreciate the current Poet Laureate on a slightly subversive radio program.
Thank God for that !
I’m guessing that if the campaign was successful then Mark (64) and Lard (61) would be retiring shortly.
Nah, they'd be head-hunted by Global or Bauer for a commercial station (or podcast).
It's George Lamb
Not really!
Hubby just said that Vernon Kaye has been announced to replace Ken.
It's a no from me.
Hmmmm.
Don’t mind Vern. A bit 90’s dance orientated, but I can live with that. He would be better on the breakfast slot imo. Boot out Ball.
Only ever really tuned in to Ken for Pop Master just after 10. Generally find the music both before and after utter crap. Taking PM with him is probably a massive coup for Greatest Hits Radio (or whatever it’s called). Vernon is a good option IMO, almost a direct replacement, same dry sense of humour that I think the Ken fans will appreciate.
Aye. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64755872
As above. I don't mind VK but he has appalling taste in music (or if it wasn't his choice then what he was told to play was consistently dreadful).
I'm 50 and I've got this far without ever personally tuning into R2. The only time it ever hits my ear drums is at the in-laws so maybe I'm biased by association; but the plan is to end my days without crossing that rubicon. My R1 days are long long behind me but I've kept myself amused with a mix of R6, R4, Spotify and audiobooks and podcasts.
Is R2 something some of you quietly got into as an embarrassing secret in your youth until you were old enough to admit it public? Did you 'convert' in later life and if so, how old? Or is the next generation of R2 a dying breed with the advent of streaming?
I don’t mind VK I found Ken a bit dull but easy to listen to.
My R1 days are long long behind me but I’ve kept myself amused with a mix of R6, R4 and audiobooks and podcasts.
Sounds like you’ve skipped your 50s and gone straight to your 70s.
Well the rumours that Ken has been pushed out early by the BBC are true. He was supposed to leave 2nd April, however today is his last show on the BBC after 30 years.
He is leaving to move to a rival station. The being asked to go quietly and quickly is quite normal in a lot of jobs
Here’s hoping for a Dirty Protest!!!
If he'd gone to do mornings on Virgin I'd have probably carried on listening. I've no interest in listening to a time-warp radio station though.
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Yeah they got sick of him promoting his new show so he’s on leave. Fairly standard behaviour for an employer.
Found Alex Lester on GHR! Had forgotten about him, used to listen to him on long nightshifts .... shame he's still doing the same hours!
Ken is back and his first 'Pop Master' on 'Greatest hits radio' was very good (a 39 points winner). But for the love of God, the station is awful. Dire advertisements, poorly read out news bulletins and music definitely stuck in a certain era.
However Ken is great and I shall continue to listen and mute during the bad bits.
Edit - I've just read somewhere that 'Pop Master' maybe coming to our televisions soon. Whoop.
Love greatest hits , especially the 10 from 10 at 10 ..... Ken Bruce is awful and needs moving on , totally ruined a good radio station and that's only after his first 2 shows !
Yup what Stumpy said. Why on earth they thought he was a good idea I’ve no idea.
They play a certain era as it’s 70s to 90s music.
Ah I didn't realise that the music is only from a certain era. Surely 'Greatest hits' carry on up until the present day,eg. artists such as Taylor Swift sell millions of tunes.
Agree that Ken should not have moved.