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Posted by: AcerBen 17th October 2017, 09:02 AM

Whilst Greg is doing Sounds Like Friday Night, Mistajam will be presenting the chart show

https://twitter.com/mistajam/status/920009702351736832

Of course SLFN is on for a 6 week trial but they're clearly anticipating that it might get a longer run, so maybe Mistajam is being considered for the gig permanently.

Is he any good? Am I imagining it or did he stand in a few months back?

I'd be disappointed to see Greg step down. He gets the tone just right. Clearly takes the thing seriously but not too seriously. He's just the best person for the job.

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 17th October 2017, 09:03 AM

I think he stood in once, he seemed to get a good reception on here.

Posted by: MikeR 17th October 2017, 09:57 AM

He's the best thing since Simon Bates & should present the show permanently. Greg James sounds like he's on Student radio & as chart host is pretty awful.

Posted by: JosephGutierrez 17th October 2017, 10:04 AM

I enjoyed him a lot when he covered for Greg before!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 17th October 2017, 02:33 PM

I missed the one where he was hosting The change will certainly be interesting, I hope he actually knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Hadji 17th October 2017, 03:10 PM

He’s better cover than Dev

Posted by: jessie j 17th October 2017, 03:43 PM

He's really good from what I remember. Seems to rake an interest in the charts and definitely a lot more entertaining in terms of facts and stats than Greg.

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 17th October 2017, 03:44 PM

So is anyone to be honest (@Hadji). I'm sure he'd have an even worse reputation than Reggie Yates did if he was the permanent host (and people on here really did get sick of Reggie).

Posted by: Envoirment 17th October 2017, 05:32 PM

I really like him. His show on BBC 1Xtra is great.

Posted by: zenon 17th October 2017, 08:47 PM

Greg will apparently be going to Australia this winter to host BT Sport's Ashes cricket.

Posted by: Lenny 17th October 2017, 08:50 PM

If Greg left I'd prefer to see Scott Mills take it on - he has always been the best stand-in, for many many years now.

I wouldn't mind a Mark Goodier return either but that is so not happening! Ah childhood nostalgia

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 17th October 2017, 09:11 PM

Scott would have to give up his 1-4 slot for that though so it would never happen. Shame we never got Scott as a full time host but now is too late for that I feel.

Posted by: zenon 17th October 2017, 09:27 PM

Replacing Goodier in 2002 would have been the golden opportunity for Scott to be permanent chart host.

Posted by: Robbie 18th October 2017, 03:17 PM

Scott would have been the ideal replacement back in 2002. However Radio 1 wanted to take the presentation style of the chart in a new direction and Scott would probably have been too much of a straightforward replacement to Mark.

Posted by: Lenny 18th October 2017, 05:04 PM

On reflection they really made the wrong decision.

Posted by: Robbie 18th October 2017, 05:10 PM

Indeed. I know listening figures were falling and the Top 40 countdown on commercial radio had twice the audience but under Wes things got worse.

Posted by: Steve201 18th October 2017, 05:27 PM

Scott had the chance to be breakfast show host around that time so probably wanted a drivetime show which has more viewers etc!

Posted by: Lenny 18th October 2017, 05:30 PM

I'm not sure any radio show has more viewers than any other

Posted by: AcerBen 18th October 2017, 06:57 PM

I think that was more to do with the change in format than Wes. That, and the chart itself becoming less relevant due to the change in the singles market.

Posted by: Robbie 18th October 2017, 08:24 PM

I agree. I don't think Wes was keen on the format either. He came in for much criticism at the time but he was only presenting the show the way he was told to do so. I remember his last top 40 show where he gave a little speech about his time presenting the chart show and I can remember feeling a bit sorry for him because he genuinely did sound a bit upset about how things had worked out.

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 18th October 2017, 08:57 PM

I wasn't there at the time, could someone explain what was so bad about this Wes era of the chart show? ;o

Posted by: LewisTScream 18th October 2017, 08:58 PM

He wasn't Mark Goodier.

Posted by: Lenny 18th October 2017, 09:31 PM

Wes compared to everyone else up to and including Greg James (because of the format the chart show now has, I rate him as a presenter) - was better. Just compared to Mark Goodier it was a step down. Mark Goodier knew how to make it fun and had all the chart facts up his sleeve. You'd always know how many positions a song was down, or up... how many weeks it had been on the chart... info on their past hits, what album the single came from... and there'd be a ton of suspense building up to the number 1. You get none of that these days.

Posted by: AcerBen 18th October 2017, 09:33 PM

He didn't play all 40 records, and he was more informal than Mark Goodier. It felt a bit more like the commercial chart show and it was just a bit of a shock at the time. In retrospect though, he was much better than the likes of Fearne & Reggie and Jameela.

Posted by: Lenny 18th October 2017, 09:38 PM

This explains it well, although I don't remember him being any more informal than Mark - he certainly was informal though. I liked on Monday mornings he'd run down the top 10 again on the Chris Moyles breakfast show and have all the geeky facts then as well

Posted by: AcerBen 18th October 2017, 09:44 PM

Wes tried a bit too hard to be down with the kids and made bad jokes. Mark was almost always serious, and rarely gave opinions on the artists or songs.

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN 18th October 2017, 10:08 PM

So just like Reggie Yates then? (more or less)

Quite sad that I was too young to ever experience the Mark Goodier era of the chart show, it was Reggie solo when I started listening.

Posted by: Steve201 18th October 2017, 11:25 PM

I think the fact Wes was virtually a new DJ didn't help whereas Mark Goodier was a radio 1 stalwart who had been on the station since the 80s. It was as if the BBC decided to not give the chart the respect it deserved. Added to that the downward spiral of totps and the changing way Music as being consumed meant that the chart seemed to be less relevant!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 19th October 2017, 08:15 PM

Bruno Brookes was also brilliant at the Top 40 - he really brought a sense of excitement and occasion to the chart that just doesn't exist now sadly.

Here he is on his 1st chart back in charge in March 1992 when they extended the chart show to 3 hours for the first time: https://www.mixcloud.com/1869300/uk-top-40-radio-1-bruno-brookes-15-03-1992/

Posted by: Steve201 19th October 2017, 10:27 PM

Bruno had been on radio 1 for ages before that though didn't he?

Posted by: Steve201 19th October 2017, 10:33 PM

Love the Bruno chart btw DB!

Posted by: zenon 19th October 2017, 10:54 PM

Bruno had been with Radio 1 for around 18 months when he became top 40 presenter in March 1986.

Posted by: Steve201 19th October 2017, 11:32 PM

Yeh he's recently been introduced on totps 1984 episodes!

Posted by: Robbie 20th October 2017, 07:31 AM

Plus, if you watch the BBC4 repeats, you would have seen him on the first edition from 1978, which was repeated at the start of 2013. He was standing near to Peter Powell, trying (and successfully!) to get his face on camera. He must have just been starting out on local radio at the time and somehow managed to wangle his way onto an episode of the programme...

Posted by: Steve201 20th October 2017, 06:33 PM

Didn't realise that!!

Posted by: The Hit Parade 20th October 2017, 07:12 PM

I think it was a deliberate strategic decision to bring in a new, unfamiliar DJ for the chart - but it didn't seem to work.

Posted by: LewisTScream 30th October 2017, 06:38 AM

I must say listening to MistaJam do Dance Anthems again on Friday was so refreshing. He takes a vested interested in the show and it was great to hear tracks from his 1Xtra shows, not to mention the mixing actually being done by him instead of talking over a pre-mixed track
I look forward to him covering again and when he takes over the Saturday show!

Posted by: Rob Zombie 30th October 2017, 09:59 AM

From hearing him in the car. I heard that he pressed some wrong buttons or something but when you sound enthusiastic unlike some djs... its fine because he was again solid as host of the chart. He sounds way more professional than Greg does too Imo. If you can't get Scott at this stage then I'd welcome him doing it full time!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 30th October 2017, 05:11 PM

I think Mistajam is VERY suited to the chart, whilst I also think Greg is a lot more suited to SLFN, he seems a lot more in his element there.