February 8, 200817 yr I thought something was afoot when Chartbreakers did not feature, on Sun. I read that Lucio bloke, on Capital say the Hit40 has twice as many listeners now. Probably coz they play 43 songs in 3 hours, and have cut the chat. Although that chart is nonsensical :lol: When did you reckon there could be a major change, Trevs or anyone? I would say that when the gruesome twosome, were employed as hosts, it would have been on a yearly contract. So, that would take it to next October. Most of the time these days, when a presenter/s are employed they take up a 12 month contract. It used to be a minimum of 2 years, but it doesn`t happen much today. Going back to 1979, when Simon Bates was doing the show (he took over, from Tom Browne in April 78), obviously, Simon already had a Radio one contract, as he did the morning show anyway. Simon was taken off when Radio one bosses needed to give Tony Blackburn another job, (meaning Simon only did it for 18 months). Reggie and Fearne newcomers/new contract....probably minimum of 1 year. The bosses at Radio one, may of known Fearne would move on, hence 2 presenters! Of course Mikey and co, are exactly correct. You only need one presenter. I am informed that Lucio, has had a big wave of extra listeners, since these 2 were put on Radio one. Hence Hit40uk, playing all the songs, and featuring a couple of new releases, the number one album, and rundown of the top ten album chart at 6pm. After which Lucio plays the top ten, non stop and commercial free, until 7.00. Just imagine the number of complaints, that go to Radio one, every Sunday, when Amy MacDonald`s, "This is the Life", has been in the top 40, for something like 10 weeks, and these 2 nutters, have only played it about 4 times, at the most (even missing it out, when it went up 12 places, a few weeks back....even though all 3 of Rihanna`s songs were played, week after week! The total number of complaints to the producer must be astronomical! Most of all, the programme is the worst, it`s ever been...since the top 40 began in 1978!
February 9, 200817 yr i thinkit's annoying when F and R skip records in favour of inane chat but when the presenters barely talk at all like JK and Joel it does get a bit boring
February 9, 200817 yr Yeah I suppose talking about stuff instead of playing songs would be acceptable if they actually talked about different stuff. its all about getting the kids to jon in these days. topics range from 'i think soulja boy should be number 1 cos its fab' to 'i don't want britney at number 1 cos she's a bad influence'-talk about radio 1 telling kids what to think. And I love the fact basshunter is a song NO Dj on radio 1 can stand. they don't 'get' it and that puzzles me. Yes its a bit poo but nothing worse than all the other c**p dance songs they've promoted over the years. And this is the station that endorses Soulja Boy :puke2:
February 10, 200817 yr If I did it, Britney would be #1 :P Or read aloud on the radio anyway ;) I like Fearne :(
February 10, 200817 yr I think that Radio 1 need to copy the Hit 40 format because clearly that works. They should ask themselves why it works as well. Might influence some of their other programs!
February 10, 200817 yr Mind you they've made a right c**k-up of things when they've copied Hit40UK in the past - not playing all 40 songs, 2 presenters, phone in competitions to name but 3! At least Hit40UK quickly realised these weren't working......
February 10, 200817 yr I think that Radio 1 need to copy the Hit 40 format because clearly that works. They should ask themselves why it works as well. Might influence some of their other programs! Mind you they've made a right c**k-up of things when they've copied Hit40UK in the past - not playing all 40 songs, 2 presenters, phone in competitions to name but 3! At least Hit40UK quickly realised these weren't working...... I agree that they should give it a go - would be interesting to see if a traditional style show would get the ratings...
February 10, 200817 yr Mind you they've made a right c**k-up of things when they've copied Hit40UK in the past - not playing all 40 songs, 2 presenters, phone in competitions to name but 3! At least Hit40UK quickly realised these weren't working...... Not playing all 40 songs was definitely Radio 1's idea - in fact I believe it was the norm for Radio 1 to do this prior to the early 1990s. Even if it wasn't, then it was still Radio 1's idea, as they stopped playing all 40 songs when Wes took over in early 2003, and shortly afterwards Hit40UK made a claim that it was the only chart show that played all 40 records in full.
February 10, 200817 yr I just wish they play the year to date chart on a different day, they did in the past by playing it on New Year's Day, rather than a Sunday, I would rather listen to the top 40 Chart in full.
February 11, 200817 yr Not playing all 40 songs was definitely Radio 1's idea - in fact I believe it was the norm for Radio 1 to do this prior to the early 1990s. Even if it wasn't, then it was still Radio 1's idea, as they stopped playing all 40 songs when Wes took over in early 2003, and shortly afterwards Hit40UK made a claim that it was the only chart show that played all 40 records in full. Radio 1 started playing all 40 around 1993 AFAIK - when Neil Fox took over from David Jensen and the Pepsi chart as it was at the time went from a 2 hour show playing the Top 30 to a 3 hour show with a Top 40
February 11, 200817 yr I think GoodDelta would be good as she does an amazing chart thing of her own after each chart lol!
February 19, 200817 yr I've a feeling that Nihal bloke who does sunday breakfasts might be the next chart show host. Preferably Scott Mills though.
February 19, 200817 yr I think GoodDelta would be good as she does an amazing chart thing of her own after each chart lol! Gooddelta is a he :lol:
February 19, 200817 yr :rofl: perhaps my username is misleading Nice to know people think I would do a good job!
February 19, 200817 yr glad she's going.. every week its ''i loooove this'', does she not know how to not like something? its f***ing annoying. and i agree, get back to the basic format, full chart, more album chart etc.
February 21, 200817 yr Are HIT 40 UK really not skipping out songs no more that was 1 thing i found annoying because lucio didn't mention who was at the numbers so i had to wait till later on and the 2nd thing mainly which turned me off hit40uk last year was lucio for bitching about cascada saying she is compared to miss piggy :angry: :lol: :o
February 22, 200817 yr I love fearne cotton, she's funny to listen to... i like the chart to be broken up in digestable chunks... no point just revealing all the top 4 none stop, it'd be boring! People on this site will slag off every host of the chart show, even if they are good...
February 22, 200817 yr To John 07 - You see that little symbol to the left of those boxes? If it's blue and points upwards, they're a bloke. If it's pink and has a cross underneath it (like mine), then they're a woman. Simple when you know how.
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