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Was surprised to hear Fisher’s ‘Losing It’ last night just after midnight. I had to check the radio frequency several times to check it wasn’t the wrong station 😂

Disappointed to see the chaos with Going Home is set to continue. It’s about time Aled put his foot down with Jamie and told him he’s there or he’s not. If they have to keep him, get him to record some shows for Anthems so they’re not so reliant on him. Also - interesting to see The First look chart 4-7pm on Sundays making it longer than the main chart show on Fridays.

SIX presenters set to leave Radio 1 in schedule shakeup Daytime programming changes are coming to BBC Radio 1 as six presenters are set to depart. Rickie and Melvin will leave Radio 1 after seven years, along with Dean McCullough, Nat O’Leary, James Cusack and Swarzy. This means new presenters for early breakfast, mid-mornings and weekend breakfast. Mylo and Rosie will take over weekday Early Breakfast every day from 4am until 7am, having first appeared through Radio 1’s presenter development initiative in 2025, and previously a big hit in West Yorkshire on Pulse 1. Charlie Hedges and Jeremiah Asiamah will host Radio 1’s Live Lounge from September, weekday mornings from 10.30am and 1pm. Charlie said she and Jeremiah could bring a chaotic energy to the programme, while also sending her “love and respect” to Rickie and Melvin. Jeremiah described the appointment as a full circle moment after listening to the Live Lounge while travelling home from college in 2017. Rickie and Melvin will leave Radio 1 after seven years, along with Dean McCullough, Nat O’Leary, James Cusack and Swarzy. Rickie and Melvin said: “Presenting on the station has been an unforgettable experience, and we are incredibly grateful to the entire team and, most importantly, our brilliant listeners.” Vicky Hawkesworth will be joined by Charley Marlowe between 10.30am and 1pm from Friday to Sunday, while Emil Franchi becomes the presenter of Weekend Breakfast. Lauren Layfield will host The Official Chart: First Look from Birmingham each Sunday between 4pm and 7pm. It will be the first Radio 1 programme of its kind to come live from the city. GK Barry will also present a series of Radio 1 programmes during the year, beginning with a six-week run from 10 September at 1pm. Sunday evenings will include Shanequa Paris and Oré Olukoga on Life Hacks, followed by Sian Eleri’s Chillest Show. Alyx Holcombe’s Indie Show moves to Tuesdays at 11pm. The station’s new presenter showcase will move from Friday Early Breakfast to weekend mornings between 6am and 7am. Mylo and Rosie say: “It’s really hard to put this feeling into words. Elated doesn’t quite cover it. We are two best friends who have shared a childhood dream of one day working at Radio 1 and we can’t quite believe it’s become a reality. We don’t think it’s sunk in yet, will it ever? The listeners of Radio 1 have welcomed us to the family with open arms and to have our own show and be able to talk to them every morning on Early Breakfast means more to us than they will ever know.” Aled Haydn Jones, Head of BBC Radio 1, says: “Charlie and Jerry taking the reins of Radio 1’s Live Lounge marks an exciting new chapter. I can’t wait for listeners to experience the energy, chemistry and unpredictability they’ll bring to one of the station’s most iconic shows. “We’re also delighted to welcome GK Barry and Charley Marlowe to brand-new programmes on the network, where they’ll each bring their own unmistakable humour, personality and wit. I love that The Official Chart: First Look becomes its own show and as a first for Radio 1, will be coming live from Birmingham, hosted by the brilliant Lauren Layfield. Mylo and Rosie will be the perfect soundtrack to the early mornings, and Emil Franchi takes over Weekend Breakfast with the warmth and energy that makes him such a natural fit. “The new schedule brings together the world’s best DJs with the very best new music from the UK and beyond – and it all starts this September.”

BBC Radio 1 to air Calvin Harris homecoming BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1 Dance will broadcast Calvin Harris live from Hampden Park across the UK on Saturday 1 August. The Glasgow performance will also be shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with coverage available through BBC Sounds. Calvin Harris: Live from Scotland will feature a set spanning the Scottish DJ and producer’s career, with the broadcast produced by BBC Studios Music Productions alongside Sony Music Vision and three six zero. BBC iPlayer will begin its dance music programming at 6.30pm, showing highlights from Radio 1 in Ibiza before coverage of the Hampden Park concert. The performance forms part of the BBC’s Summer of Music 2026, which includes programmes featuring Charli xcx and Sam Smith, documentaries about Madonna, Wham! and David Bowie, and coverage from Radio 1 events in Ibiza and Malta. Calvin has appeared at Radio 1’s Big Weekend seven times, including the Glasgow event in 2014 and a headline performance in Coventry in 2022. Jonathan Rothery, Head of BBC Popular Music TV, said: “There are few artists who have shaped contemporary dance music quite like Calvin Harris.” Jonathan added that the BBC was pleased to bring the Glasgow performance to audiences throughout the UK. The concert will be directed by James Barnes, with Alison Howe serving as executive producer for BBC Studios. It was commissioned by Jonathan for BBC Popular Music TV.

Lewis Capaldi just brought Sam Fender out to do Rein Me In at his Hyde Park gig, which is also being live streamed.

I really like this, great breezy guitar track, though it does sound similar to Deepest Blue’s It’s a Sin.

They’ve seriously playlisted Madonna without a feature from one of their regulars? Never expected that. Good to see Calvin finally make A List. Was expecting that to come off this week with the new Jazzy track added so good to see both on.

Greg James will get an extra half hour on BBC Radio 1 Breakfast this summer to make up for his time off at Taylor Swift’s wedding(!). The station says its summer 2026 schedule will begin on Monday 20 July, with Greg staying on air until 11am from Monday to Thursday. The change means Radio 1 Breakfast will run for four hours during the summer, before the usual schedule returns on Monday 7 September, when Greg is back on from 7am to 10:30am. Rickie Haywood-Williams, Melvin Odoom and Charlie Hedges will move to an 11am start during the same period, continuing with entertainment, music and Live Lounge performances. On Fridays, Nat O’Leary and Vicky Hawkesworth will present Radio 1 Anthems from 10am to 11am, with songs from the 2000s, 10s and 20s. Greg said: “I took some last minute days off for a destination wedding I had to go to and I need to make the time up to be honest so it feels like 30 mins a day over the summer is a good plan.” Aled Haydn Jones, Head of BBC Radio 1, said the station was adjusting to changes in younger listeners’ routines over the summer. Radio 1 will also broadcast live festival coverage from Ibiza, Malta and Reading and Leeds this summer, following earlier weekends at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Download, TRNSMT and Parklife.

Surely this will be a good thing? Anything would be prefereable to 3 Lions at Number 1

It's better than Wet Wet Wet, Drake and Bryan Adams so it may as well have the record at this point

It costs money to fill the discs up by licesnsing the tracks to fill them up with and given the volumes they are likely to sell it will affect the bottom line. I should imagine it costs a lot more to license newer songs than it does older songs for the Yearbook series. Must also be a cost issue for them not to be able to release these on vinyl to maximise the sales? Surely there is a good market for modern Now's to be available on Vinyl, even if its out a few weeks after the CD version. It may help bring people who have stopped buying the series back too as its an opportunity of getting the latest hits on Vinyl without buying the artist albums.

What's the beef with Noah Kahan? Doors out already?

Looks like ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’ could be the first single from Sombr to not debut in the Top 40 since he broke through with ‘Undressed’.

I think if it's a track that is quite unusual for them to play then by all means mention it but for the standard ex playlist run of the mill ex-playlist recurrents you'd expect them to play I don't think there's much point in going on about them.

Star Guitar - belter and a very clever video

It’s not as strong as ‘Talk To You’ but it’s not bad. I do think it’s probably too soon to follow up - should have put out some remixes to try and boost TTY really.

Really enjoyed this on first listen - very summery.

If I recall recorrectly Calvin Harris fell victim into having a late playlist add last year with 'Blessings' thanks to the Big Weekend playlist and looks like 'Satisfy' may also be also get a late add too.

Thought they would have swapped Noah Kahan with Doors. Bit of a surprise not to see Calvin x Jazzy. Will no doubt be added next week but will do well on airplay from the dance shows this weekend. Wonder if they held off from an insta add due to the under performance of Ocean and Release The Pressure? Or just could have been submitted too late for the playlist meeting this week.

Dirty Diana is not used in the film.

Rudimental return with a new track as featured as Radio 1’s Hottest Record this evening.

Not bad at all - always enjoyed Editors so hopefully a new album in the works.

First part of the Summertime Ball line up has been announced this morning:- Niall Horan Bebe Rexha Myles Smith Robyn Sekou December 10 Fatboy Slim Raye The rest of the line up will be announced tomorrow morning.

Foo Fighters last album sold 44,513 in its first week back in 2023 though I’m not sure how much hype there’s been for this new album but should do about 35-40k. Even though Noah Kahan’s last album has been a constant seller I’m not sure if this one will top Foo Fighters sales but will probably sell well enough to be an easy Number 1 in a quieter week. Michael Jackson’s harder to predict as it will depend on how the OCC distribute the streams between the soundtrack album and Essential Michael Jackson and of course how many physicals get sold, though Number 1’s was back in the Top 10 just a month or two back thanks to new vinyls so could be in for a Top 3 of high sales.

Great to see BeBe Rexha on this week and a return to the playlist for Faithless for the first time since like 2007 I'm guessing? (even though they are only credited to allow for the track to be released).