Comments on: Good News for Radio, Bad News for Weekend Jocks

By: Linz M

Linz M — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:45:18 +0000

Hi, Can someone post a link to Jayne Young’s Radio/New Media Blog? I’d be really interested to read that. I’ve trawled around but can’t find it! Thanks

By: Sam B

Sam B — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:01:06 +0000

I didn’t read any of the article, I just fell on the floor laughing at the picture. Is that James Cridland far right, under the name James Andrews? It looks awfully like him

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:39:26 +0000

Will drivetime necessarily be the preferred slot for a daytime network show? I know Ofcom have disallowed breakfast, but Smooth have chosen mid-morning for their Mark Goodier show. Might drive not be too cluttered for a network show – with more natural local content – travel, longer news etc than mornings?

Otherwise, I agree that any networked show would have to be something special to drive an audience. can’t see how networking some generic GCap jock – however good they are – is going to produce better programming than a good local presenter, yet network shows inevitably sound “one step removed” from the local audience. You’d really need a name, as in the Mark Goodier example – a Scott Mills or a Jamie Theakston or someone – to make this work, I would think.

By: Andy Buckingham

Andy Buckingham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:29:06 +0000

Another point worth making is the age old “where will the talent come from?” I can understand the business logic to dropping the local shows and getting the big names. But where will the next generation come from? As a former weekend jock (and subsequently losing the shift due to cuts.) I can sympathise with those trying to get in the industry and also worry about the next generation of Moyles’ and Mills’.

Can I also add how much of a fan I am of Jayne Young’s radio/new media blog!

By: Nicky

Nicky — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:12:04 +0000

I had no idea Elliot Webb blogged!! Alex Roland was fab to me in my first radio job. I wonder where he is now.