[Johnny 1989]

From what I can remember previous shows were called:

The Mark Radcliffe Breakfast Show (no mention of Lard at that point)
The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
Breakfast With Sara Cox

Sara Cox often just said "This, is breakfast" I don't recall show been used at all

Of course Chris Moyles use to call his show "The Breakfast Bit" when he covered for Zoe Ball & Kevin Greening

Now they are promoting the brand rather than the DJ, shame really as Radcliffe, Ball (& Greening) and Coxy, like Moyles all gave their unique touches to their breakfast show, sadly Grimshaw's sounds very generic already.

[stevepro]

Greg James would have been the safe choice but I respect what they are doing with Grimshaw.

Zane Lowe.

To be fair, who else could of gone in at this stage who's got a big enough name at Radio 1?

Scott Mills - too old
Fearne - too pregnant/busy with TV
Greg - still too new/safe/boring
Dev - no way
Huw - too wayward
Reggie - probably a better bet if he wasnt doing so much TV
Sara - too old
Vernon - too old/busy with TV

I personally think Radio 1 is in a big mess with only one presenter from a radio background young enough. Although, I can see why BBC have branded the breakfast show by itself so they can chop and change presenters as they wish without too much effort.

Matt Edmonson? Although granted he could fall into the 'still too new' category. Think he's great though, very funny, bit like Simon Amstell but less risque!

[The Deadly]

Matt Edmonson would be a bit much for 3 hours in my view. I absolutely believe if Greg James was still doing his 1-4 slot at the time Chris announced he was leaving then he would have got the breakfast show. That being said Grimmy is more suitable for what they are trying to achieve but on the other hand more unpredictable than Greg James.

[Tunster]

Matt Edmonson would be a bit much for 3 hours in my view. I absolutely believe if Greg James was still doing his 1-4 slot at the time Chris announced he was leaving then he would have got the breakfast show. That being said Grimmy is more suitable for what they are trying to achieve but on the other hand more unpredictable than Greg James.

I really don't get Matt Edmonson. He seemed to grind my gears with the mundane things to say and constant mumbling. Maybe he's a little bit different now since last listening to him. Again, probably another presenter who needs a team around him as he probably responds better with others rather than being solo.

Going back to the current situation, Nick's show will always have low production values with him not being from the a radio background. He won't see it as important and that's why we're only hearing the very odd feature jingle and the standard set of breakfast show imaging (which is nothing to compared to the CM show). This is what annoys me and I've noticed Nick planting that air horn over records and using the same buzzer sound Chris used. A little bit lacking in the imagination stakes here. On the other hand, Greg will probably be similar to Chris and want to package himself with a big fanfare being a radio geek also if he ever gets the breakfast slot. He'll know it worked for 8 years and people understood that using good jingles to segregate your show makes it a bit easier to listen to.

[Sally A]

I have nothing against Nick Grimshaw (still think he's been stitched up like a right Patsy though), but I really do hope the graduate yuppie types at BBC Trust with their sky blue thinking outside the box, blah de blah, that pore over data spreadsheets instead of actually asking the public - 'cos these sorts are too scared to actually speak to the masses - fall on their big fat academic, but no common sense, arses.

Total aside, Radio6 on DAB is working a treat tonight, but I'm lucky to get a signal in the morning - why?

[WeekendAtBernies]

The Trust tell R1 they have to lower their average audience. Fair enough, they're supposed to cater for 14-26 yr olds or whatever it is, not the 32yr olds as it is now. The way they do this is to replace an old DJ who constantly referenced the mid-90s and the '80s with a younger guy. In response, you lot (who by what I've read generally seem to be older listeners) don't like it and listen to something else so it seems that R1 have achieved what they set out for. There's no point slating the new guy (who I actually don't mind, there was a decent barbed comment at somebody booking Alesha Keys for Fridays show yesterday) he's simply aimed at a different dermographic to you. So it's time to move on, either to a different station or just with your lives. As for the big man, I think he should stay away from tv (he just looks odd when he's on it) and stick to the radio. If they didn't have adverts and hadn't just changed to a 100% sports station I'd have thought TalkShite would have been perfect for him. He'd fit perfectly into their laddish style

[The Deadly]

The Trust tell R1 they have to lower their average audience. Fair enough, they're supposed to cater for 14-26 yr olds or whatever it is, not the 32yr olds as it is now. The way they do this is to replace an old DJ who constantly referenced the mid-90s and the '80s with a younger guy. In response, you lot (who by what I've read generally seem to be older listeners) don't like it and listen to something else so it seems that R1 have achieved what they set out for. There's no point slating the new guy (who I actually don't mind, there was a decent barbed comment at somebody booking Alesha Keys for Fridays show yesterday) he's simply aimed at a different dermographic to you. So it's time to move on, either to a different station or just with your lives. As for the big man, I think he should stay away from tv (he just looks odd when he's on it) and stick to the radio. If they didn't have adverts and hadn't just changed to a 100% sports station I'd have thought TalkShite would have been perfect for him. He'd fit perfectly into their laddish style

Nice patronising 3rd post there champ. Good job.

Edited due to iPhone being a twat and ruining my narky comment about someone being slightly patronising.

[Johnny 1989]

I have to be honest I'd rather Mills was in that Grimshaw, never thought I'd say that, ho-hum I'll have to put up with it for the rest of the week, buy a DAB radio on payday and tune onto 6 Music, at least when they play music it's bloody decent (there's new stuff as well as old) plus the likes of Radcliffe & Maconie and Steve Lamacaq, actual presenters rather than shouty people, along with quite a few others on there (Keavney, Holmes, Charles, to name a few) means I'll end up listening to Radio 1 less and less (with only Coxy and Aled been the last two on there I'd listen to, possibly also Greg James)

Hopefully Moyles gets another show on there (evenings/nights would be great) however if not a show on 6 Music would be great

[WeekendAtBernies]

The Trust tell R1 they have to lower their average audience. Fair enough, they're supposed to cater for 14-26 yr olds or whatever it is, not the 32yr olds as it is now. The way they do this is to replace an old DJ who constantly referenced the mid-90s and the '80s with a younger guy. In response, you lot (who by what I've read generally seem to be older listeners) don't like it and listen to something else so it seems that R1 have achieved what they set out for. There's no point slating the new guy (who I actually don't mind, there was a decent barbed comment at somebody booking Alesha Keys for Fridays show yesterday) he's simply aimed at a different dermographic to you. So it's time to move on, either to a different station or just with your lives. As for the big man, I think he should stay away from tv (he just looks odd when he's on it) and stick to the radio. If they didn't have adverts and hadn't just changed to a 100% sports station I'd have thought TalkShite would have been perfect for him. He'd fit perfectly into their laddish style

Nice patronising 3rd post their champ. Good job.

If I wanted to be patronising I'd point out that you should have used "there" rather than "their".

[The Deadly]

You take that up with my iPhone. It has its own sense of grammar.

[dimtimjim]

Radio 1 have gone from having the flag ship breakfast entertainment show, to a generic early morn' music show, of which there are already enough available to the masses. Why on earth they would want to suck the life and spirit out of the slot, regardless of who's fronting the show, is beyond me.

Yes, the NG show would need to change format, but maintaining the unique qualities which elevated the R1 Breakfast show above 99% of other options should have been retained.

Market leaders to also rans. Boo hiss R1, you suck a$$.

Am I the only person that actually likes Grimmy's opening music?

Quite possibly. I think it stinks of a lack of imagination and dedication to style.

[Tunster]

Radio 1 have gone from having the flag ship breakfast entertainment show, to a generic early morn' music show, of which there are already enough available to the masses. Why on earth they would want to suck the life and spirit out of the slot, regardless of who's fronting the show, is beyond me.

Yes, the NG show would need to change format, but maintaining the unique qualities which elevated the R1 Breakfast show above 99% of other options should have been retained.

Market leaders to also rans. Boo hiss R1, you suck a$$.

It's a change simply for the sake of it. In a funny way, I was hoping Grimmy was going to take some of the better elements of the CM show and continue to improve what Chris left (especially with Matt as producer). Unfortunately, it seems like everyone behind the scenes at R1 have done everything possible NOT to do so and destroy what they had for this "8 - 14 year old girls" group they're targetting.

Am I the only person that actually likes Grimmy's opening music?

Quite possibly. I think it stinks of a lack of imagination and dedication to style.

Yup. The intro music sounds like laziness. As I said previously, Nick Grimshaw does not come from the world of radio and really doesnt care.

[GarethH]

As I said previously, Nick Grimshaw does not come from the world of radio and really doesnt care.

What are you talking about? Everyone knows that he's 'always' wanted to present the Radio 1 breakfast show...

[Martyn B]

What is the general feeling towards Greg James on here?

I can honestly say that I couldn't stand him on early breakfast and when he took over from Edith, he really did bore me. But nowadays I do find myself enjoying listening to him, he does actually make me laugh a lot.

[Nicola_Red]

I think he's just meh. Don't dislike him, but don't like him especially. That's probably a bad thing - he doesn't inspire any emotion in me at all I think he has quite a few fans here though.

[Yudster]

What is the general feeling towards Greg James on here?

Some people like him. Some people loathe him. Some people don't really think much about him one way or the other.

There isn't a cm.net "party line" you know.

[The Deadly]

I actually have warmed to Greg James. I find him easy to listen to and mildly entertaining. It's fair to say he's the only current DJ on radio 1 I have any time for.

[HA94]

I like Greg. I'd much prefer him over 'Grimmy'

[Latina]

What is the general feeling towards Greg James on here?

I can honestly say that I couldn't stand him on early breakfast and when he took over from Edith, he really did bore me. But nowadays I do find myself enjoying listening to him, he does actually make me laugh a lot.

I liked him when he first started, but then (rightly or wrongly) became aware of what appeared to be a massive amount of hype surrounding him and noticed him having a presence on just about every show on Radio 1 (e.g. voiceover on features, contestant on features etc) and then started to get fed up with him and resent how much I was being told to like him.

However, in the future when Radio 1 is voiced entirely by T4 presenters I'll probably respect him for being the only real DJ on the station and appreciate him more.

(His voice is annoying though - he over-pronounces consonants at the end of words...)

[MadTheEddos]

Greg, real? Hmmm.
The main thing I dislike about Greg is his inability to stand out as a DJ. He strikes me as being thoroughly bland and sterile - just as much as the other current daytime Radio 1 DJs are. He won't ever be controversial, but he won't ever be exciting or charismatic to listen to either - not in my opinion anyway.
Radio 1 is needing DJs who'll be edgy, who'll be a bit crazy, who'll capture the imaginations of the listeners - and I doubt Greg will ever be those things.