The BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Chris Moyles starts his 5th to last show tomorrow (Monday) at 6:30am. By Friday it’ll all be over … forever.
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Over the years I have listened to Radio 1’s breakfast show hosts, got comfortable with them, and then had to say goodbye and adjust to the replacement. Probably the only one I couldn’t get comfortable with was Chris Evans. When he reigned on Radio 1 breakfasts I gave up listening for a while.
But Chris Moyles has been the longest serving breakfast show host, with 8.5 years of waking up the nation.
Unfortunately, Radio 1’s breakfast audience has grown old with the show and the demographic that should be listening, well, aren’t.
Radio 1 has a remit to serve those who are under 30. Indeed, anybody over the age of 30 should hate Radio 1 otherwise it’s not doing its job properly. In this respect it’s always hilarious reading radio anoraks on their various forums rattling on about how terrible Radio 1 is. Why people in their 50s and 60s think they should have some rights to ‘judge’ Radio 1 and not actually fall into the precise trap I’ve just mentioned, I’ve no idea. It’s a bit like it being 1967 and anybody over the age of 30 moaning and groaning about those long haired louts called the Beatles.
Only those under 30 can make a judgement as to whether or not elements of Radio 1 are working for them or if they feel they’ve walked in on something their mum and dad are listening to. Lucky for me, I’m only 19, so I’m right in the middle of the demographic.
I grew tired or maybe it’s weary of the Chris Moyles show, some years ago and wrote articles accordingly. I was then very excited when a much fresher sounding Moyles appeared at different times sitting in for various folk that were off sick. He came alone and without his regular crew to banter with, and he played more songs. He sounded slicker, more awake, and well, alive.
Maybe he’d got trapped in his breakfast show format, yet has so much more to offer. I hope that offer isn’t to be via some old person’s radio network.
Anyway, this week there’ll be mega-helpings of special surprise guests, some ‘retro’ ‘packages’ trying to re-flash listeners’ memories of the highlights of the last decade and beyond (he joined Radio 1 in 1997 and had a stint on early mornings and then drive, before being handed the breakfast show baton).
On Thursday, it’s a live show in front of an audience in the new theatre in Broadcasting House, and then the very last show will be on Friday, back in the studio that’s been home to it all for those 8.5 years.
I’m carefully listening to it all. I’m not sure if I’m going to like the change of him no longer being there.
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