Radio 2

[The Bloop]

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Bloop, perhaps a poor example,my point is Simon Mayo had a very successful show and the BBC messed with the format and Simon Mayo left and has pretty much the exact same show on Greatest Hits. I wonder if Steve Wright will end up there ?

Ah ok. I think the Simon Mayo situation was entirely different as they pissed on his chips in order to tick a few boxes by squeezing a female presenter into the daily schedule.
I notice that Steve Wright is still doing his Sunday Radio 2 show, so I think him leaving afternoons is his decision and not influenced by anything else other than to reduce his workload. I doubt his new BBC contract would allow him to work for a direct competitor at the same time anyway.

[Cleve van Leef]

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I see the BBC is possibly shooting itself in the foot again by replacing the Steve Wright in the afternoon show with Scott Mills for 2 hours and extending the Sara Cox show by an hour. Didn’t they learn anything from the Simon Mayo experiment with Jo Whitley?

No. And they never will. Sara Cox and Jo Whitley are abysmal radio presenters, seeing Whitley introducing Glastonbury where you could see her knickers was disgraceful, and to make matters worse she was so friggin’ patronising.
Everyone deserves a chance, but it should be on ability not just gender.

And don’t mention Scott Mills - Aargh useless.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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I'd be up for listening to more radio but getting replacement valves is a right b*gger these days.

[Cleve van Leef]

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I'd be up for listening to more radio but getting replacement valves is a right b*gger these days.

You can get them in Home Bargains, so no problem.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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I was under the impression that they talk over the back end of songs to deter illegal recordings?

Years ago, possibly, but if there's anyone still recording songs off the radio then they need help!

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Wasn’t aware of this and Ken Bruce doesn’t do it but Steve Wright cuts in really early

He does. I can't listen to him as a result. I like to have more than one verse and chorus of a song.

BTW, all the jingles that Wright uses in his show are owned by him and he gets royalties for them all every show.

[The Bloop]

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Years ago, possibly, but if there's anyone still recording songs off the radio then they need help!

Trying to press the pause button before Annie Nightingale spoke on a Sunday evening was an art in itself.

[valleys caveman]

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I thought Vernon Kay was really good on the breakfast show this week.
Don't get the Scott Mills thing though.

[Alan Lung]

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Steve Wright is an utter prick. Keeps talking over the records he plays and is also an unfunny cockney wanker. Good riddance to a pile of shit.

[Cleve van Leef]

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Steve Wright is an utter prick. Keeps talking over the records he plays and is also an unfunny cockney wanker. Good riddance to a pile of shit.

Well if you don’t like him, don’t beat around the bush, say so.

[William Treseder]

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Got to love the Harp player on the Steve Wright show every Wednesday .

[cityhammer]

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Got to love the Harp player on the Steve Wright show every Wednesday .

Its that sarcasm? Steve Wright is years out of date, formulaic crap. Serious Jockin is a joke that has run its time. Only thing I like about his show is when he's on holiday and Craig Charles stands in. But Scott Mills is even worse.

[lardy]

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Even worse than Steve Wright talking over the end of songs is when he sings over them.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Tommy Vance Friday Rock Show

Used to record it

Steve Wright was funny for a late teenager and a student in my day but so much of his stuff went on and on till one day he must have been told .....time for new material Steve !

Was always going on about his wife Cindy

The woman who used to help him on the show was sexy though

Saw him on TV the other day and he looked like weird Al jankovich

[splott parker]

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Even worse than Steve Wright talking over the end of songs is when he sings over them.

That’s a thing that pisses me off as well, so annoying. Another, perhaps trivial, complaint of mine is that he never mentions the name of the artiste, maybe it’s just me that gets annoyed by this but the presenter should always announce who’s performed the song/music they’ve just played. An you can shove that serous jocking right up your jacksie. The f*cker starts plugging it on a Monday for Christ’s sake, no-one’s interested.
When I’m moaning, the young lad who works for me says ‘Put Talk Sport on then’……I draw the line at that.