New R1 Schedule

[Stuart F]

This is how it shapes up...

· Kissy Sell Out, Thursday nights midnight-2am.

· Jump up rock 'n' rave.

· Kutski - Friday nights 1am-3am.

· Hard dance and hardcore.

· MistaJam - Saturday nights 3am-5am.

· 1Xtra Mixtape show - range of black music genres.

· Heidi Van den Amste (techno) and Jaymo and Andy George (electro mash up) join the rotating In New DJs We Trust line up (Thursday night 2am-4am).

Also...

· Tim Westwood's Saturday show will be extended by one hour from 9pm -1am and include reggae dancehall DJ Goldfinger.

· Judge Jules will move to the 11pm-1am slot on Friday night.

Dave Pearce and Eddie Halliwell will leave the station in October. Dave has been with the Radio 1 since 1995 and Eddie since 2006. Both Dave and Eddie will continue with their successful international club DJ careers.

Edited August 14, 2008 by Stuart F

[JasonB]

This is getting to be a yearly thing this schedule change!

Ok my views are:

Mistajam is not needed on radio1 he can stay on 1xtra along with raskwame.

Kutski finally getting hos own show, is fair dos no one else on the station plays what he does anymoreso alls good.

Not keen on Kissy Sellout, he does his thing and his catering is good although Annie Mac borders into his terrirtory so kinda questionable.

INDJ'sWT chnages every year anyhows so all good

Jules slot moving once again, well its only back by

Dave leaving, well moving Dance Anthems to friday nights at a silly time spelled the end, as bad as dance Anthems could be at times, sad to see it go.

Eddie Leaving- he showed a lot of promise but has gone the way of Yousef and Lottie, although Yousef actually had his own show and they never did.

I always skip Eddies first hour,I dont think he shouldve bothered with the Alternate mix just focused on what he actually plays out, the major problems club reviews n stuff was a nice touch but of recent eveolving it into a short tune request bit seemed odd.

Sad to see him go though.

These changes have been made due to popularity of shows which shows R1 are taking notice this time on what people want kinda.

Overall its better than last years madness!

[attilasumer]

glad to see Jules moved earlier, I will actually start listening again live I think as it's a good time if you've only gone to the pub to come home and whack the tunes on....shame to see Eddie go as I would use the iplayer most weeks to skip through the show, still think the rnb/hip hop influx on saturdays is too much but at least Jules is still there....let's hope they dont mess with the format of the show anymore!!

Think its a shame about Dave, he's part of the furniture there really but maybe he will have more of a chance to concentrate on his upfront trance sets which is a good thing. Only recently found out he lives down my way in Brighton, will have to see if I can spot him out and about, hehe!

Edited August 14, 2008 by attilasumer

[lennox2s2s]

I agree that it will be a shame to see Dave Pearce leaving.

With respect to Eddie I never personally listened to his show, he's not exactly my cup of tea music wise.

Will be good to see Jules moving back a few hours on Friday night, as more people will no doubt get the opportunity to listen to show live instead of the listen again feature.

I used to enjoy listening Lottie when she regularly filled in for Pete on his Friday night show.

[Max Kane]

I think Eddie leaving is a real shame, he's not particularly my niche in terms of trance music but he did at least play trance music. Now we get Kissy Sellout who is one these 'in' DJs, riding the wave of hype that surrounds him.

I'll stick to GDJB & the odd essential mix thanks

[Max Kane]

According to Eddie's email updates he 'took the decision to leave R1, prior to rescheduling changes', whether that means he jumped before he was pushed or just that he wants to put a positive slant on it who knows?

[Uberduck]

I think Dance Anthems was the equivalent of a musical walking dead man really. It worked on a Sunday because people were always winding down the weekend or travelling back from somewhere. For it to be at a time of night when people are out, was the nail in the coffin as it was the screaming girls requesting Cafe Del Mar et al that gave the show it's purpose.

Good to see Jules a bit earlier as that'll make for easier listening. I don't think Eddie can do himself justice doing a radio show like that as he is about so much more than just spinning records. Can't really show his true potential on the radio. Also I don't think Eddie ever really sounded that comfortable doing the whole talking thing. Always sounded like it truely was read from a script whereas Tong & Jules are a bit more spontaneous. I do like Eddie's style but the Altern8 bit was the same as Jules being made to play house music and do the cut up in that although he can pull it off very well, we all know that's not his true love and passion.

[Briggsy]

To be honest, if I had the choice of keeping one DJ out of Jules, Pearce and Halliwell - i'd have had Dave Pearce and given him a "proper" Trance show.

Out of those three, Dave Pearce plays the most "proper" Trance. Jules and Eddie play a bit of everything, and don't specialise in anything now - its hard to keep up with them.

[Aza]

Wheeeyyy!

Nice post and cheers for the update here.

This is very interesting and in all honestly I think isn't it mad how Jules is still rocking for Radio 1? I mean he may not be living up to our usual and we all look back and think how good it was then and how different etc, but in terms of employment and management at Radio 1, to be rescheduled to a 11-1 slot on Fri is a fab achievement - well done Jules IMO!

Maybe we might get what we have all been reminscing about at long last? Probably still be precorded, but certainly a chance for another reshuffle of the shows programme.

Agree with Briggsy and Dave Pearce has done extremely well in doing his job and not having the liberty to play proper trance. Some of his mixes on dance anthems where he showcases some trancers has more often than not impressed me.

Eddie... Well we all know I am a massive fan of his and getting a radio show was awesome, but I never think he's grasped the old radio presenting thing... He was a bit like Fergie for me. I often used to joke with my mates in saying Fergie says hello on his show and says "right, we're going into the mix for the next two hours" and leave it there! Awesome mixing and tune'age nevertheless.

Eddie's email, Tom, that kinda sounds like he did jump before being pushed too.

[Briggsy]

I just mentioned on another board that I reckon that Eddie got frustrated with never being offered a decent time despite being there for a few years now. Last year, Dangerous Dave and Jules were given new Saturday times, yet Eddie was overlooked - despite Radio 1 moving every other dance show to Fridays.

1 til 3 on a thursday night is a bit of a daft time. Fridays would have been much better if they had Tong 7-9, Pearce 9 til 11, Eddie 11 til 1, Jules 1 til 3.

[Aza]

Even then he cannot never play like he normally would. His full fire mixes are great, but you always just expect that extra oompph...

[Marty Mayes]

I just mentioned on another board that I reckon that Eddie got frustrated with never being offered a decent time despite being there for a few years now. Last year, Dangerous Dave and Jules were given new Saturday times, yet Eddie was overlooked - despite Radio 1 moving every other dance show to Fridays.

1 til 3 on a thursday night is a bit of a daft time. Fridays would have been much better if they had Tong 7-9, Pearce 9 til 11, Eddie 11 til 1, Jules 1 til 3.

Have to agree that would of been a great line up... im really sad to see dance anthems go tho it got spoilt when it was moved from sunday to friday but now to be totally gone is sad news looks like radio 1 are more into this r&b & electro bollock's!! to hell with that!!

As said if dave were to have his own trance show it would be great as dave can pull out some fantastic tunes it's a BIG shame.

What are you playing @ radio 1 :wall:

[FuzzY-LogiC]

I have to agree... it's a shame that Dave is leaving the station. his Anthems were perfect for Sundays and should never have moved.

All the best to him in club land!

I'm very glad to see Jules moving to the 11-01am slot, and hopefully it'll lead to some more club broadcasts from around the UK and overseas. That is what i miss the most. All his talking with the other DJ's and stuff... that ain't really what it's about (for me anyway)... it often sounds a bit like they never have time to explain their projects and thoughts properly and that it's all a rushed affair.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with the show in terms of the form (layout and pre/-non-prerecorded).

[Neuro]

A step in the right direction! Although it is a shame about Dangerous Dave. He will be missed, trust me!

[lennox2s2s]

A step in the right direction! Although it is a shame about Dangerous Dave. He will be missed, trust me!

I agree entirely Neuro. Dave should have never lost that Sunday evening slot, it really suited the show. Some thing to help people get over the weekend. I used to be a regular listener every Sunday evening.

[Moonman]

· Heidi Van den Amste (techno)

Is this person really dutch? I'm changing my name now, officially, to Roland Van Der Aschkracken. I too will play techno. Mods, can you do it for me?

Seriously though, i never thought Eddie's show had any flow to it. I thought he'd end up replacing jules though to be honest. Dave Pearce will be Kiss FM or somethings gain i'd imagine. Although i like Dave, i think he's not really got a place on R1 anymore. They seem hell bent on all this electro and urban stuff.

[Chrissie Brown]

I agree entirely Neuro. Dave should have never lost that Sunday evening slot, it really suited the show. Some thing to help people get over the weekend. I used to be a regular listener every Sunday evening.

I agree too, really miss Dave's Sunday show as it was perfect for a Sunday night and also enjoyed his 30 min mixes, i think R1 have made a big mistake in letting him go as he is such a good presenter.

Really pleased to see Jules moving to the 11-1 slot.

[bigsteve]

As I understood it, R1 were keen to have the DJs interacting with people. Dance Anthems did precisely that in a way unprecedented on any other R1 show I've listened to. It was all about what people had been up to at the weekend, which DJs played stormers (inevitably, all of them lol) and the best bit was hearing from people driving home from nights away. I remember once driving back down the M6 hearing from people that had been to The Arches the night before - exactly where I was driving back from. How's that for interaction! Dance Anthems was only going one way after it moved to Friday.

Now Dave has gone, I fear for Jules and Tongy. The 3 of them have been there years and I suspect this is the start of bigger changes. How they will replace Pete, I really don't know - maybe they won't even try.

I also think its a shame for Eddie. I believe he wasn't really given the credit he deserved.

[Briggsy]

Eddie suffered the same problem as Jules's old Saturday 5pm til 7pm show. It was at a time that wasn't very suited to a dance show, and as a result, the start of the show had to start of fairly calm to ease people into the show from the previous show. I still suspect Eddie walked because despite the new schedule shake up, he still wasn't offered a better slot.

I still think both Jules and Tong will be there until they retire. The thing is, now Eddie has gone, who would be Jules's eventual replacement? I thought Eddie had been brought in as a future replacement for Jules - but obviously not. No other UK DJ is as versatile as Jules and Eddie.

[lennox2s2s]

According to Dave Pearce's website, he will be undertaking a new radio venture following his departure from Radio 1

[Judge Mental]

Got to disagree with Briggsy (sorry mate :blush: )

Jules' 5-7 show was brilliant for quite a few years. It went crap when the sort of music he used to play at that time at around 2000/1 started to dry up for a good while, and in my opinion, he kinda lost his way with that kinda style, and as a consequense started playing random stuff that tried to please everyone and thus pleased no one.

But seriously guys, I seriously don't see any of your points here.

(this might be a long rant, but hey, its been a while and I'm just back from a night out lol)

A few of you are gutted that Dave Pearce is gone. I agree that his show was good when I was working on a sunday night deep clean in the kitchen. But then so would have sticking on Trance Nation 2.

12 years of dance anthems is enough, you all know what tunes you like, make a cd instead, Dave Pearce was a crap dj, and any of you could have picked the same tunes.

Why is it so bad if Jules and Tongy go? Tongs show has been reeeeeally crap for ages, playing tunes that were already being played everywhere and obviously quite a few industry favours. Riding on every single bandwagon that came along, especially the whole Eric Prydz type tunes. He's waaaaay past it now, and a good proper shake up of radio 1 would not be a bad thing. Get rid of them all to be honest, cos there isn't a single show on there that is in the slightest way innovative.

I really don't know why you still hold Radio 1 in such high regard, cos there are thousands of podcasts / live streams / radio shows etc etc, that are a million times better than the crap you get forced to listen to on ye olde beeb.

Scott Mills 11 - 1am, or listen to your own music, there's your Friday night. :pirate: :thumbsup:

Speak to you tomorrow :redface:

[Max Kane]

I do agree with some of your points mate, as I previously stated I'd much rather listen to shows which focus upon the music & mixing rather than needless features & such, the net has made such shows numerous & easily accessable & R1 now serves merely as a listen again feature if I see a show that I like the look of.

[Aza]

Judge Mental, that was a good read and very well put.

There have been lots of posts on here spanning different views.

To add though, I think Radio 1 is held in high regard because of its services and what we expect of it. Its station has a massive budget and some world class djs. So I guess given that we expect what we do and IMO they have put on some great festivals, events etc and that is why I like the station.

[JasonB]

Since Tong went all electro house his show went downhill for me,and I stopped listening,he seems to be getting behind with some tracks aswell for example, his Essential New Tune this week has been out for a good few months, hes given Subfocus-Timewarp a splay and thats been out a few months aswell.

He does stick to his 'mates' tunes a bit too much aswell.

Since he lost his third hour I've deeme Tong now inessential

Jules I listen to every week on Listen again, I'm getting fed up of him overlooking so much good stuff instead playing the same stuff for too long, even after its been released, no matter how good the tracks are, for a guy in his position being sent so many great tracks of which 20 he ends of using, why is it 2 or 3 months down the road after tracks have been released hes still playing Arnej for example!

I do think of the past year Jules has been picking up on stuff after its been released, and this is stuff on Armarda labels and so forth which he mustve got gievn a few months ahead of release for example.

Eddies been criticised for playing the same stuff for too long maybe jules has caught that bug!

[Max Kane]

I couldn't believe Tong had 'Dark Flower' as the essential new tune last night, it's been around forever, even I've been playing it for a good three months.

It still stands as my favourite track of '08 thus far though