At Last Steve Wright Is Leaving!

[bednobs]

maybe i can go back to listening to radio 2 in the afternoons (well till 4 anyway as sara cox is starting earlier)

[bednobs]

GReg James is probably still too young to move to r2

[Stargazer]

I only ever listen to Radio 4 and switch off quickly at the first notes heralding The Archers.

[Hopkirk]

Greg James is genuinely entertaining and far too old for R1. He's doing some R4 stuff already.

[andy-hughes]

The problem is, for every one individual who does not enjoy Mr Wright's style, there are many thousands who do.

You have to look at the thinking here, and past experience.

There was nothing wrong with Simon Mayo's show until they foisted Jo Whiley onto it. Result, car crash, and the loss of a popular broadcaster to commercial radio.

Now the BBC are repeating that fully, changing a show for no good reason other than change for change's sake.

If it ain't broke...

This will not end well.

[douglas9401]

It's what happens when the bright young things move up.

It's clear that Steve Wright didn't hang around for decades because nobody likes him, he's a good broadcaster, has a large fanbase and fits Radio2 well.

Like politicians though, the BEEB seldom own their mistakes and will crash on through until listeners submit or leave.

[Hopkirk]

"If it ain't broke ..."

But it is broke.

[andy-hughes]

Hopkirk - // "If it ain't broke ..."

But it is broke. //

In what way is it broke?

[douglas9401]

First no 'g', now no 'n'.

[fourteen85]

I havent listened to Radio 2 since the demise of Simon Mayo

[andy-hughes]

Part of the problem is the arrogance of the BBC hierarchy who still live in the days when the BBC was the only game in town.

Added to that is the similarly arrogant assumption that when 'young people' listen to the radio, the BBC is their first and only choice.

People of all ages have far more choices for their leisure time, and their listening, and the BBC pompous presumption that they are the best and only option will come back to bite them, again.

[vulcan42]

I think the BBC in general and Steve wright in particular, believe all the people who say they love the show. Those who asked for a song to be played quickly realised they stood a much better chance of their request being played if they did so. This perpetuated the myth that everybody loves the programme when in reality all they wanted was some music played and their name read out on the radio.

[Ken4155]

^
SW's Sunday morning programme is staying, Vulcan. So you can carry on requesting your songs and proclaiming your undying love for SW :-J

[vulcan42]

Ken, undying love for Steve Wright? I think he's obnoxious.