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Radio 1 rejigs specialist schedule
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 11 August 2009
So, following the recent rejig of the of the daytime schedule, Radio 1’s specialist line-up is getting a shake-up. And the biggest news to come out of it is that Steve Lamacq will be leaving the station after 16 years, although he will continue to host shows on Radio 2 and 6 Music.
A new documentary series called ‘Radio 1 Stories’ will take over the Monday night 9-10pm slot, while Nihal will host a Tuesday night review show from 9pm looking at the biggest films, games and music of the week. At 9pm on Wednesdays Huw Stephens will do a new music shim sham, whilst the In New DJs We Trust franchise will become a permanent feature at 9pm on Thursdays with the likes of Jaymo & Andy George, Heidi and the simply brilliant Alex Metric set to appear. Annie Mac and Pete Tong will switch places on the Friday line-up, with her show taking the 7-9pm slot, and his filling 9-11pm.
On Saturday nights, Tim Westwood moves back to a solo slot from 9pm to 11pm, as well as taking on the drivetime show on 1Xtra, while Mistajam takes over the crossover from 11pm Saturday night to 1am Sunday morning.
Radio 1 Controller Andy Parfitt said of the reshuffle: “Taken together with our recent revamp of the core daytime schedule, this represents one of the most significant shake-ups of the whole schedule in recent times and will help us focus on a new generation of Radio 1 listeners”.
Tim Westwood added: “My swagger levels are through the roof!”
