Aled Haydn Jones has been promoted to lead one of the BBC’s flagship music-based stations, Radio 1. Haydn Jones was most recently head of programmes at the station, which draws roughly 10 million listeners, and he was behind this year’s pandemic-prompted Big Weekend UK 2020, which prompted 50-plus new live sets via artists from their homes.
BBC radio presenter says interviewers are more ‘open-minded’ than they used to be
15.05.2020 - 19:05 / breakingnews.ie
Radio presenter Greg James has said that interviewers have evolved to become more “open-minded” than they used to be.
The Radio 1 Breakfast host told the PA news agency that looking back through BBC archives for his new programme Rewinder, which explores old broadcast material, made him realise how quickly programmes begin to sound dated.
James said that “people listen more” in interviews today and are less judgmental about the people they are speaking to.
He added: “We did a whole feature on
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BBC Breakfast presenter Carol Kirkwood hospitalised after being knocked off her bike by a car
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BBC Radio 1 Official Chart show is the biggest chart show on UK radio
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