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Jo Whiley is moving to a weekend afternoon slot at Radio 1 as part of a major shake-up in the station’s schedule.
Fearne Cotton will take on the 10am-12.45pm, Monday to Friday slot, previously help by Whiley. Cotton will also take on the Live Lounge slot.
Early Breakfast presenter Greg James is moving to afternoons (1-4pm); while Dev is shifting from Weekend Breakfast to the weekday Early Breakfast Show (4am-6.30am).
As a result of changes to the weekday schedule, Edith Bowman will host Weekend Breakfast (7am-10am); Jo Whiley moves to weekend afternoons (1pm-4pm); and Reggie Yates keeps the late afternoon slot (4pm-7pm).
Nihal, who currently presents the weekend 1pm- 4pm show, continues with his specialist show on the station.
BBC Radio 1 deputy controller Ben Cooper explains the moves. “This is our first big shake-up of the weekday schedule for over five years. I feel it’s the right time to make these changes in order to offer our listeners some exciting new programmes,” he says.
“Bringing Fearne to the daytime schedule is really thrilling for us as she has proven herself to be a great broadcaster in the time she has been at the station. Greg has also been a real hit with listeners since joining Radio 1 so we believe he’s ready for a new slot, and Dev, who recently moved to us from BBC 1Xtra, is a star of the future.”
The changes come into effect from Monday September 21.
BBC Radio 1’s new weekday schedule:
4.00am – 6.30am Dev
6.30am – 10.00am Chris Moyles
10.00am – 12.45pm Fearne Cotton
12.45pm – 1.00pm Newsbeat
1.00pm – 4.00pm Greg James
4.00pm – 7.00pm Scott Mills
BBC Radio 1’s new weekend schedule:
7.00am -10.00am Edith Bowman
10.00am – 1.00pm Vernon Kay (Sat)/Sara Cox (Sun)
1.00pm – 4.00pm Jo Whiley
4.00pm – 7.00pm Reggie Yates (Request Show – Sat; Chart Show – Sun)
(source: musicweek.com)
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