Lesson summary for Friday 11th October

Today in the lesson, we were split into groups, and were told to research a radio programme of our choice.
My group decided to research The Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
My task was to research and put together the profile for the current radio 1 Breakfast Show presenter, Nick Grimshaw. Here's what I found:

Nick Grimshaw radio profile

 

Nick Grimshaw’s first time in radio, was in BBC Radio 1.

He joined radio 1 in September 2007.

He presented Switch with his friend and fello DJ, Annie Mac.

From August 2008 to May 2009 Nick Grimshaw hosted the weekend breakfast show.

On the 1^st of June 2009, Nick Grimshaw started his 10 till midnight slot. Following the departure of Colin Murray.

Call Or Delete, one of the features of Nick’s 10 till Midnight show, was then taken forward to the Breakfast show.

From 2010-2012 Nick Grimshaw was the main stand-in presenter for Scott Mills, now he’s been replaced by Huw Stephens.

On the 11^th July 2012, it was announced that Nick Grimshaw is to take over from Chris Moyles to present the radio 1 breakfast show.

Nick Grimshaw’s first ever breakfast show was on the 24^th Of September 2012.

In November 2012 Nick was criticised by Magic Radio presenter Neil Fox for comments he made about Radio 1's decision to omit Robbie Williams’s  Candy from it’s A List playlist, due to that Robbie was apparently too old for the station’s target audience.

Not long after that, Nick Grimshaw was once again in the papers, as it was claimed that he refused to promote Rihanna’s Unappologetic album due to that she canceled an interview with him. This claim Nick Grimshaw later denied, noting that his snub was intended to be "tongue in cheek".

The group also looked at the show structure, listening figures and the target audience.