"If you've read about Radio X being a radio station being for men only,
that is rubbish," he said. "Nobody agrees with this except for the one
person who put it in the press release." proclaimed Chris Moyles, the former 'Saviour of Radio 1' as he launched Global's new brand, Radio X.
Radio X before it launched caused controversy after press releases were sent out announcing the radio station was a radio station for men.
As I mentioned in my previous blog, I felt that Global shouldn't have put that quote out to the media as this is clearly a marketing exercise for advertisers and sponsors, which include O2 for Chris Moyles and other shows by Gillette ProGlide men's razors.
So onto today's output. I didn't listen to Chris Moyles, except for a 30 minute extract on AircheckDownloads.com where Moyles made his quote and talked a lot. He has freedom to produce his own show (as Global believe he'll bring in plenty of disgruntled Radio 1 listeners under Brand Moyles) that after what seemed an eternity of waffling, he then played Girls Aloud.
Mid-morning had Vernon Kay who quite frankly was awful, too much waffling, an inane phone-in comp and a pointless two way with the afternoon presenter where he mentioned that his first gig was on Xfm where he was let go after a week. How he got back into radio beggars belief, but messers Park and Tabor from Global know better as they've successfully relaunched Capital, LBC and Smooth Radio.
Dan O'Connell then took over and basically took the old Xfm format using the art of solid jockery for three hours with new and classic near mainstream guitar music.
Then 'Middle Aged Bloke FM' returned with Johnny Vaughan at drive. A person who may have been relevant to a younger audience in the noughties when he opened BBC Three, yet in 2015, the topics for Radio X's Camdenista's were "Who should be on a bank note?" and "who is your favourite weightlifter?" Topics which would be perfectly fine for his previous show on talkSPORT, but not on a radio station where for the last 18 years where music has been prominent.
Phil Clifton then took over at 7pm where he welcomed us "to a brand new radio station" No it's not Phil, it's the carcus of the old Xfm, with where Global really want to take the direction of the station in, a hybrid of talkSPORT and Absolute.
So did Radio X and Global stop the fears of female listeners who feel the station isn't for them? No, after this little ditty was played during breakfast
"We love women, with your make-up & high heels, you're so cute"
Stereotyping and Everyday Sexism still exists in the British broadcasting industry.
