I'm probably in the minority for this but I stopped listening to Magic 105.4 and switched to Radio 4 when Angie Greaves left the station last year. I personally preferred Magic's pre-2017 playlist, and the style of its older presenters compared to the newer ones. I didn't mind the whole "80s/90s" thing at the start, but by 2019 it seemed the number of songs in their playlist had decreased dramatically, they were also cutting some of them so that they were ridiculously short (two examples are the first chorus and second verse in Wouldn't It Be Good being cut; and Lay All Your Love On Me's second verse being cut and the odd applause at the end as well). That being said, I had a quick browse of today's playlist and it seems like they played one or two of (what I consider to be) "classic" Magic songs.
I feel like some of the presenters sound like they're being forced to sound happy, whilst previous presenters sounded "themselves". Nick Snaith sounded much less happy than he used to on Magic In The Morning in my opinion when I switched over. Granted, this could have been because I was starting to get quite bored of the station (seriously, are they contracted to play A Star Is Born and Greatest Showman as much as they do?). I did have a listen to his show today, and thought it was alright though..
One presenter I'll put as an exception to this would be both Lynn Parsons and Paul Hayes. They're both brilliant presenters. Is Paul even human?
But, as Bananas said, as long as people keep listening that's all that matters - especially with the good RAJAR last year.
I feel like some of the presenters sound like they're being forced to sound happy, whilst previous presenters sounded "themselves". Nick Snaith sounded much less happy than he used to on Magic In The Morning in my opinion when I switched over. Granted, this could have been because I was starting to get quite bored of the station (seriously, are they contracted to play A Star Is Born and Greatest Showman as much as they do?). I did have a listen to his show today, and thought it was alright though..
One presenter I'll put as an exception to this would be both Lynn Parsons and Paul Hayes. They're both brilliant presenters. Is Paul even human?
But, as Bananas said, as long as people keep listening that's all that matters - especially with the good RAJAR last year.
At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed