Schedule rejig for BBC Asian Network BBC Asian Network has unveiled a new weekend schedule as part of the first changes introduced to the digital radio station by controller Andy Parfitt. |
BBC Asian Network has unveiled a new weekend schedule as part of the first changes introduced to the digital radio station by controller Andy Parfitt. Tommy Sandhu will present the network's first weekend breakfast show on Saturday and Sunday, with a new request show fronted by Asian Network DJ Murtz replacing sports show Kickin' Off on Saturday afternoons. Raj and Pablo will present an overhauled Love Bollywood show on Saturday and Sunday mornings, while religious music slot Devotional Sounds is being moved an hour earlier, to run from 4am to 7am, to help make space for Sandhu's new breakfast show. Parfitt, also controller of BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and the corporation's multimedia teen offering, BBC Switch, said the changes were intended to "simplify and strengthen" the Asian network's offering. Rajini Vaidynathan, who previously presented the Saturday edition of Love Bollywood, will remain with the station, said an Asian Network spokeswoman. Raj and Pablo, who previously presented the Sunday edition of Love Bollywood, will now front both, starting an hour later at 9am. Saturday afternoon sports and entertainment show Kickin' Off, originally presented by Nihal and now fronted by former Big Brother contestant Gos, is coming to an end. An Asian Network spokesman said the changes were intended to appeal to a twenty- and thirtysomething market. They come into effect on Saturday, May 17. The station said the new schedule would "further Asian Network's sound as the best mix of new and classic Asian music and entertainment on the radio". Sandhu's breakfast show will give listeners "the best in Asian music classics, Bollywood entertainment gossip, news and sport". Parfitt took charge of the Asian Network when Adrian van Klaveren was appointed BBC Radio Five Live controller in February. He had been looking after the Asian Network on an interim basis following the exit of former Radio Five Live boss Bob Shennan, who had previously overseen the station, last year.
Fuente: guardian.co.uk
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