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The news that former Xfm DJ Shaun Keaveny is to take over the BBC6 Music breakfast slot is the best news I've heard in a while.
I used to really love the Xfm breakfast when it was presented by Christian O'Connell, before he left for the wastelands of Virgin (is that working out for him? Does anyone listen?).

Naturally I thought that Gcap, the owners of Xfm, would appoint Shaun Keaveny as his successor, but no, instead we got the very annoying Lauren Laverne.

She's too much to listen to in the morning, she already had a voice that wasn't suited for music (Kenickie), but someone clearly thought differently. Lavern was fine on the drive time show, but mornings are not her thing.

It isn't just me. In the most recent Rajar figures in February, Xfm fared poorly and was the only commercial station -- apart from Premier Christian Radio -- to decline in terms of listeners, down from 551,000 to 479,000, and share, down 1.6% to 1.3%. Ouch.

Now, Xfm have parted company with Keaveny who has been snapped up by the BBC -- and I for one am going to be tuning in.

I tried before, but there was something about Phill Jupitus. Just wasn't the thing for me.
Published Mar 13 2007, 02:36 PM by Gordon Macmillan
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