Goodier to leave chart show

Veteran Radio 1 DJ, and former Wise Buddah boss, Mark Goodier is to leave the UK Top 40 show he has been hosting for a decade. Goodier has been with the station for nearing 15 years. He survived the Matthew Bannister cull of older talent in the early nineties, mainly due to his real passion for new music (seen in the early days of the Evening Session, a show Goodier founded). But he was soon sidelined to fill in shifts and the weekly chart countdown show. Goodier has said for a number of years he didn’t expect to be with the station much longer, and bosses say it was a mutual decision that he should leave the show at the end of the year. "The plan has been in place for some time for Mark to step down on his 15th anniversary, which seemed a timely opportunity to revamp the chart show," a Radio 1 spokesman said. "We wish Mark all the best for the future and we are looking forward to relaunching the show early in the New Year." Insiders have been expected a revamp, and new presenter, since the flagship chart show was overtaken in the ratings by Neil Fox’s Pepsi Chart Show syndicated on commercial stations around the UK. Just who will get the chart show gig has yet to be announced. Favourite insider is Scott Mills, who has been a chart show fill in presenter in the past, though a new name may be brought in for the job.