Radio 1's new specialist schedule kicks in on Monday.
As previously reported, key features of the changes include the moving of Mike Davies' underground punk show The Love Up to Tue night at 9pm, the shifting of the very fine Bobby Friction & Nihal Asian Beats show out of the graveyard shift and into Wed nights at 9pm, the addition of an extra edition of Rob Da Bank and Chris Coco's Blue Room show at the weekend, a new Thursday night dance show with Annie Mac and an extra show a week for our old friend Zane Lowe.
Meanwhile for those of you looking for some cultural programming at 3am in the morning (happens to us all from time to time, surely), probably the most exciting addition to the Radio 1 schedules in the middle-of-the-night 'Experimental' slot which will feature sessions from the Radio 1 archives on Mon, a Marquita Oliver fronted lifestyle show on Tue, a guest presenter slot on Wed (the first week is with Jamelia), James King with a film show on Thu and a new comedy 'mash up' strand produced by the genius that is DJ Osymyso on Friday. Fingers crossed these shows will be available on demand on the web, cos they really deserve bigger audiences than the 3am slot will ever deliver.