Erm, well, Xfm London have announced some new weekend shows. That's it really. Oh, you want to know about them?
Well, Payola, an Xfm Manchester show hosted by Elbow member Guy Garvey, will be syndicated via the London station on Sunday nights at 8pm. Recent daytime recruits Paul Tonkinson and Steve Harris will both get new weekend shows - the former on Saturday mornings and the latter on Sunday afternoons, the latter also including the station's film show and live hour. Meanwhile the Xfm Rock Show will move to Sunday nights at 10pm, and the always damn mighty fine The Remix will take a new network wide slot on Friday nights, also at 10pm.
This is what recently appointed Programme Director for Xfm London, Adam Uytman, had to say: "The new look weekend line-up is the perfect complement to the recently revamped weekday schedule leaving Xfm in great shape for 2007. Elbow is a band that our listeners love so to bring Guy, his music knowledge and breadth of industry contacts to our listeners in London is something I'm genuinely excited about. Tonks brings the comedy back to Saturday mornings and Steve Harris is a great new addition to Sundays and with his passion for new music was the perfect choice to introduce the Live Hour. I'm excited to be part of the Xfm London team at a time when the line-up has never looked better".
Elsewhere in Xfm London news, the station has announced Mark Rivers will join them from The Guardian to be Marketing Manager. Xfm Network Marketing Director Richard Mintz told CMU: "Mark was the obvious choice for the job. He clearly loves the brand, is passionate about new music and his experience in new media marketing will be invaluable to Xfm over the next 12 months. Mark is joining the team at a very exciting time. We're now a fully established network of over a million listeners; we have one of the strongest DJ line-ups in years and will be celebrating our 10th anniversary later this year."