What can we expect as the coronavirus forces presenters to broadcast from their living rooms? Sirens, pancakes, family interruptions – and big happy bangers
It’s 8.15am and Radio 1 breakfast DJ Greg James is playing Stay by Alessia Cara. It’s appropriately infectious, bright and upbeat – despite the fact that, in the current climate, its title line sounds more more like a government command than romantic plea.
James is one of hundreds of presenters navigating broadcasting during the coronavirus outbreak. “A show like mine weirdly comes into its own when everything around it is noisy,” James says. “Doing it is a massive tonic. It’s helped me process it all.” You can hear the audience processing it too: a show like James’s leans on its 5m weekly listeners for input.
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