22 May 2025
New weekday schedule for Magic Classical聽
A brand-new weekday line up is set to start on Monday 9th June with Tim Smith and Fran Godfrey joining the station聽
Bauer鈥檚 classical music radio brand,聽Magic Classical, has today announced a new daytime lineup that sees a return of presenters to the weekday schedule and will launch on Monday 9th June
Joining Charles Nove, who will continue to present the Monday-Friday breakfast programme, are former BBC Radio 2 presenter鈥檚 Tim Smith, who is taking over on the weekday morning show, and Fran Godfrey who will present Sunday to Thursday evenings. Also joining the new look schedule is a brand-new voice to Magic Classical 鈥� Jo Cochrane, a presenter on Bauer鈥檚 ARIAS Gold winning station Forth 1 and Magic Soul, who will be on air on weekday afternoons. Tony Minvielle joins from sister station Jazz FM for a Friday night programme.
Of the new look,聽Nick Pitts (Content Director of Magic Classical and Jazz FM)听蝉补颈诲: 鈥淪ince rebranding in September last year and having some time to refocus Magic Classical, it鈥檚 great to be able to create a line-up of superb broadcasters on our daytime schedule. Having Tim and Fran join Charles to continue his great work is perfect, while Jo, a consummate broadcaster, is an incredibly exciting new addition for our family.鈥澛�
Tim Smith听蝉补颈诲:聽“I can’t tell you how pleased and genuinely excited I am to be given this opportunity. I’ve been a fan of Magic Classical since its launch and it’s great to actually now be a part of it, and I look forward to sharing the music and conversation with our brilliant audience.鈥�
Fran Godfrey听蝉补颈诲:聽“I鈥檓 so thrilled to be joining the team at Magic Classical; truly some of the loveliest people in broadcasting, which is very important to me. An evening show is a wonderful opportunity to play superb music and fulfil my personal challenge to bring calm, serenity and joy – whatever is going on in the world. I can hardly wait!鈥澛�
The new look Magic Classical weekdays聽
0500-0700 鈥� In The Park
0700-1000 鈥� Charles Nove (including 鈥楽creentime鈥� from 0900)
1000-1400 鈥� Tim Smith
1400-1800 鈥� Jo Cochrane
1800-2200 鈥� Fran Godfrey (Monday-Thursday, including 鈥楳indfulness Music鈥� from 8pm) / Tony Minvielle (Fri)
