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''Simon Bates at Breakfast'' was the flagship show on Smooth Radio in the United Kingdom from January 2011 to March 2014. It was presented by Simon Bates, who took on the role of the station's breakfast show presenter on 4 January 2011, having left his long-term show at Classic FM in order to take up the position. The programme aired on weekdays from 6.00am to 10.00am, and included ''Our Tune'' and ''The Golden Hour'', two features Bates had previously presented on Radio 1. Bates occasionally took the show out on location for special editions, such as a week-long broadcast from Camp Bastion in December 2011 and the Falkland Islands in June 2012. ==History== In 2010 Smooth Radio had announced its intention to create a quasi-national station from its existing local stations, and in August 2010 it was confirmed that Simon Bates would leave Classic FM after 13 years to join Smooth Radio as its new weekday breakfast presenter from January 2011. The station went national from October, at which point Lynn Parsons became the programme's temporary presenter until Bates could take up the role. Bates, a former Radio 1 presenter, fronted his first breakfast show for Smooth on 4 January 2011, and revived some of his popular features from his Radio 1 days, which included The Golden Hour and Our Tune. The programme had a number of sponsors during its time on air, including Redspottedhanky.com, Direct Line, PG Tips, SouthAustralia.com, and Škoda Rapid. ''Simon Bates at Breakfast'' aired on the FM frequency in England, and nationally on DAB, as well as through Freeview, Freesat and Sky Digital. In July 2012 Smooth Radio announced it had hired sports media specialist Jonny Gould to anchor its extended breakfast sports bulletins during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bates and Gould had previously worked together on Talk Radio some years earlier. Gould proved to be popular with listeners and continued to present sports updates after the Olympics ended. In September 2012 the radio industry news website ''Radio Today'' reported that Bates had started to present a separate breakfast show for Smooth Radio's sister station, Smooth 70s. Smooth Radio did not publicise the show, but confirmed Bates was providing "a little content" when asked about the programme. The content was "voice tracked" from the main breakfast show. In February 2013 Bates began playing a special daily song for Yang Guang, one of two giant pandas on loan from China to Edinburgh Zoo, after learning staff at the zoo were playing Smooth Radio to the bear in his enclosure to encourage him to mate with Tian Tian. In February 2014 it was announced that Bates would leave Smooth Radio after three years, as the station prepared to relaunch with a new schedule in March. Bates presented his last breakfast show for Smooth on 21 March. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simon Bates at Breakfast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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