06-07-2021, 08:22 PM
Amber Avenger post_id=26215 time= user_id=1357 Wrote:Maya Jama was an interesting hire in that she was probably known by a section of the R1 audience through Stomzy so was obviously earmarked for big things. She ended up being under-utilised really, unlike others in the weekend lineup she rarely, if ever, covered other shows which is unusual and tends to indicate people aren't that long for the station. She definitely wasn't the greatest on air and made quite a few careless mistakes. I doubt she's bothered though she's gone on to bigger things and I think she's much better on TV than radio as can happen .
Similar things have happened in the past with just being known for one slot on a weekend - Jameela Jamil on the chart show is another that comes to mind.
Indeed it was pretty telling that normally you'll get Radio 1 DJs popping up on features done by other DJs e.g. Greg's Fact Controller or Everyone's Rubbish features or Matt & Mollie's 'Get Your Clips Out' game whereas you barely heard Maya outside her own show and not even much on big events like 'Hide & Seek' or 'Who Got Greg' which normally bring all the DJs together. By comparison even if I don't hear their actual shows too often I hear plenty of Arielle Free, Danny Howard and Charlie Hedges across the station popping up on people's shows.
Maybe it was Radio 1 not wanting to use Maya but I wouldn't be surprised if part of her not appearing outside her own show was her own choice. Indeed it was noticable that Mollie King who joined around the same time and was a bit of a celeb hire seemed to be much more involved on the station, do a lot more cover and quickly became part of the Radio 1 Family in a way Maya never did.