Sunday nights will never be the same. Mark Goodier, the Radio 1 DJ who has presented the Top 40 countdown for a decade, is leaving the station after 15 years.
Goodier, 41, escaped the axe when the then Radio 1 controller, Matthew Bannister, cleared out the ageing DJs and revamped the station in the mid-90s.
But station bosses want to replace him with someone younger, who will be more in tune with its target audience of 15 to 24-year-olds.
They are keen to entice back listeners after recent figures showed Radio 1 lost 800,000 over the past year, with 700,000 switching off from Sara Cox's breakfast show.
In what Radio 1 described as a mutual decision that was taken months ago, Goodier, one of the station's longest-serving and oldest DJs, will leave the station at Christmas.
"The plan has been in place for some time for Mark to step down on his 15th anniversary, which seemed a timely opportunity to revamp the chart show," a spokesman said.
"We wish Mark all the best for the future and we are looking forward to relaunching the show early in the New Year," he added.
Goodier has presented the show for the past decade but in recent years it has been overtaken in the ratings by Capital FM's Pepsi Chart show.
The rival show, hosted by Pop Idol judge Neil Fox, now pulls in almost a million more listeners, according to figures released earlier this month.
The search is now on for a new presenter to step into Goodier's shoes.
Scott Mills, currently standing in for Cox, is being tipped as a contender for Goodier's job.