In reply to PatEase: Thats fair enough - but as far as I know, the Festive 50 was established by John Peel. It does not really represent the stations current output now that Peel, Radcliffe, etc have moved on.
What I am really talking about is the mainstream DJs - I listen to quite a bit of Radio 1 in the daytime (in the background). It seems to be mostly manufactured crap like Will Young, Girls Aloud, Sugar Babes, Pussycat Dolls.
Even people like Jo Whiley play a substantial amount of tosh - I used to love the Evening Session, but since Jo moved to a daytime slot her taste seems to have been steam rolled by the playlist. She should know better!