article_snippet: station controller Ben Cooper said: 'The days of having your fingers on record and pause with a cassette, taping your favourite songs from the chart, are long gone.
article_snippet: Radio 1 now operates in an instant digital world.'
article_snippet: station controller Ben Cooper said the move did not mean the chart was being 'downgraded' In the 1980s Alan Freeman's Pick of the Pops attracted more than 4million listeners, with teenagers proudly showing off teenagers recording skills on Sony Walkmans the next day.
article_snippet: In recent years the number of listeners has fallen to 1.2million.
article_snippet: Mr Cooper said the Sunday night show, presented by Clara Amfo, attracts around 1.2 million listeners, while Greg James pulls in more than 5 million across the week.