 After Fordyce's departure in March 1965, McGowan continued to present "RSG" until it ended on 23 December 1966.In 1965 a decision that artists should perform live gave it immediacy that its longer-running BBC rival, "Top of the Pops" (1964–2006), never acquired; indeed, the latter retained a Mancunian model, Samantha Juste – in television, McGowan's rival – as its "disc girl" until 1967.Although "RSG"'s momentum had begun to flag, it had become a "cult programme" whose impact on music and, through McGowan, on the "swinging" '60s more generally was widely acknowledged.