Please BBC, can I have a radio station?
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What is going on?
First they replace Radcliffe and Maconie with Jo Wylie.
Then they start The Organist Entertains and Listen to the Band at 21:30.
Now they have bloody Dave Pearce doing a dance music program. DANCE MUSIC! Isn't there enough of that crap on Radio 1?
Apparently, if I was 14 I'd be fine, because I could listen to Radio 1.
If I was 80 (no offence to brass band and organ fans, my dad was one, but he was born in 1924) I could happily listen to Black Dyke or the Blackpool Tower Wurlitzer.
However, I'm neither 14 nor 80. I was born in the early 50s, where is my radio station?
First they replace Radcliffe and Maconie with Jo Wylie.
Then they start The Organist Entertains and Listen to the Band at 21:30.
Now they have bloody Dave Pearce doing a dance music program. DANCE MUSIC! Isn't there enough of that crap on Radio 1?
Apparently, if I was 14 I'd be fine, because I could listen to Radio 1.
If I was 80 (no offence to brass band and organ fans, my dad was one, but he was born in 1924) I could happily listen to Black Dyke or the Blackpool Tower Wurlitzer.
However, I'm neither 14 nor 80. I was born in the early 50s, where is my radio station?
Edited by gareth_r on Tuesday 19th April 19:21
gareth_r said:
What is going on?
First they replace Radcliffe and Maconi with Jo Wylie.
Haha, you actually had faith in BBC Radio in the first place?First they replace Radcliffe and Maconi with Jo Wylie.
I still haven't forgiven them for killing off R1 back in the late 80s/early90s. Apparently, the popular station that appealed to everyone, was too old and they needed to get a younger audience.
So, they sacked all the DJs over a couple of years, changed the format, and that was the end of that. Apparently, it was so R1 could realign itself with a younger audience - but I was only 18-20 at the time!! Too old for R1, too young for R2.
Never listened to BBC Radio again after that. Whats the point? They'll get a good format and destroy when given half a chance. Every time they get a new controller, it's like a game of musical chairs as the new controller is desperate to "make their mark".
The cycle always goes on this way.
Radio 1 DJ gets too old for Radio 1 and is moved to Radio 2 and continue to do the same show until they retire.
It is nothing new.
Your generation is used to specific types of music and DJ on the radio.
The radio station has to evolve to those younger listeners that it brings in as it attracts as they rotate the DJs.
Radio 1 DJ gets too old for Radio 1 and is moved to Radio 2 and continue to do the same show until they retire.
It is nothing new.
Your generation is used to specific types of music and DJ on the radio.
The radio station has to evolve to those younger listeners that it brings in as it attracts as they rotate the DJs.
elster said:
Your generation is used to specific types of music and DJ on the radio.
The radio station has to evolve to those younger listeners that it brings in as it attracts as they rotate the DJs.
But thats the point - it didn't. All that happened was that R1 lost millions of listeners, and commercial radio got a massive shot in the arm. Best thing that ever happened for Chris Tarrant was Matthew Bannister (iirc), as everyone my age dumped R1 overnight and tuned into Capital in the London area.The radio station has to evolve to those younger listeners that it brings in as it attracts as they rotate the DJs.
5 years later Capital then "widened" their taste in music and everyone jumped ship again.
It's only in the last few years that R2 has become listen-able, and I think thats more for me being nearly 38 than anything else. But even R2 goes through it stages of quite appalling and insufferable "oldies" during the day.
And why - why is Steve Wright still on the radio? God he's an annoying DJ these days.
Frankly, if I never heard another 60s song again, it would be too soon. Lets face it, anyone who gets off on 60s music is today in their 60-70s, if not more.
So we have R1 for 10-30? R2 for 30-70? R3 for Classical? R4 for the tuneless? Hardly balanced.
And don't get me started on "rock history" programmes they do on R2 in the evenings. There is a reason no one listens to R2 in the evening, it's because of crap programming, like rock history programmes about some drummer in a pub band that once had a one hit wonder. It's kinda catch 22. (And I do listen to the radio in the evenings - as the tv is so damn rubbish these days).
/rant
sorry
I used to love the Radcliffe and Maconie show on R2. I listened to it as I drove home from a late shift at work. I can't say I'm a great fan of Jo Whiley. The music she plays isn't a patch on R & M. I also agree about the Dave Pearce dance music show. Anyway, I'm glad I've a CD player in the car as that has now replaced listening to Radio 2 at night now.
tinman0 said:
... Let's face it, anyone who gets off on 60s music is today in their 60-70s, if not more...
Not quite 60... 
and we could have a discussion about just how much "new" music there has been since about 1971...I don't want it to be all oldies, I'd just like a Radio 1.5 I suppose. Something for the generations that are too old for Radio 1 and too young for Vera Lynn.
t.So I've followed R&M to 6 records and with Danny Baker back on BBC London that'll give me lots to listen to live or on iplayer. Christian O'Connel (sp?) is good on Absolute in the mornings and he does a radio 5 show on Saturday mornings.
I've not listened to R2 in the evenings anymore as it just doesn't appeal. The daytime schedule is just dire. Steve Wright should just factiod off (same formulaic crap every day), Vine is an idiot and piss poor journalist, Ken Bruce - gawd only knows how he is still on air, I refuse to listen to that annoying Norton buffoon on Saturdays, Dermot O'Dreary has lost it, Wogan is back on Sundays and past his best before date. About the only R2 shows I really like are Johnnie Walker's Sound of the 70's (guess how old I am)and I think Paul O'Grady has a great turn of phrase for entertaining the listener (music choice is varied shall we say).
With R&M on 6 records I'm slowly exploring other shows on the station.
Not forgetting the plays and comedy on R4 - thankyou i player.
I've not listened to R2 in the evenings anymore as it just doesn't appeal. The daytime schedule is just dire. Steve Wright should just factiod off (same formulaic crap every day), Vine is an idiot and piss poor journalist, Ken Bruce - gawd only knows how he is still on air, I refuse to listen to that annoying Norton buffoon on Saturdays, Dermot O'Dreary has lost it, Wogan is back on Sundays and past his best before date. About the only R2 shows I really like are Johnnie Walker's Sound of the 70's (guess how old I am)and I think Paul O'Grady has a great turn of phrase for entertaining the listener (music choice is varied shall we say).
With R&M on 6 records I'm slowly exploring other shows on the station.
Not forgetting the plays and comedy on R4 - thankyou i player.
Radio 6 here too. They have a playlist, mainly Elbow and Yuck at the moment, but they play a lot of stuff I like (90's student - Radiohead, Manics, Belly, Sugarcubes) and older stuff that I wouldn't normally listen to but like. Radcliffe & Maconie are the DJ highlight of the day (digi radio in work, so I can't comment on evenings and weekends)
(digi radio in work, so I can't comment on evenings and weekends)prand said:
listen to Radio 6. Suits me perfectly. You might find some of your favourite presenters there too.
thinfourth2 said:
Another vote for 6 music which is mostly brilliant
ajprice said:
Radio 6 here too.
Excellent station! 
(and when you feel like a break - find something on iPlayer to listen too)
gareth_r said:
tinman0 said:
... Let's face it, anyone who gets off on 60s music is today in their 60-70s, if not more...
Not quite 60... and we could have a discussion about just how much "new" music there has been since about 1971...I don't want it to be all oldies, I'd just like a Radio 1.5 I suppose. Something for the generations that are too old for Radio 1 and too young for Vera Lynn.
.I only really listen to Radio 2 on Sundays because I like the mix they have that day. The rest of the time I'm a Radio 4 person (Archers excepted).
You have to jump around a bit, for news & sport I choose 5 live (and talk Sport but only for Hawksbee & Jacobs), for indie/rock - XFM, nostalgia Absolute - 80's, 90's & 00's, when the Mrs is in the car - Heart but TBH if I want music I really like I just plug my I-Pod in....This is an age of choice, you can jump around between stations depending on your mood.
Mind you if you were born in the fifties you probably dont know what DAB or an I-Pod is so.....its Radio 4 for you!
Mind you if you were born in the fifties you probably dont know what DAB or an I-Pod is so.....its Radio 4 for you!
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