tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post7999423010301801522..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The future of radio is confirmedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-13037658765486498822007-08-19T19:28:00.000+01:002007-08-19T19:28:00.000+01:00Don, thanks for that. But I simply can't agree.Tod...Don, thanks for that. But I simply can't agree.<BR/><BR/>Today I listened, unusually, to quite a lot of Radio 3's output.<BR/><BR/>In the breakfast slot the usually dependable Martin Handley seemed to have fallen victim to the Radio 3 disease. In the current trendy fashion works were played back to back with no linking annoucements, producing ugly key clashes. Two movements of a three movement work were played, with no explanation as to why the middle movement was omitted.<BR/><BR/>After this Jeremy Sams produced two hours of the worst radio I have heard in decades. A programme in search of a purpose, with a guest who had no idea what she was going to be asked, and didn't seem to care. <BR/><BR/>Following this we had a repeat of a programme in the excellent Private Passions series. Surely Radio 3's budget of £30m + can run to commissioning new programmes? - this one is even made in the presenter's spare bedroom!<BR/><BR/>Not one challenging or inspiring radio moment.<BR/><BR/>Ideal? - oh no.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-64750574723573196192007-08-19T16:03:00.000+01:002007-08-19T16:03:00.000+01:00"In February 2007 Radio 3 made its biggest change ..."In February 2007 Radio 3 made its biggest change in programme schedules for a number of years."____Yes. They have moved "This Week's Composer" to a time when I don't hear it, which saves me some money in CDs. I find the current mix of classical (including some recent), world music and jazz ideal. Maybe I'm an exception? Some of the announcers are amateurish and tiresome, but not as bad as the average on ClassicFM..Don Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232752398252841794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-50646409991339719662007-08-17T13:45:00.000+01:002007-08-17T13:45:00.000+01:00The BBC Radio 3 audience dropped 51,000 year on ye...The BBC Radio 3 audience dropped 51,000 year on year. <BR/><BR/>The Radio 3 audience for the quarter April to June 2007 was the lowest recorded since the introduction of the current measurement techniques ten years ago.<BR/><BR/>In February 2007 Radio 3 made its biggest change in programme schedules for a number of years.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-7318686501044311922007-08-16T21:00:00.000+01:002007-08-16T21:00:00.000+01:00It is depressing to hear of the increase in digita...It is depressing to hear of the increase in digital radio at the expense of FM, which has higher quality sound. And the sound quality over the Internet is completely unacceptable, in my experience. Who wants to listen to music on a computer, anyway?Don Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232752398252841794noreply@blogger.com