Radio 3 schedule changes (‘edging away from speech')

[AuntDaisy]

Bettys is somewhat smug, not that good and vastly overpriced...
I'd rather a good honest fry-up any day

[Ein Heldenleben]

Bettys is somewhat smug, not that good and vastly overpriced...

I'd rather a good honest fry-up any day

Yes indeed it’s one of the great Northern tourist cons. On the other hand there’s the lunchtime buffet at the Original Oak in Headingley which had the largest portion size of any place I’ve ever been at half London prices.

is it right that Skellers and Gore are leaving AC to be replaced by Alkers?
That has seriously cast me down…

[french frank]

... please don't say such things, even in jest. We are suffering enough

Wash me mouth out with soap and water!

[Ein Heldenleben]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/new-classical-music-programming-tv-radio

They are shortening Record Review by 45 minutes. And half an hour more of Jess Gillam complete with tiny snippets constantly voiced over. Time to storm the gates of the Winter Palace I think .

[Russ]

Not sure the headline of this thread really encapsulates the fundamental nature of these changes.

That is true, but that wasn't my intention. I was merely picking out the aspect that concerned me the most. No doubt there are and will be plenty of other aspects that deserve threads of their own.

Russ

[french frank]

I was merely picking out the aspect that concerned me the most.

So Drama on 3 continues. But there will be the question of 'What dramas?' The Archers and anything involving actors 'written for radio' is 'drama'. Maybe R3 will get Drama on 4 as a quid pro quo for getting The Verb?

[antongould]

Yes indeed it’s one of the great Northern tourist cons. On the other hand there’s the lunchtime buffet at the Original Oak in Headingley which had the largest portion size of any place I’ve ever been at half London prices.

is it right that Skellers and Gore are leaving AC to be replaced by Alkers?
That has seriously cast me down…

are we saying WackoJacko has ended Skellers R3 career …… ??????

[vinteuil]

... I just wonder if the Radio Times will list pieces that will be played. With an indication of the time when they will be played.

Sorry - I forget that I live on another planet...

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[Ein Heldenleben]

That is true, but that wasn't my intention. I was merely picking out the aspect that concerned me the most. No doubt there are and will be plenty of other aspects that deserve threads of their own.

Russ

How about R3 announces international pan-galactic cluster****. That’s the term we used to employ in the media.

[Ein Heldenleben]

are we saying WackoJacko has ended Skellers R3 career …… ??????

I can’t see his name or Penny’s anywhere in the press release. But it’s wound me up so much I’m not sure I can face reading it again. He’s certainly not on the list of Concert Live or whatever it’s called presenters. I guess the move from Hampstead / Marylebone to Salford wasn’t up his Strasse.
Having been to BBC Salford once I can’t say I blame him..

[gurnemanz]

Saturday mornings will certainly become a no-go area for this listener.

At least I now won't have to decide whether to tune in or not - I usually did till the end of BaL - but now the decision has been made for me. The sad thing is that the Service marathon will probably have some worthwhile content but I won't be finding out.

Regarding the revamp in general, at first glance it seems certain that I shall be listening less to Radio Three in future. No doubt I'm not their demographic and wont be missed. I hope there will still be some grain among the chaff to suit my personal prefererences - eg live song recitals which I won't find elsewhere.

[Ein Heldenleben]

... I just wonder if the Radio Times will list pieces that will be played. With an indication of the time when they will be played.

Sorry - I forget that I live on another planet...

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There isn’t enough space on the servers to list all the snippets with credits .And putting them in the Radio Times would involve denuding Scandinavia, of most of its trees.

[gradus]

I can’t see his name or Penny’s anywhere in the press release. But it’s wound me up so much I’m not sure I can face reading it again. He’s certainly not on the list of Concert Live or whatever it’s called presenters. I guess the move from Hampstead / Marylebone to Salford wasn’t up his Strasse.
Having been to BBC Salford once I can’t say I blame him..

I do hope that IS and PG are still on the R3 payroll.

[LMcD]

At least I now won't have to decide whether to tune in or not - I usually did till the end of BaL - but now the decision has been made for me. The sad thing is that the Service marathon will probably have some worthwhile content but I won't be finding out.

Regarding the revamp in general, at first glance it seems certain that I shall be listening less to Radio Three in future. No doubt I'm not their demographic and wont be missed. I hope there will still be some grain among the chaff to suit my personal prefererences - eg live song recitals which I won't find elsewhere.

That may well be the case for a number of Forumites, possibly including yours truly. Perhaps one of the assumptions - or hopes - underlying this relaunch (or whatever you want to call it) is that former Radio 2 listeners who have increasingly felt ignored in recent years will find at least some of the 'new' Radio 3's offer to their liking.

[hmvman]

Time to start thinking about acquiring more internet radios, smart speakers or streamers....