The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[french frank]

Spoil sport !!

Just don't start writing your own libels on here just to get more business! Outrageous!

[kernelbogey]

[...] on TTN (just about the only bit of R3 I still listen too these days) "You're listening to Through the Night with me Jonathan Swain, thank you for your company" [...]

But J. Swain is one of the very few broadcasters on playlist programmes able to create a real one-to-one intimacy through the microphone, as though he's there just for me, and this phrase (which I think he created) is part of that. And he, and a few others on TTN, is why that increasingly becomes the only part of R3 that I listen to. In TTN's case, and Jonathan's, it's not presenter egotism, but very skilful broadasting.

[Radio64]

Quite like today's lady. Sort of school ma'amy and some nice vowels.

Morning all.

[Bryn]

But J. Swain is one of the very few broadcasters on playlist programmes able to create a real one-to-one intimacy through the microphone, as though he's there just for me, and this phrase (which I think he created) is part of that. And he, and a few others on TTN, is why that increasingly becomes the only part of R3 that I listen to. In TTN's case, and Jonathan's, it's not presenter egotism, but very skilful broadasting.

And all while he's tucked up in bed, fast asleep.

[kernelbogey]

And all while he's tucked up in bed, fast asleep.

Oh, surely at the microphone wearing his dinner jacket?

[Old Grumpy]

Quite like today's lady. Sort of school ma'amy and some nice vowels.

Morning all.

Agreed - very pleasant to listen to - and far less Twittery than usual!

[Radio64]

Agreed - very pleasant to listen to - and far less Twittery than usual!

Could Ms. Fryer finally be the happy medium?

I see I'm not the only one to have appreciated her rather pleasing vocals. http://www.languages-media.com/cv/fryer_louise.php

(Clemmy is still fitter tho...)

[jean]

(Clemmy is still fitter tho...)

That's another way nobody talks about male presenters.

The worst thing about this board is its incurable laddishness.

[Sir Velo]

And all while he's tucked up in bed, fast asleep.

Bryn, you're spoiling the illusion of JS surrounded by countless cups of coffee....

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Could Ms. Fryer finally be the happy medium?

Let's not get too excited. It's like being hanged, rather than burnt or crucified.

[Radio64]

That's another way nobody talks about male presenters.

The worst thing about this board is its incurable laddishness.

Yes, but in a Radio 3 kind of way ...

[jean]

And why do you think that might be?

[Sir Velo]

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

That's another way nobody talks about male presenters.

The worst thing about this board is its incurable laddishness.

To be fair, most of us don't talk in this infantile way about female presenters either, and it should be discouraged.

[jean]

And why do you think that might be?

That doesn't make much sense without the post it was replying to (since deleted) which pointed out there weren't many women posting here.