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  • Black Swan

    Well, for me, as I have continually complained and as I have a strong aversion to discussions about babies. I will be changing the radio settings on my clock radio and in my car on Sunday night. Or listening to CD's.

    J

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26514

      The Hand(ley)-over... AMcG poised to unseat a rather exhausted-looking breakfast presenter.



      It all looks rather ... decadent somehow

      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Radio64
        Full Member
        • Jan 2014
        • 962

        Morning all! .... turned out nice again
        "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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        • antongould
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8774

          Originally posted by Radio64 View Post
          Morning all! .... turned out nice again
          Has she mentioned yet she has been off on maternity leave?

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          • Radio64
            Full Member
            • Jan 2014
            • 962

            Originally posted by antongould View Post
            Has she mentioned yet she has been off on maternity leave?
            Not as far as I have heard ... Mind you I missed the first 10 15 mins or so. Will listen again later.
            "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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            • MickyD
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 4744

              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
              The Hand(ley)-over... AMcG poised to unseat a rather exhausted-looking breakfast presenter.



              It all looks rather ... decadent somehow

              I am suprised to see a water bottle on the control panel, when I worked in TV, drinks perched on such expensive things were strictly forbidden!

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              • Radio64
                Full Member
                • Jan 2014
                • 962

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                The Hand(ley)-over... AMcG poised to unseat a rather exhausted-looking breakfast presenter.

                ...

                It all looks rather ... decadent somehow

                The place is obviously in need of some ...glamour.
                "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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                • Bax-of-Delights
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 745

                  Originally posted by antongould View Post
                  Has she mentioned yet she has been off on maternity leave?
                  In the 30 minutes I stuck it out until the overplayed Bizet's Carillon arrived she mentioned her maternity leave TWICE.
                  O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

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                  • french frank
                    Administrator/Moderator
                    • Feb 2007
                    • 30205

                    After the usual session of the Kiss FM Breakfast Show this morning (Rickie, Melvin & Charlie) I become even more aware of the similarities:

                    The Breakfast Show is an extension of social media for those wanting to socialise with the world via Twitter, text, Instagram &c.

                    The music is only secondarily important - short, regularly repeated pieces are ideal.

                    BBC trails replace the commercial ads (news headlines should always begin with 'Cheers, guys' from the newsreader).


                    I await Radio 3's launch of their own version of 'Flirtify' (a Kiss FM regular ad): they could call it 'Flirtyfull' - to be quite distinctively different.
                    It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                    • Sir Velo
                      Full Member
                      • Oct 2012
                      • 3225

                      It's a disease which is spreading even to those programmes which were previously immune. Can anyone explain why Andrew McGregor felt the need to refer to a tweet from someone who had tweeted that they were going to rush out and buy the Vanska Sibelius set? It was irrelevant; imbecilic; and added absolutely nothing to the debate. Given that fewer than 1% of CD Review's listeners are following McGregor on twitter, this is an example of giving over exposure to a tiny minority of listeners, while completely infuriating 99% of the rest of us. Go figure.

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                      • underthecountertenor
                        Full Member
                        • Apr 2011
                        • 1584

                        Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
                        In the 30 minutes I stuck it out until the overplayed Bizet's Carillon arrived she mentioned her maternity leave TWICE.
                        The talk of maternity leave culminated in a reference to the (continually hyped) New Generation Artists as 'my other babies.'
                        My unscientific impression is that she talks FAR more than PT, IS or MH. Or it may be that when she does talk it is FAR more annoying.
                        And she described an Albinoni concerto (having stumbled over the composer's name) as a 'Concerto a Five,' which is risible.
                        I shall be abandoning the programme for the next couple of weeks pending PT's return from the Far East.

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30205

                          Originally posted by Sir Velo View Post
                          It's a disease which is spreading even to those programmes which were previously immune. Can anyone explain why Andrew McGregor felt the need to refer to a tweet from someone who had tweeted that they were going to rush out and buy the Vanska Sibelius set? It was irrelevant; imbecilic; and added absolutely nothing to the debate. Given that fewer than 1% of CD Review's listeners are following McGregor on twitter, this is an example of giving over exposure to a tiny minority of listeners, while completely infuriating 99% of the rest of us. Go figure.
                          It does seem that the aim is to respond to people who enjoy sharing their slightest thoughts with their 'community'. That's okay here on the forum - people are free to participate or not. But it's quite obvious that Radio 3's Facebook and Twitter accounts (and the blog) are used by a minuscule section of the audience: again, their choice. But to fill the airtime with such trivialities so that listeners have to tolerate it unwillingly or not listen is mindblowingly crass.

                          They do say Radio 4 is the home of intelligent radio. It becomes clearer and clearer it isn't Radio 3.
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8774

                            Originally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
                            The talk of maternity leave culminated in a reference to the (continually hyped) New Generation Artists as 'my other babies.'
                            My unscientific impression is that she talks FAR more than PT, IS or MH. Or it may be that when she does talk it is FAR more annoying.
                            And she described an Albinoni concerto (having stumbled over the composer's name) as a 'Concerto a Five,' which is risible.
                            I shall be abandoning the programme for the next couple of weeks pending PT's return from the Far East.
                            I have to say I lost count of the number of times she mentioned it and while Petroc was thanked for holding the fort I must have missed the thanks to IS!

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                            • hmvman
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 1096

                              Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                              I am suprised to see a water bottle on the control panel, when I worked in TV, drinks perched on such expensive things were strictly forbidden!
                              Does anyone else remember the occasion some twenty plus years ago when the R3 announcer spilt tea into the mixing console of the studio and everything went dead and then, after a period of silence, said announcer, sounding rather breathless, informed listeners that a change of studio had been required?

                              Radio gold, I wish I'd been recording it

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                              • Sir Velo
                                Full Member
                                • Oct 2012
                                • 3225

                                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                                I have to say I lost count of the number of times she mentioned it and while Petroc was thanked for holding the fort I must have missed the thanks to IS!
                                Presumably that means that Skelly is the permanent other presenter, while Trelawny is the maternity leave cover?

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