The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[antongould]

To interact with the "people at the top" why doesn't someone act as a shill of FoR3 and ring in on the new phone in, asking for a piece never before heard or unlikely ever to be heard on Breakfast and see how far they get? I have listened today since 07.00 and have been on holiday with Nielsen, pondered the demise of the dictionary and have to say I have enjoyed it.

[french frank]

To interact with the "people at the top" why doesn't someone act as a shill of FoR3

That would be interacting with people at the bottom.

and ring in on the new phone in, asking for a piece never before heard or unlikely ever to be heard on Breakfast and see how far they get?

Erm, erm ...

[Norfolk Born]

Alternatively, everybody could ring in and ask for the same recording of the same, preferably short, piece. This might then encourage the producer(s) to organize the rest of the programme themselves, rather than relying on the listeners to do it for them.

[mercia]

you have the wrong number

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sorrywrongnumber.jpg

great film

[gurnemanz]

Having now given up on Breakfast, I dip into this thread every now and then out of curiosity and thank those who have persisted with it for the ongoing progress reports. I am not encouraged to return.

[Norfolk Born]

Same here - although I do listen for about an hour on Sunday mornings (when 'Today' has a rest).

[barber olly]

Alternatively, everybody could ring in and ask for the same recording of the same, preferably short, piece. This might then encourage the producer(s) to organize the rest of the programme themselves, rather than relying on the listeners to do it for them.

Or everybody requesting Mahler 3 - insisting on the whole work being played. That should keep SMP quiet for 96 minutes or so.

[Serial_Apologist]

I Don't Want Any More Peach!

[Suffolkcoastal]

just about to turn on Breakfast and I see from the playlist there's another blinking Schubert Impromptu coming up

I wonder if the resident statistician could tell me how many times Schubert Impromptus have been played so far this year?

36 times so far this year Mercia, roughly on a par with last year, but it does tend largely to be the B flat, G flat or F minor ones that are played. That Widor Toccata was only its 10th appearence.

[mercia]

36 times so far this year Mercia, roughly on a par with last year

thanks SC, I knew you'd know. surely there's some other Schubert they could play for a change. (rhetorical question)

[old khayyam]

08:03 - Is that the theme from 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark'? It'll be the 'A-Team' before the year is out.

I'll try again around elevenses..

[antongould]

Wonderful - post on this aged thread and you could be in the Telewag! I knew Mercia before he was famous!

[mercia]

in the Telewag!

eh, what !!??

[Anna]

ShB started a thread about it (see his very good reply on it)

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?3086-Feeble-telegraph-fluff

[mercia]

oh dear that'll teach me