So presumably you meant to say " ....some of whom..... are not even listening,,,,,,,"? as you yourself are, I presume, not listening.
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No, I was referring to the new listeners that Radio 3 wishes to attract, not the ones who are already listening to the station.Originally posted by antongould View Post
I was saying that the new listeners that Radio 3 was aiming to attract were not yet listening, even though the programme had been tailored specially to attract them (referring to changes that begin next Monday).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.Comment
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Silly me - a thousand apologies.Comment
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Not at all. I had a feeling you still thought of yourself as a 'new listener'. Going to have to move up soon, antonOriginally posted by antongould View Post
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.Comment
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No still very new - a long, but I have no doubt very rewarding, way to go.Comment
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Don't 'come the innocent' Anton. you know a lot more about music than you think you do. I've seen some of your posts, not to me but on general musical topics. Don't be modest.
Oh, Good morning,by the way.Comment
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Excuse me ... are you SURE you haven't posted the CFM breakfast schedule in error?Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostComment
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One thing about the future Breakfast playlists to bear in mind: Rob won't be there any more. Okay, no rucksack, but also his expertise will be gone. What will the Breakfast production team be like? Actually, I don't think there is much of a team - just the presenter and the producer (of whom little is ever known). I can't see Petroc putting together much of a programme without help.
I think they will get in a computer (if they haven't already) to generate a selection to fit the timings - it's much more flexible when you can read two, three, four &c. emails out, however many you need.
And the problem is that the new listeners will NEVER know what they missed back in the heady days when the breakfast prog. was listenable and fairly stimulating. Just think! they will never have heard a breakfast programme without trails and listener contributions. All they'll have to compare it with is Chris Evans (&c) ...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.Comment
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can't they compare it with the rest of the day's output which doesn't have (so many) trails or listener contributionsAll they'll have to compare it withComment
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Roland White has a small piece in the Sunday Times about the dilemma of Radio 3 and the disquiet the proposed Breakfast phone-ins and chats are causing... making a comparison with Radio 1 - "Our Tune, the Radio 1 feature in which Simon Bates read out a listener’s story of happiness turning to tragedy and the music associated with it (“duh duh da da... and as she emerged from the combine harvester, neatly baled and stacked... duh duh duh daar... the radio was playing Drink up Thy Zider, by Adge Cutler and the Wurzels”). Our Tune was awful; nonetheless, it proved so popular that Bates went on to do something similar for Classic FM."Comment
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No, it seems not. Who can programme these other delicacies if they don't know these themselvesOriginally posted by vinteuil View Post
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Indeed they can. But the battle over whether one absolutely has to have froth and fun and heart-warming human interest at breakfast time, along with some interval musical, has long been lost.Originally posted by mercia View Post
This discussion always takes place on the false premise that it either has to be triviality heaped upon triviality or three hours (now two and a half) of Wagner. My point was that new listeners have never heard the Middle Way which, given the depths to which Breakfast is sinking, would nowadays be quite acceptable, though no great shakes, to those with longer memories.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.Comment
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not really worth banging one's head against the proverbial [brick wall] anymore thenthe battle .......... has long been lost
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I don't think it (the banging) will stop - hence the title of the thread.Originally posted by mercia View Postnot really worth banging one's head against the proverbial anymore then
I did on odd occasions in my earlier years listen to the Third Programme at Breakfast and did honestly find it too much of a leap - but I promise to keep quiet for a while FF tells me I have taken over "your" station ( by accident I promise! ) and so I should, I suppose, be happy and silent.Comment
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Sorry my silence didn't last long - but when my "mentor" calls -Originally posted by salymap View Post
Morning to you - I am still terribly innocent in terms of the general level of these Boards but thanks to people like your good self - I progress a little day by day...............
To save another post in another place - we have sunshine!!!!!!Comment
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