The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

"It's your programme as well as ours, let's make it together ...." Treelawn this morning ......

Does that mean they are are going to take a blind bit of notice of us?

[Sir Velo]

Does that mean they are are going to take a blind bit of notice of us?

Not unless you text or tweet them

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

They always ignore my texts.

[alycidon]

"It's your programme as well as ours, let's make it together ...." Treelawn this morning ......

Huh! A bit like Children's Favourites with Uncle Mac? Saints preserve us!

[french frank]

"It's your programme as well as ours, let's make it together ...." Treelawn this morning ......

That's quite a fundamental point, in fact. I remember someone posting on the Radio 3 Facebook page something to the effect that she wanted the programme to be Radio 3 creating the programme for listeners, choosing music that was interesting and stimulating from their basis of (one would hope) their encyclopaedic knowledge and resources.

But, of course, if you are now employing (some) presenters who don't know as much as (some) listeners, they will need help - though lacking presenters with much knowledge, one would have still hoped the producers would be able to fill the gap adequately (the vaunted 'trusted guides') …

But if that is no longer even the aim... People who already have more rigorous expectations don't really want a programme for which they're expected to be the unpaid programme creators for 'new' listeners. Surely?

[Nick Armstrong]

They always ignore my texts.

I told you that starting your texts "Listen, you bastards" is not likely to get you read out on air ...!

[mercia]

Vltava blasts out at me, I turn the volume down. Clumsy Bruton-Hall starts speaking, I can't hear a word. Do I have selective deafness ?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I told you that starting your texts "Listen, you bastards" is not likely to get you read out on air ...!

Trust me, I'm always creepily polite.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Vltava blasts out at me, I turn the volume down. Clumsy Bruton-Hall starts speaking, I can't hear a word. Do I have selective deafness ?

If you do, that's the better way round. (Imagine the poor soul who can easily hear the aforementioned presenter - other annoying individuals are available - but has to struggle to hear Music! )

[alycidon]

If you do, that's the better way round. (Imagine the poor soul who can easily hear the aforementioned presenter - other annoying individuals are available - but has to struggle to hear Music! )

Well, that's my problem all of the time. Because of my tinnitus I have to have the volume quite low to listen to the music comfortably. As a result, I can't pick up any of the speech - which is probably why I become so irritated with the presenters.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sorry to read about your tinnitus, aly - a horrible and cruel problem.

[alycidon]

Sorry to read about your tinnitus, aly - a horrible and cruel problem.

Thank you for your kind remarks, Ferney, but I am willing to bet that there are others who are far, far more badly affected than I am. At least I can forget about it for great chunks of the day. The hyperacusis though, is something else. I can't tolerate loud noises of any description. But at the age of 72 I'm not complaining - I have so many other things in life for which to be thankful, and I can hear and enjoy music.

[Pabmusic]

Thank you for your kind remarks, Ferney, but I am willing to bet that there are others who are far, far more badly affected than I am. At least I can forget about it for great chunks of the day. The hyperacusis though, is something else. I can't tolerate loud noises of any description. But at the age of 72 I'm not complaining - I have so many other things in life for which to be thankful, and I can hear and enjoy music.

The American actor Steve Martin has tinnitus. He says, apparently, "You just get used to it, or you go insane".

I think your response is lovely.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think your response is lovely.

So do I!

Glad to hear it's a nuisance, aly, rather than as debilitating as it can be. (And it could be a LOT worse than not being able to hear the presenter "chatter"!)

[Bax-of-Delights]

These sections on Breakfast where listeners are invited to send in their favourite music on "water" or "travel" or heaven help us "the tingle factor" and then are all grouped together somewhere within the BBC website maze (I've looked and can't find anything) - just what is the point? Why would anyone think "ooh, I need to check out the "tingle factor" music collection or pieces of music featuring water on the BBC"?

Surely, it's a simple exercise in listener's requests which has taken over from the phone-in? Nothing more.