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  • Radio64
    Full Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 962

    'Patronising' Radio 3 boss etc.

    Apologies if already discussed elsewhere, but this ....

    Classic FM boss tells 'patronising' Radio 3 boss to stop 'aping' his station (Telegraph)
    "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."
  • antongould
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8785

    #2
    Excellent at least we have two big name presenters in our squad ....

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      #3
      must say I didn't know R3 broadcast video game music, not that I actually know what that is Also I didn't know that the classical chart feature had been axed, I thought it just moved to a different day.

      "The younger generation have grown up more with classical music being used in the mainstream" - I'm not really sure what that means. Clearly all these young people revising to Classic FM are just using it as background music but I won't criticise them for that.

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      • MrGongGong
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 18357

        #4
        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        must say I didn't know R3 broadcast video game music, not that I actually know what that is .
        Here's some

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        • P. G. Tipps
          Full Member
          • Jun 2014
          • 2978

          #5
          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          must say I didn't know R3 broadcast video game music, not that I actually know what that is Also I didn't know that the classical chart feature had been axed, I thought it just moved to a different day.

          "The younger generation have grown up more with classical music being used in the mainstream" - I'm not really sure what that means. Clearly all these young people revising to Classic FM are just using it as background music but I won't criticise them for that.
          I think if more 'young people' are tuning into Classic FM that's absolutely marvellous. Also, what the CFM boss says about R3 is absolutely true!

          However, I don't how anyone can ascertain the number in a certain age-group who tune-in to any station. Do modern radios, etc, have spy-cameras?

          We have to assume any figures are calculated from surveys done on behalf of the broadcaster and these can be notoriously unreliable and untrustworthy.

          Still, if true, that's very encouraging news ... CFM will be the obvious first step for many exploring classical music.

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          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20570

            #6
            It's one hell of a cheek really. Radio 3 was much better before they came along.

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            • french frank
              Administrator/Moderator
              • Feb 2007
              • 30302

              #7
              Posted on Facebook yesterday, and our response today:



              Basically, old hat, better aimed at the previous incumbent of the R3 controller's bench.

              Hard to fault ANYTHING that Alan Davey has done that would affect CFM Be afraid. Be very afraid …
              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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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                #8
                Mr Jackson isn't the most disinterested person to voice an opinion on R3, though, is he? And there are contradictions in what he says (insofar as the report is an accurate summary of what he said): he claims to want a bigger difference ("clear blue sky") between CFM & R3 output (hurrah!) - but shrieks "patronising" when Davey makes announcements that suggest that that is exactly what he wishes to achieve. And why has it taken him three years to grumble about the Film programme - we've been doing it here since day one - and what has that to do with Davey?

                Just filler for the Telegraph in its continuing failed attempts to put "clear blue sky" between it and the Daily Express.
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30302

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  Mr Jackson isn't the most disinterested person to voice an opinion on R3, though, is he?
                  He really has been reading through the previous Global/Classic criticisms aimed at R. Wright's R. Three.

                  I've written my piece on Facebook: I see it as just a confected, cynically-timed attack.

                  Reports back to me suggest a mixed reception for such initiatives as New Year, New Music-Northern Lights - the folk music &c. One thing they're not is "aping" Classic FM. If people don't enjoy such output, then it makes sense to switch off/over until they've finished. To my mind, Radio 3, uniquely, SHOULD be a station that people switch off, rather than one that burbles cheerfully along in the background all day long, pleasing as many people as possible.
                  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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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    #10
                    Originally posted by french frank View Post
                    He really has been reading through the previous Global/Classic criticisms aimed at R. Wright's R. Three.

                    I've written my piece on Facebook: I see it as just a confected, cynically-timed attack.

                    Reports back to me suggest a mixed reception for such initiatives as New Year, New Music-Northern Lights - the folk music &c. One thing they're not is "aping" Classic FM. If people don't enjoy such output, then it makes sense to switch off/over until they've finished. To my mind, Radio 3, uniquely, SHOULD be a station that people switch off, rather than one that burbles cheerfully along in the background all day long, pleasing as many people as possible.
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • french frank
                      Administrator/Moderator
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 30302

                      #11
                      Ooh, bit excessive

                      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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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        #12
                        Originally posted by french frank View Post
                        Ooh, bit excessive
                        - cf signature
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • DublinJimbo
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2011
                          • 1222

                          #13
                          Originally posted by french frank View Post
                          To my mind, Radio 3, uniquely, SHOULD be a station that people switch off, rather than one that burbles cheerfully along in the background all day long, pleasing as many people as possible.
                          Hear, hear!

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                          • P. G. Tipps
                            Full Member
                            • Jun 2014
                            • 2978

                            #14
                            I can justifiably lay claim to being the forum expert when it comes to 'aping' ...

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                            • ahinton
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 16122

                              #15
                              Originally posted by french frank View Post
                              To my mind, Radio 3, uniquely, SHOULD be a station that people switch off, rather than one that burbles cheerfully along in the background all day long, pleasing as many people as possible.
                              Hear, hear (although on as well as off, hopefully!)...

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