Radio 3 Programming - Problems & Solutions

[doversoul1]

Hummm
I have an LP of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e8QKh3LOQY&list=RD5e8QKh3LOQY&start_radio=1

(WARNING contains FLASHING images and quite loud audio)

It doesn't work anything like as well as online versions

Yes, this is a pretty extreme example BUT for long form musics the internet has enabled wonderful things that go against the recieved wisdom of "attention spans"

It sounds as if it is a question of who is receiving which wisdom.

[MrGongGong]

It sounds as if it is a question of who is receiving which wisdom.

Tomorrow i'm doing another 1 hour performance with Carnatic singing, drones, field recordings and a cellist
what happens in these gigs is that people slow down and listen for extended periods
It IS different to most of the music that folks hear everyday BUT that's the point

It's very easy for people to bemoan the "short attention spans" of our age BUT I would argue that this is more to do with context than anything else
people use radio in different ways than they used to

[LezLee]

Those dratted drones get everywhere

[doversoul1]

Tomorrow i'm doing another 1 hour performance with Carnatic singing, drones, field recordings and a cellist
what happens in these gigs is that people slow down and listen for extended periods
It IS different to most of the music that folks hear everyday BUT that's the point

It's very easy for people to bemoan the "short attention spans" of our age BUT I would argue that this is more to do with context than anything else
people use radio in different ways than they used to

I think the ‘short attention spans’ is the excuse used by Radio 3 / BBC.

[french frank]

people use radio in different ways than they used to

Yes, they're used to it being background music: they can tune in and tune out at will. But that's because the vast majority never listen to any single piece of music that is supposed to be listened to for longer than 10 minutes.

[MrGongGong]

Yes, they're used to it being background music: they can tune in and tune out at will. But that's because the vast majority never listen to any single piece of music that is supposed to be listened to for longer than 10 minutes.

Is that "opinion" or "fact" ?


It could be that the context for extended listening is no longer the radio?

[antongould]

I think the ‘short attention spans’ is the excuse used by Radio 3 / BBC.

No they exist ..... I have a family awash with them ....

[Bryn]

No they exist ..... I have a family awash with them ....

Sorry, I list you after "exist" . . .

[antongould]

Sorry, I list you after "exist" . . .

... and I lost you after sorry ...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Returning to the thread’s headline:

The solution:

Sack every presenter who calls a Radio 3 programme a “show”.
Ban broadcasts of bleeding chunks and single movements from longer works.
Adopt a weekly format on the lines of pre-2000 programming.
Ditch chumminess, giggling, insulting and patronising the listeners.
Restrict texting, tweeting and emailing to the gathering of information, but never read them out on air.
No talking over music at any time.

[Bryn]

... and I lost you after sorry ...

Touché.

[antongould]

Returning to the thread’s headline:

The solution:

Sack every presenter who calls a Radio 3 programme a “show”.
Ban broadcasts of bleeding chunks and single movements from longer works.
Adopt a weekly format on the lines of pre-2000 programming.
Ditch chumminess, giggling, insulting and patronising the listeners.
Restrict texting, tweeting and emailing to the gathering of information, but never read them out on air.

.... and in your honest opinion, which I respect, would that increase the number of listeners ... ???

[antongould]

Touché.

Whatever I have 5 well educated children who have the attention spans of gnats ... maybe it’s all my fault ...

[Bryn]

.... and in your honest opinion, which I respect, would that increase the number of listeners ... ???

Quality, not quantity.

[antongould]

Quality, not quantity.

I couldn’t in all honesty claim any of them as Quality