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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostOf course they were - that was the year the music died!!!!!
but I much preferred his voice about 20 years ago when it used to have an appealing Essex ( or was it Herts?) twang, before he evidently had some lessons in R.P.Last edited by Tony Halstead; 12-04-14, 07:45.
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Not sure about RP: I think all presenters have been instructed to sound 'accessible and welcoming' to the 'potential' audience (the new listeners that R3 aims to attract), as per official station strategy. The interesting point is what presenters actually do to sound accessible and welcoming. Does it militate against providing an expert, highly knowledgeable service?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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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostAm I alone in finding the words "A very warm welcome" particularly insincere?
It's as if a radio station is either welcoming or UNwelcoming. Where did the idea come from that when you switch on a radio station you have to feel WELCOME? The whole concept indicates a different expectation of what 'listeners' (all of 'em) want from listening to the radio.
"And if you're the kind of listener that doesn't want to feel welcome, you're damn well not welcome."
That said, the best presenters don't tend to put people off.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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Honoured Guest
With modern technology, any listener can tweet an immediate response at any time, so the whole audience is present at the programme in a way that wasn't possible in the past. Why would anyone remain present anywhere they're made unwelcome or even not made welcome?
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That's right. Listening to all the tweeted guff makes many people feel unwelcome.
It's supposed to be an intelligent radio programme - not a morning gossip .
Oh, and …er… we aren't present at the programme at all. I'm in my house and the announcer is in a studio 250 miles away, so "thank you for joining me" is rather hollow and patronising.
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Ena, are you one of these "many people" made to "feel unwelcome" at Essential Classics? If so, does this make you less likely to listen to it? I'd expect that most people would listen less often where they feel unwelcome, and more often where they feel welcome. That's the whole point of trying to make the listener welcome.
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Originally posted by Honoured Guest View PostWith modern technology, any listener can tweet an immediate response at any time, so the whole audience is present at the programme in a way that wasn't possible in the past. Why would anyone remain present anywhere they're made unwelcome or even not made welcome?
Email about an offensive comment by a presenter and you get an automated response.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by Honoured Guest View PostEna, are you one of these "many people" made to "feel unwelcome" at Essential Classics? If so, does this make you less likely to listen to it? I'd expect that most people would listen less often where they feel unwelcome, and more often where they feel welcome. That's the whole point of trying to make the listener welcome.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postphones worked ok. The whole audience? actually the ones "present" to the BBC are the ones who tweet/text/email things that they want to hear.
Email about an offensive comment by a presenter and you get an automated response.
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