I believe that most, if not all, radio channels attract their largest audiences between approximately 7.00 and 10.00 a.m. And yet, compared with the other boards on the Forum, this one has generated very few threads and attracted very little comment. Is this because (a) nobody has any views on the subject of 'Breakfast'; (b) everybody with a view has made it known and nobody expects things to change/improve (depending on your view); or (c) nobody's listening? I ask merely out of curiosity in the capacity of a former breakfast-time listener to Radio 3.
Breakfast? No (or very little) comment!
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.... i think the Moz Plague killed off the opportunity for comment [happened on Jazz forum too]
also that the Breakfast situation is not going to change anytime soon, and so comment is futile unless in response to a particular item or moment on the day's programmeAccording to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
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I'm pretty much in the B category. The station seems to have its sights firmly on a populist approach, and I don't think the programme is going to change. Or, possibly, respond much to criticism over here on these boards. I'm listening to it less than ever. I had a spell of insomnia this morning from about 3, soothed by TTN, which mostly broadcasts relatively soothing music. I don't want G&S at 7 (turned off) nor Stokowski's Night on the Bare Mountain (turned off after trying again). I don't like Today either. Silence seems, on the whole, preferable.
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Don Petter
Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostIs this because (a) nobody has any views on the subject of 'Breakfast'; (b) everybody with a view has made it known and nobody expects things to change/improve (depending on your view); or (c) nobody's listening?
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Well, there's nothing very new to say. One of the reasons Breakfast never gets chosen for the Looking Ahead slot is that there's nothing to look ahead to, exzcept say 'Next week it'll be Rob/Sara or Sara/Rob or Martin/his stand-in'. Afterwards you can say, Ooh, they played a piece of music I liked, didn't like, or, Something happened.
It's basically an airspace filler while people are busy doing other things.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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Martin
I've generally found the last hour to be slightly better than the rest. Perhaps because people have gone about their day by then, but it seems to have less tat in it than in the earlier hours. And there are no news bulletins at 9.00 or 9.30.
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Panjandrum
Originally posted by french frank View PostWell, there's nothing very new to say. One of the reasons Breakfast never gets chosen for the Looking Ahead slot is that there's nothing to look ahead to, exzcept say 'Next week it'll be Rob/Sara or Sara/Rob or Martin/his stand-in'.
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Anna
I never listen to Breakfast. The simple reason is that I cannot abide music in the morning. I tend to listen to Today on R4 otherwise it's total silence for me over the devilled kidneys. What, out of a matter of interest, are the listening figures for Breakfast and how do they stack up against the figures for cfm?
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Norfolk Born
The most recent RAJAR figures, for the third quarter of 2010, for the breakfast period are as follows (these are the 'weekly reach' figures): Radio 3: 819,000, CFM: 2,733,000.
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Don Petter
Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostThe most recent RAJAR figures, for the third quarter of 2010, for the breakfast period are as follows (these are the 'weekly reach' figures): Radio 3: 819,000, CFM: 2,733,000.
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Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostThe most recent RAJAR figures, for the third quarter of 2010, for the breakfast period are as follows (these are the 'weekly reach' figures): Radio 3: 819,000, CFM: 2,733,000.
We can expect some upsets to normal trends whenever Radio 3 has promotions getting a lot of publicity: e.g. the Mozartfest. The people 'sampling' the station will boost listening figures, however little they listen at a time and regardless of whether they ever return.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 Don Petter View Postthe latter do keep claiming 'Now with more music!', which I can never understand. Surely their programmes were all music (by their definition) before, so how are they getting more in?- - -
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Don Petter
Originally posted by John Wright View PostPossibly, ClassicFM are referring to an increased playlist, playing not just their Top 250 or Hall of Fame, or Most Wanted which they go on and on about incessantly
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