"Tom and guests unpack the answers to questions you've always wanted to ask" . Perhaps they could start with the title of this thread.
Why on earth is record review moving
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Originally posted by hmvman View PostI recall with a sort of fondness the regular 'Birtspeak' column in Private Eye twenty-odd years ago. Maybe it's time for Lord Gnome to resurrect it...
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"For the cynic, then, it will be no surprise to hear that, given that the programme is indispensable, the broadcaster brilliant and the timeslot ideal, the new controller of Radio 3, late of Classic FM, has decided [to] move it to the doldrums, drowning it in the lassitude of a Saturday afternoon."
Oliver Willmott in The Critic, 30/03/2024.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 french frank View Post"For the cynic, then, it will be no surprise to hear that, given that the programme is indispensable, the broadcaster brilliant and the timeslot ideal, the new controller of Radio 3, late of Classic FM, has decided [to] move it to the doldrums, drowning it in the lassitude of a Saturday afternoon."
Oliver Willmott in The Critic, 30/03/2024.
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
Perhaps the theory behind this positively Baldrickian masterstroke is that Tom Service and friends/guests will whip up a storm of enthusiasm that will encourage listeners (new and old) to stay tuned to Radio 3 into Saturday afternoon and evening and then hopefully into Sunday ... then Monday ....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 LMcD View Post
Perhaps the theory behind this positively Baldrickian masterstroke is that Tom Service and friends/guests will whip up a storm of enthusiasm that will encourage listeners (new and old) to stay tuned to Radio 3 into Saturday afternoon and evening and then hopefully into Sunday ... then Monday ....
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Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
No theory, just an assumption that if the time it is broadcast doesn't suit, no matter, that's what catch up is for?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 LMcD View Post
Possibly, but let's not forget that the decision to make BBC3 'online only' was reversed after 6 years.
When R3 wanted to axe anything - like Choirworks - the PR was that it wasn't the content that was being axed (it would be included in other programmes): it was just the dedicated programme being dropped. So if "R3" were axed completely its content (classical music, long-form drama, jazz &c) could be included, erm, somewhere else. Sometimes.
Digital only would be a possibility, if it could be managed cheaply enough, to include an orchestra and the Proms.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 Petrushka View Post
Wouldn't surprise if R3 goes exclusively online before long.
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
I think that’s unlikely . Not BBC policy to remove the major radio networks from the broadcast chain - partly because a substantial minority (7 percent of households according to OFCOM ) have no internet access. The other factor is broadcast resilience . The internet isn’t reliable enough should we have major power outages or military conflict.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 Ein Heldenleben View Post
I think that’s unlikely . Not BBC policy to remove the major radio networks from the broadcast chain - partly because a substantial minority (7 percent of households according to OFCOM ) have no internet access. The other factor is broadcast resilience . The internet isn’t reliable enough should we have major power outages or military conflict.
Decades ago county emergency planning operations used radio comms, working with volunteer amateurs* . However when mobile phones came in there was a rush to use the new toys instead(possibly also with the idea of not needing the volunteer input) on exercises, despite being warned of the problems with lack of coverage. It resulted in the amateur back-up folk(who had suspected there might be problems) quietly offering use of their radios/taking over the comms function as before...
*A family member was involved so I got an inside view.
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