Help Please - BBC Radio Schedules

[Alain Maréchal]

I can no longer see the BBC Radio schedules on the BBC homepage. Is this a problem that has occurred on my PC or has something changed of which I am unaware? If so, where are they now?

[Bryn]

I can no longer see the BBC Radio schedules on the BBC homepage. Is this a problem that has occurred on my PC or has something changed of which I am unaware? If so, where are they now?

I noticed some annoying changes this morning. Looks like "radio" is now "sounds":

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/schedules

[Alain Maréchal]

Thank you. Hidden away in the corner on "sounds" it says "schedules", hardly noticeable among the garish photographs. Perhaps we are also intended to think of television as "pictures".

p.s. for me "annoying changes" is tautology.

[Bryn]

Thank you. Hidden away in the corner on "sounds" it says "schedules", hardly noticeable among the garish photographs. Perhaps we are also intended to think of television as "pictures".

p.s. for me "annoying changes" is tautology.

Here, another case of the BBC's "If it ain't broke, break it".

[french frank]

I think it was under Mark Thompson that Radio and Television became Audio and Vision, only to be changed back to Radio and Television under Tony Hall. The online equivalent now seems to be Sounds and iPlayer.

I thought Sounds was going to be this new app, to which Radio 3 is going to contribute - hang on a tick - where "BBC Radio 3 is planning to target the Spotify generation with “mood mixes” and classical music playlists aimed at bringing calm to the stressful lives of the young" [Times, October 12]

"There will be mixes available on Sounds that might be mood-based,” [the controller] told The Times. “When you arrive at work and there’s 400 emails and you want something to get you through it, classical music is really good at that. But it’s also really good if you want to sit back and listen."

Mr Davey said that the app would allow people who may never think of switching on Radio 3 to discover the station’s content. He insisted that the young would embrace classical music if they were guided through it.

“In genre terms, young people have very fluid tastes. Providing something grabs them, there isn’t a prejudice,” he said, adding that the contemporary music on offer on the station included jazz from south London and “neo-classical ambient music”.

A comment from a reader (not me - I don't have access ) : "I suggest that if the BBC want to make classical music more appealing to the young they should think about playing it on stations that the young are actually listening to - most of the younger generation don't even know that Radio 3 exists. Some classical music on the television would help as well - contrast the coverage of the Leeds Piano Competition recently with the usual coverage of Glastonbury - 1 1/2hours (every 3 years) compared with an entire weekend almost every year."

[LMcD]

I think it was under Mark Thompson that Radio and Television became Audio and Vision, only to be changed back to Radio and Television under Tony Hall. The online equivalent now seems to be Sounds and iPlayer.

I thought Sounds was going to be this new app, to which Radio 3 is going to contribute - hang on a tick - where "BBC Radio 3 is planning to target the Spotify generation with “mood mixes” and classical music playlists aimed at bringing calm to the stressful lives of the young" [Times, October 12]

"There will be mixes available on Sounds that might be mood-based,” [the controller] told The Times. “When you arrive at work and there’s 400 emails and you want something to get you through it, classical music is really good at that. But it’s also really good if you want to sit back and listen."

Mr Davey said that the app would allow people who may never think of switching on Radio 3 to discover the station’s content. He insisted that the young would embrace classical music if they were guided through it.

“In genre terms, young people have very fluid tastes. Providing something grabs them, there isn’t a prejudice,” he said, adding that the contemporary music on offer on the station included jazz from south London and “neo-classical ambient music”.

A comment from a reader (not me - I don't have access ) : "I suggest that if the BBC want to make classical music more appealing to the young they should think about playing it on stations that the young are actually listening to - most of the younger generation don't even know that Radio 3 exists. Some classical music on the television would help as well - contrast the coverage of the Leeds Piano Competition recently with the usual coverage of Glastonbury - 1 1/2hours (every 3 years) compared with an entire weekend almost every year."

It's not just the younger generation. When I mention Radio 3 to people of my generation (i.e. aged 65+), in almost every case they say 'Oh, do you mean Classic FM?'

[Stanfordian]

It's not just the younger generation. When I mention Radio 3 to people of my generation (i.e. aged 65+), in almost every case they say 'Oh, do you mean Classic FM?'

Sadly my experience too!

[french frank]

It's not just the younger generation. When I mention Radio 3 to people of my generation (i.e. aged 65+), in almost every case they say 'Oh, do you mean Classic FM?'

Sadly my experience too!

Another reader comment was along the lines that these listeners already have Spotify: how will they be attracted away from the real thing to listen to Radio 3's version?

[Pulcinella]

At least the bookmark in my Safari favourites still works!

I don't particularly like the site, and tell them every so often when I can be bothered to respond to the annoying pop-up questionnaire.

[oddoneout]

I use the link on the FoR3 Home page as fortunately I only need the R3 schedules. I gave up on the BBC website quite some time ago as a source of anything in the way of information; there may be some there somewhere but trying to find it proved far too time-consuming and annoying.

[Bryn]

Google can be quite useful for finding things on the BBC site. Much better than the Beebs own search facility.

[Alain Maréchal]

[the controller] told The Times. “When you arrive at work and there’s 400 emails and you want something to get you through it, classical music is really good at that.

Is the controller senior enough to conjugate verbs as he wishes?

[french frank]

Is the controller senior enough to conjugate verbs as he wishes?

That was alo commented on by Times readers.