MrSpaM Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 Just read on the LM website that the bbc is considering only having breakfast and drive time shows broadcast from local radio stations, and the rest of the radio would be covered by 5 live instead. Could this mean the end of the football forum if true? Article: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/BBC-considers-axing-local-radio-shows/article-3328839-detail/article.html
The Doctor Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 would that would also mean the end of the match commentary as well? Also the football forum is no great loss, the people who phone in only ever make retarded points
Finnegan Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 RL is a joke. Some private station will surely pick up commentary?
The Padster Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 RL is a joke. Some private station will surely pick up commentary? Maybe the club itself?
Zingari Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 this can't happen my mum loves Waddo in the morning
cc_star Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 Remember Century 106 phone in, that was excellent when it was Darren fletcher & Larry Lloyd and then later when it was Darren Fletcher & Gary Birtles, wasn't so good when it was Kenny Burns, Roger Davies & The Birch though Perhaps the Beeb can just merge local stations rather than close them down. Unless footie commentary is protected like it looks like the breakfast & drivetime shows are then I can't see how they can bid for radio rights, perhaps it will open the door for commercial radio to bid again
Guest Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 It's an idea that they floated. I can't imagine it'll happen as there'll be huge objections to it. Guess I've been proved wrong in the past though As for match commentaries yeah either a local commercial station or the club could pick it up but if the BBC still has he rights it wouldn't be that hard to schedule opt out and in points so they could still do commentaries
Bellend Sebastian Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 It's an idea that they floated. I can't imagine it'll happen as there'll be huge objections to it. Guess I've been proved wrong in the past though As for match commentaries yeah either a local commercial station or the club could pick it up but if the BBC still has he rights it wouldn't be that hard to schedule opt out and in points so they could still do commentaries Do you think? I'm not so sure. I'm always wary of saying 'I don't listen/watch it so I don't care', but I'm genuinely curious as to who actually listens to it. The consensus seems to be 'old people', but I'm not so sure that they wouldn't rather sit in front of the telly, watching the mind enriching spectacle that is daytime TV programming whilst knitting or doing a sudoku
Trav Le Bleu Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 Do you think? I'm not so sure. I'm always wary of saying 'I don't listen/watch it so I don't care', but I'm genuinely curious as to who actually listens to it. The consensus seems to be 'old people', but I'm not so sure that they wouldn't rather sit in front of the telly, watching the mind enriching spectacle that is daytime TV programming whilst knitting or doing a sudoku Have you every carried on listening to the late evening programmes they have on after City's matches? The old people who phone in with and talk about things like, "I saw a Robin in my garden today and it had three worms in its beak and I though what a greedy little bird *titter*" usually to be replied to the effect, "Ah, what a lovely thing to see, did it eat them all?" or some equally patronising comment (NOTE FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FILES: old people love being patronised). In any case this happens to some extent anyhow as after city matches its a combined Leics/Derby/Notts/Lincs show and even later 104.9 becomes Radio 5 until about 5 or 6am.
Zingari Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 I really can't imagine local radio is taking a huge slice of the BBC budget . ( I once heard that the total cost for the whole of the national and radio network was around 5% of the BBC budget , but not sure if this is or was accurate ) Everyone seems to be getting penny wise pound foolish just lately ( well actually for quite some time now )
Trav Le Bleu Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 I really can't imagine local radio is taking a huge slice of the BBC budget . ( I once heard that the total cost for the whole of the national and radio network was around 5% of the BBC budget , but not sure if this is or was accurate ) Everyone seems to be getting penny wise pound foolish just lately ( well actually for quite some time now ) When Bellend is Supreme Chancellor they will be Jackson wise; Murdoch foolish EDIT: and 5% of the BBC Budget will be spent on the DJ EJ Show.
Webbo Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 this can't happen my mum loves Waddo in the morning He's only on at the weekend now. They were discussing this on RL last week and the consensus was it was very unlikely to happen.
Guest Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 Do you think? I'm not so sure. I'm always wary of saying 'I don't listen/watch it so I don't care', but I'm genuinely curious as to who actually listens to it. The consensus seems to be 'old people', but I'm not so sure that they wouldn't rather sit in front of the telly, watching the mind enriching spectacle that is daytime TV programming whilst knitting or doing a sudoku I guess most objections will be related to the inability to deliver a local news and sport agenda if it's all being delivered by a national network which cannot possibly cover every story from every region for the majority of the time. Also I'm sure there'll be concern about lack of choice and diversity if it were to happen, after all people have the option to listen to 5 live all day if they want to now. We currently take over night time local stations until 5 am when Up All Night comes off air. There's probably a good argument for night time content being delivered from one point as a cost saving measure as effectively there's a huge reduction in staffing costs etc for a period when the majority of breaking stories etc won't happen. I'll see if I can dig out listening figures for RL. I'd imagine Ian C may know a bit about this if he's still about as he always seemed very clued up on broadcasting
Fosse Boy Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 Sad news if it happens. While RL may be a poor second in the city to the Merc in terms of its news output it still serves a very useful function for the community it serves, as I'm sure many of the other regional stations do.
Zingari Posted 15 March 2011 Posted 15 March 2011 He's only on at the weekend now. They were discussing this on RL last week and the consensus was it was very unlikely to happen. She probably hasn't noticed Waddo has gone yet . She still asks me if i still buy my fishing tackle from his shop on Northbridge
Parafox Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 Remember Century 106 phone in, that was excellent when it was Darren fletcher & Larry Lloyd and then later when it was Darren Fletcher & Gary Birtles, wasn't so good when it was Kenny Burns, Roger Davies & The Birch though I refuse to listen to Century 106 after they axed the football phone in and match commentaries which were far better that RL is now with than nincompoop Stringer, so far up his own arse. Darren Fletcher made an excellent and knowledgable host and has quite rightly gone on to bigger things at radio 5. BBC could broadcast individual commentaries on matchdays but I think it unlikely that a commercial station would take it on because it's quite a niche area and would lose advertising revenue.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 I guess most objections will be related to the inability to deliver a local news and sport agenda if it's all being delivered by a national network which cannot possibly cover every story from every region for the majority of the time. Also I'm sure there'll be concern about lack of choice and diversity if it were to happen, after all people have the option to listen to 5 live all day if they want to now. We currently take over night time local stations until 5 am when Up All Night comes off air. There's probably a good argument for night time content being delivered from one point as a cost saving measure as effectively there's a huge reduction in staffing costs etc for a period when the majority of breaking stories etc won't happen. I'll see if I can dig out listening figures for RL. I'd imagine Ian C may know a bit about this if he's still about as he always seemed very clued up on broadcasting Retaining the breakfast and drivetime shows would be a good compromise, assuming that my guess is right and that they command far more listeners than the rest of their programming. I told my 90 year old Gran about this last night and she wasn't bothered when she heard that under the proposals Ben Jackson's programme would be spared. He's clearly got some sort of hold on her
Parafox Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 Incidentally RL was the first local BBC radio station. I believe Local Radio was introduced as a means of communicating neccessary information to small areas in the event of nuclear war as London was considered a likely first-strike target.
Parafox Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 .I told my 90 year old Gran about this last night and she wasn't bothered when she heard that under the proposals Ben Jackson's programme would be spared. He's clearly got some sort of hold on her Unrequieted love ?
Bellend Sebastian Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 Unrequieted love ? If he met my Gran there'd be no unrequited about it
Parafox Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 If he met my Gran there'd be no unrequited about it She's not Catherine Tate, is she?
Bellend Sebastian Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 She's not Catherine Tate, is she? No, but she's a good old fashioned racist in a Daily Mail reading, Midsommer Murders watching sort of way
Parafox Posted 16 March 2011 Posted 16 March 2011 No, but she's a good old fashioned racist in a Daily Mail reading, Midsommer Murders watching sort of way AAhh I see.. could be related to my 90 yr old uncle... except he's Welsh. He actually referred to immigrants as "coloureds" and "darkies" the other day... and he thinks all street crime and rape is down to "Eastern European illegals"... unbelievable
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