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BBC proposed cuts
Bah, the BBC are proposing cutting 6Music & the Asian Network (among other things). Dammit, 6Music is about the only listenable-to music station going (apart from when George Lamb's on. If they cut George Lamb I'd be cheering them all the way).
Argh. Quote from the report, courtesy of the Guardian:
With an average listener age of 37, the report said, 6 Music "competes head on for a commercially valuable audience". Closing it, and refocusing BBC Radios 1 and 2, would "recognise the lead role that commercial radio plays in serving popular music to 30- to 50-year-old audiences".
Xfm? No ta. Also, why the fuck *shouldn't* the BBC compete for a commercially valuable audience? If they're providing something that people want to listen to, surely that is precisely what they're supposed to be doing? (And then later on they talk about their commitment to "new and live music" -- isn't that something that 6Music is doing well? This seems to be decidedly incoherent!)
I am not at all sure what the argument for closing the Asian Network is. I doubt that it's a good one.
This all sounds like a reaction to the continual banging on from the Murdoch empire about how the BBC are CHEATING and providing FREE stuff (or rather, stuff that we have already paid for) thus meaning that commercial media has to either a) follow suit, or b) actually generate content that people want to pay for. Obviously they can't manage b), so they do a) and whinge about it.
38 Degrees have a petition. This is at the 'proposal' stage so public opinion is in theory being solicited.
Argh. Quote from the report, courtesy of the Guardian:
With an average listener age of 37, the report said, 6 Music "competes head on for a commercially valuable audience". Closing it, and refocusing BBC Radios 1 and 2, would "recognise the lead role that commercial radio plays in serving popular music to 30- to 50-year-old audiences".
Xfm? No ta. Also, why the fuck *shouldn't* the BBC compete for a commercially valuable audience? If they're providing something that people want to listen to, surely that is precisely what they're supposed to be doing? (And then later on they talk about their commitment to "new and live music" -- isn't that something that 6Music is doing well? This seems to be decidedly incoherent!)
I am not at all sure what the argument for closing the Asian Network is. I doubt that it's a good one.
This all sounds like a reaction to the continual banging on from the Murdoch empire about how the BBC are CHEATING and providing FREE stuff (or rather, stuff that we have already paid for) thus meaning that commercial media has to either a) follow suit, or b) actually generate content that people want to pay for. Obviously they can't manage b), so they do a) and whinge about it.
38 Degrees have a petition. This is at the 'proposal' stage so public opinion is in theory being solicited.
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...but yes, there are no commercial outlets that deliver the mix of music that 6 does and they have *almost* got rid of george lamb (shunted off to weekend breakfast) and admitted that he was a massive mistake.
given that there are only 400k of us, i'm not entirely sure we *are* a commercially valuable audience (although i haven't seen the demographics beyond age and ethnicity), BUT we're a loyal audience. if bbc radio spits us out at 25 when we're too old for radio 1 and doesn't attempt to reengage us until we're 40 and ready for radio 2, we might not come back. something will play music for us, be it spotify, last.fm or some enterprising soul who buys up all this free digital radio spectrum (<semi-joke)
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I was wondering about the spectrum. How does that work, then?
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