26-10-2023, 10:57 AM
Out of interest why do people seem cool with local stations being gobbled up by GHR/other brands but are simultaneously aghast at BBC local radio changes?
(26-10-2023, 10:57 AM)all new phil Wrote: Out of interest why do people seem cool with local stations being gobbled up by GHR/other brands but are simultaneously aghast at BBC local radio changes?
(26-10-2023, 09:26 AM)lookoutwales Wrote: RAJAR numbers are out - and not surprisingly, BBC News focusing on how many listeners Vernon Kay has lost and how many Ken has taken over to GHR.I did find that article odd, I caught up on the figures on RadioToday this morning and thought it sounded fairly good for Radio 2, especially after the last quarter.
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(26-10-2023, 10:57 AM)all new phil Wrote: Out of interest why do people seem cool with local stations being gobbled up by GHR/other brands but are simultaneously aghast at BBC local radio changes?I don't think most people are happy with it but it's normally only a short term thing. Their breakfast DJ does his last show on Friday morning and on Monday it's a different station. Some like it, some go elsewhere and they soon get forgotten. Also it's on a very small scale, especially with GHR the majority of the stations they've replaced have been small very local ones. Very different to the big heritage stations that were replaced by Heart last decade.
(26-10-2023, 10:57 AM)all new phil Wrote: Out of interest why do people seem cool with local stations being gobbled up by GHR/other brands but are simultaneously aghast at BBC local radio changes?
(26-10-2023, 12:00 PM)Ash101 Wrote: It's an interesting question and I think the simple answer is that Global/Bauer have by and large implemented better sounding products. The programming of Capital, Heart & Greatest Hits are all better than the local stations that they replaced. The same cannot be said for the BBC local changes that have happened.
(26-10-2023, 02:35 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Arguably it may have been an easier sell for the BBC to effectively axe BBC Local Radio as we know it and replace it with a new service with local opt outs. It might make listeners and those DJs that remain feel like it's something exciting and new rather than a station being a shadow of it's former self.