25-05-2023, 08:13 AM
(24-05-2023, 03:23 PM)JMT1985 Wrote: Can someone explain to me the listener age group BBC Radio 2 is now aimed at, as it seems to be BBC Radio 2 has become a simple copy of BBC Radio 1 but for the slightly older.
I used to love listening to BBC Radio 2, and I am 37, even when I was younger I really liked The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Jeremy Vine etc. But that was nearly a decade a go when I was 27. Now in 2023, I feel BBC Radio 2 feels very like a slightly older BBC Radio 1 station.
This is the reason why I have moved over to Heart Radio - I don't understand what listeners Radio 2 is wanting to attract now in 2023 - has their remit changed?
To me Radio 2 has been totally unlistenable to until recently. I’m 51 but hate most music from before the 90s, so every time I turned on Radio 2 I’d turn off after a few minutes due to the levels of cheesy music.
I think people wrongly assume who Radio 1 is for. Accordingly to Wikipedia it’s for the 15–29 age group, but that’s according to a document almost 20 years old.
Radio 1 I’m sure is now for a much slimmer range up to the early 20s.
So for those who like music from the 60s and 70s I do admit National BBC Radio doesn’t really offer much. But those people will likely be listening to local radio or funeral adverts inbetween Countdown! 🤣
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