25-05-2023, 06:50 PM
And back in the 17th century theatres were closed for 78 months over a 10 year period due to the plague, with 40 day quarantine periods for arrivals into the country. Shakespeare had to work from home.
amp.theguardian.com
As with most things the flexibility that doing things from home or anywhere offers can only be a good thing and I suspect though far from the norm that some elements of the radio industry were doing it pre-covid occasionally. Indeed radio was arguably an advert for working from home decades ago with pirate stations etc.
As for the wider demos debate one oddity with radio compared to TV is an expectation people stick to one station - and very little cross promotion if any between stations. They'll be no mention of Radio 1 Big Weekend on Radio 2 for example despite it likely being of interest to some listeners - not just the recently converted but older fans of live music too.
amp.theguardian.com
As with most things the flexibility that doing things from home or anywhere offers can only be a good thing and I suspect though far from the norm that some elements of the radio industry were doing it pre-covid occasionally. Indeed radio was arguably an advert for working from home decades ago with pirate stations etc.
As for the wider demos debate one oddity with radio compared to TV is an expectation people stick to one station - and very little cross promotion if any between stations. They'll be no mention of Radio 1 Big Weekend on Radio 2 for example despite it likely being of interest to some listeners - not just the recently converted but older fans of live music too.