Radio 2 Spin-Off Among Four New Stations Planned By Bbc

[naomi24]

Has it occurred to them that with all the changes they made to Radio 2 which lost them a lot of listeners, they shot themselves in the foot - and will the new stations take off?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68226389

 

 

 

 

[youngmafbog]

No, they live in the Metropolitan liberal elite cloud in their head. They think how they think is how everyone else does.

Waste of money, but luckily not mine.

[brainiac]

I think this is an admission of the folly of what they have done to Radio 2, but way to late - the horses have bolted.

[bhg481]

Radio 2 had drifted away from my era which is why we sought alternatives. Unfortnately all the alternatives have adverts which drive us nuts. If BBC come up with a station playint 50s, 60s and 70s music with no adverts we'll be back like a shot, regardless of who presents it.

[naomi24]

I agree brainiac.

[ichkeria]

It's not just radio 2; the idea is as it explains to provide more specialist channels at low cost as other broadcasters have done 

[vulcan42]

As soon as I saw the name Steve Wright I knew I wouldn't be listening, I will stay with Boom radio. The problem with the BBC is their arrogance, as in their statement " as only the BBC can". That is rubbish, many other smaller stations are broadcasting at a much higher level of what listeners actually want. That is reflected in the constant increase of listeners. The BBC seem to think that the more radio and TV stations they have, the better the quality. I've news for them, the programmes on all outlets, with the exception of a very few TV programmmes are poor quality and repeated ad nauseam.

[ichkeria]

"as only the BBC can". 

= "without ads" in as many words. As bhg pointed out, that means a lot to many 

[vulcan42]

ichkeria, the BBC are constantly advertising their own programmes which is just as annoying as the commercial companies in my opinion.

[JACKSON-REACHER]

// The Radio 2 spin-off will provide "a distinctive take on pop nostalgia" from the 50s, 60s and 70s, the BBC said //

Not sure I see the point - there are hundreds of similar commercial channels doing that, not to mention internet radio stations. The should not be doing the same, that does not mean more choice, they should be trying to do something unique.

The BBC has a huge archive of live performances and sessions from thousands of artists over 7 decades. I would sooner listen to some classic performances by beloved bands and singers, instead of the same old records over and over again.

[ichkeria]

"ichkeria, the BBC are constantly advertising their own programmes which is just as annoying as the commercial companies in my opinion."

Not the same as long tedious commercial ad breaks of course 

[ichkeria]

"The BBC has a huge archive of live performances and sessions from thousands of artists over 7 decades"

As per the link:

"The BBC said the cost of launching the stations would be relatively low, partly because schedules would include "existing content from BBC Sounds and our archives"."

[gingejbee]

We stopped listening to BBC radio when we got an internet radio. The choice of stations/genre/country and period is brilliant...and so much without any ads or chat.

[Old_Geezer]

Since the subject has been mentioned, my experience of an internet radio is as follows. You take possession of it only to find it doesn't deal with Internet radio stations directly but has an awful user interface to go between it and the manufacturer's server. After a while the manufacturer will change things on their server which removes your service and you don't know what has happened (even after checking their website) until you ask on AB and some kind individual finds a software upgrade the company was apparently keeping secret. A little while later the display goes kaput and one needs to find advice from the net on how to replace it, and find scarce replacement parts that almost fit. Having fixed that, a while later the service goes again. You wait quite a while for the company to fix it before giving up and contacting them, not really expecting a response. Amazingly they did respond. Apparently they upgraded their system so that it was now incompatible with many of their models. Of course they are very sorry but your radio is now unable to play internet stations, the very thing it was advertised and bought for. But as a consolation they will give you a percentage off a new radio if you want to stay with their atrocious company and get screwed another time.

[Old_Geezer]

Ah, DAB+. The later spec everyone is moving to that can't be received on older DAB radios and it seems no one can be bothered to provide upgrades for them. Wonderful.

[andy-hughes]

The BBC has decimated its audiences with its arrogance and peculiar obsession with chasing a 'younger' audiences, instead of actually providing a service to the audiences it has, or rather, had.

Having failed to observe its holy grail of 'younger' audiences deserting Radio One in droves - a message they ignored, they ate now playing the 'venerable BBC' card, with its enviable archive to call on.

And to present these new shows? The presenters they fired!

And who do they hope will be listening?

The audiences they lost when they fired those presenters!

Only the BBC with its tax-funded operation, and its complete lack of anything approaching accountability, could be allowed to get away with this rampant stupidity. 

They don't deserve air time, or audiences, and this project may fail because losing audiences is easy, as they know, winning them back is another matter entirely. 

[mjwman]

Whilst Johnnie Walker and Tony Blackburn still have their shows on R2 I will listen tho those shows only. Othewise it is Boom Radio all tghe way foe me now, with an added dilema. Boom is launching Boom Rock on Feb 14th and their current test transmissions are very encouraging.

Johnnie Walker already has the odd show on Boom.

 

To those complaining about DAB radios, just forget them! Pond for pound a Bluetooth Speaker will give a higher quality sound and its output is a finger tip away on your phone, so why even consider a standalone one trick pony radio set?