I was running on the treadmill in the garage this morning listening to Spotify, it stopped playing via Chromecast into the hi fi, so I switched to the Radio, it was radio 2 the DJ was that Claudia Winklewoman, what a load of drivel, who is this stuff aimed at. complete garbage, come on BBC lets set some higher standards.
BBC Radio 2
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Brandane
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I gave up on Radio 2 many years ago, after a long period of it being my regular listen.
They seemed to make a conscious effort to aim for a younger group of listeners, and in doing so just alienated themselves from their once loyal listeners. Whether or not they succeeded in attracting the younger listeners I have no idea, and nor do I care. I have made alternative arrangements and it doesn't involve the BBC; who have lost the plot in general IMHO..
They seemed to make a conscious effort to aim for a younger group of listeners, and in doing so just alienated themselves from their once loyal listeners. Whether or not they succeeded in attracting the younger listeners I have no idea, and nor do I care. I have made alternative arrangements and it doesn't involve the BBC; who have lost the plot in general IMHO..
This.
Probably about the time that Steve Wright started in the afternoon, what a sack of shite that was.
All uphill
Still rolling along
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- Somerset
Radio 3 has (in my opinion) some fabulous programmes ; takes a bit of adjustment after years of pop/rock/blues, but well worth it.
I heard Steve Wright the other day, it was the same rubbish as years ago, I thought I had gone through a time warp.
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Brandane
Legendary Member
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- Costa Clyde
I quite liked Steve Wright in the afternoon, when it was on Radio 1 - about 40 years ago! To say he has overstayed his welcome would be a bit of an understatement. He is 68 years old now, and it shows. Take the pension and run, Steve.
mistyoptic
Vintage
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Boom Radio. Plays music from back when music WAS music. Adverts are a pain but that’s true of all commercial station
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Mmmm, I'm a Radio 5 Live girl - I migrated across from Radio 2 in '91 when the station started up, as that's where most of the sports commentaries were. I've barely listened to R2 since.
I went to school with Claudia Winkelman - she was in the year above me.
I went to school with Claudia Winkelman - she was in the year above me.
PaulSB
Squire
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Steve Wright
Jeremy Vine
Ken Bruce
Total Drivel
..........worryingly my wife often puts it on
Jeremy Vine
Ken Bruce
Total Drivel
..........worryingly my wife often puts it on
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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- Blyth, Northumberland
Ken Bruce during the week and Paul Gambachini on a Saturday are just about the only Radio 2 programmes I listen to now. It used to be all day.
Someone on here mentioned Solid Gold Gem and I listen to that quite a bit now.
Someone on here mentioned Solid Gold Gem and I listen to that quite a bit now.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Blimey! Steve Wright in the Afternoon used to be on the radio every day when I worked in a factory in the Midlands in the early 1980s. I thought that he would have retired years ago!
I am slowly coming round to giving up on R2. It is far too celebrity orientated and 1980's now, as if music started in that decade. It also has left me behind trying for a younger audience. Very rarely do they play the music I like. There is the blues show on a Monday evening, and I do like Tony Blackburn and Johnnie Walker. Also Lisa Tarbuck on a Saturday is good. But other than that I listen to R5, R4 and Classic FM.
