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Lord Evan Elpuss
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I wonder if Mark Radcliffe is going to do another solo show today (Stuart was stuck in Italy yesterday) And if Chris Hawkins (of 6 music) has got back yet. There was a stand-in doing his very early show on Monday.
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | | I wonder if Mark Radcliffe is going to do another solo show today (Stuart was stuck in Italy yesterday) And if Chris Hawkins (of 6 music) has got back yet. There was a stand-in doing his very early show on Monday. |
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Fred
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Chris Hawkins is meant to be off this week - its his stand in (Jo Good) who is stuck!
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ColinB
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| The upside of the "volcanic dust" fiasco (and one which led to my wife and I having to abort a holiday in Portugal!) is that Richard Allinson has been standing in for Steve Wright. His shows have, as to be expected, been consistently good all week - much better than those his have replaced. |
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nod
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upside  |
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Mark Mayhew
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Yes it's a dictionary word.
Come back to us all once you have looked it up.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| nod wrote: | | upside |
The opposite of "downside", which would be the equivalent of Steve Wright not being stranded in the US!
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nod
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| ColinB wrote: | | nod wrote: | | upside |
The opposite of "downside", which would be the equivalent of Steve Wright not being stranded in the US!
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Hi ColinB,
Each to his own view and I can see an upside to SW being stuck in the US but replacing his old format show of reading out endless factoids which he done since the 80s with a standin format of readings bits like surveys from the papers and reading endless text responses to stupid questions has no upside to me. |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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me neither... Dale was far better.
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Mark Mayhew
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Richard was in good form covering for Steve Wright last week.
At least it was live radio plus Richard does not sing over the records. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:46 am Post subject: |
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Sing? You call that godawful shreiking of Wright's singing?
My cat is more tuneful
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ColinB
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| nod wrote: |
Each to his own view and I can see an upside to SW being stuck in the US but replacing his old format show of reading out endless factoids which he done since the 80s with a standin format of readings bits like surveys from the papers and reading endless text responses to stupid questions has no upside to me. |
As you say, each to his own. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| nod wrote: | | ColinB wrote: | | nod wrote: | | upside |
The opposite of "downside", which would be the equivalent of Steve Wright not being stranded in the US!
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Hi ColinB,
Each to his own view and I can see an upside to SW being stuck in the US but replacing his old format show of reading out endless factoids which he done since the 80s with a standin format of readings bits like surveys from the papers and reading endless text responses to stupid questions has no upside to me. |
How else would you get the listeners to take part in the shows? |
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Minx
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| mark occomore wrote: |
How else would you get the listeners to take part in the shows? |
Well forgive me if I state the obvious Mark, but a listener is someone who listens. A participant is someone who does not particularly want to listen, but prefers to have others listen to them. A radio presenter is someone who links the music, hopefully adding something of value to the proceedings, not a ring master, not a Butlin's Redcoat and not a game show host.
That's the way it always seemed to me. Though not, sadly, any more.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | How else would you get the listeners to take part in the shows? |
You're making the assumption that "interactivity" (the current media buzzword) is a pre-requisite of all radio shows. I disagree with that notion.
It's also a byword for "free source material". Just look at the trend for "social media" on the web; YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, a million web forums........ etc etc....... all exist to get free content from users whilst profiting from sponsorship and advertising. YouTube is a perfect example of that - a massive money-spinner for Google yet all its users provide the content free of charge!
Unfortunately, broadcast media use the same model to the detriment of programming; I don't care if the commercial networks do it but I really object to BBC networks becoming almost entirely dependent on "listener interaction".
The R2 breakfast show is billed as "interactive fun for all the family" (or something equally banal). A very good case in point, in my humble opinion, and a perfect reason for my continuing to avoid it!
A measure of a good radio presenter is someone who can do a show for the duration without having to fall back on the never-ending stream of props that are texted, emailed and phoned-in my listeners, in my opinion.
RIP John Peel. His style of radio is sorely missed! |
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