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Ian Robinson

The complaints about the axing of YHBT were featured on today's Feedback on Radio 4. The usual fob-off, with Lesley Douglas "too busy" to do an interview so she sent the head of Specialist Music instead.

Probably worth a listen, but you're unlikely to be satisfied.

Listen Again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/feedback

gfloyd · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:

It wasnt a bad piece considering how these things usually go. I think the problem with the BBC though is that they are not upfront enough about why they do things. There may be good reasons why the can't talk about these things, but the perceived secrecy of the decision making process annoys many people.

Where the interview fell down was that it did not address why decisions by networks are taken in isolation of other networks.

Incidentally I see that Russell Davies has a new 3 part series coming up on Thursday nights in February. I suspect this will be what Baker & Morley end up doing if they get offered any other shows.
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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

ernie,

I agree entirely with you. BBC claim they listen to listeners but where is that consulation? Offical complaints and Feedback come from a relatively small number of listeners, and they have said that messageboards don't reflect national opinion, so where are they listening to listenrs? RAJARS? Is that all they work to? Where is this 'relationship Radio 2 has with it's audience everyday' ? As Dave Barber put it.

The remit for the music on R2 is not dependent on Listener figures. Mark Radcliffe probably gets >500k a night yet he's on four nights (I do like the show by the way). There was nothing wrong with Y100BT.

I was very disappointed with the Feedback responses from Dave Barber.

I know I've said on another thread, but yet again (as with the first Feedback that tackled the Evans drivetime complaints) Lesley Douglas can't be bothered - if she had ANY mind for planning her time she would have sat down 3 weeks ago and thought "I'll need to set aside half an hour for Feedback, they are bound to ask why I've axed Y100BT".

Barber is ignoring the Radio 2 remit when he said that the drop in Y100BT listeners was sufficient justification to axe the show. It should have been justification to change the style or presenter of the show, not axe it.

I don't agree with Barber saying that the new 2hr Melodies For You will make up for the loss of Y100BT. He mentioned overlap of playlists, suggesting that was another excuse for axing Y100BT. Eh, what's wrong with overlapping playlists? Let's see now, Russel D's playlist overlaps with Laycock's Big Band overlaps with Parky's overlaps with Elaine overlaps with MFY overlaps with Desmond overlaps with David Jacobs.

Alan Titchmarsh's MFY will not cater for the Y100BT audience - in the main they listened specifically for light classical, and because it was on late in the evening. Now Alan starts at 6.30pm with brash theatre and film music and although we got Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov we never really settled down.

John W

gfloyd · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

Anyone know if there was any follow up on Feedback this week about the show?
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Cherskiy · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: