Radio 2 Dumbing Down?

I tend to agree.  I can only listen for a limited time before it brasses me off and I reach for a CD.

Planet Rock is good! 

IMO        Ken Bruce is the only decent presenter on Radio 2.  The rest of the presenters are  rubbish,  the choices of music are rubbish, the standard of spoken english is rubbish,  the radio 2 programmes have  been dumbed down so much that the whole station would be better it they broadcast complete silence all day. 

There I go - sitting on the fence Again !!!!

Hardly ever listen to it, tune in mostly to Radio 4 or local radio which can be very dumbed down but handy for travel etc. Shouldn't say that really as son is a part time presenter in a local town, but he's done some good interviews.

Radio 4 listener here, although I do get fed up with the amount of times a programme is broadcast in the week - without the podcasts!  Used to listen to Radio 2 for The News Hudlines and others.  Haven't found comdedy on there for years.

Rarely listen to local radio as it is so banal, tend to have traffic on on the radio when travelling distances and just the bits either side of the bulletin drive me mad.  Hate it if the hairdresser's is playing local radio rather than CD's as whilst you're in the chair there's no escape.

Classic FM or R4 for me generally plus CDs on long journeys.

What we have too remember here is that most DJ,s have there own style of talking and presenting its called drivel .

peter.

There was a time when punctuality was paramount on R2. Now presenters often over run the time slots. Chris Evans is the worst offender,  especially when it comes to the news .....

I've stopped listening to Radio 2 first thing in the morning unless the 'Ginger whinger' is on holiday.  I'm sick of him and his idea of playing msic so that he can talk all over it and carry on as if anything he has to say is more important than the news.  Not too keen on Sarah Cox either.

Great to hear Brian Matthew on Saturday morning.  87 years young and still going strong.

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