Radio 2 Dumbing Down?

Radio 2 has just moved a long with the times and caters for it's target audience.

I moved on from radio 1 to  radio 2 a few years ago, as it now plays the music of my youth and half the DJ's are ex R 1 anyway.

Planet Rock is good! I

 

i have to disagree ....Planet Rock is brilliant have it on all the time 

We only listen to three programmes on Radio 2, Brian Matthews Sounds of the Sixties on a Saturday morning, Tony Blackburn with Pick of the Pops on Saturday afternoon, and Johnnie Walker with Sounds of the Seventies on Sunday afternoon.

Otherwise it's Radio 4.

Seems we are differant, neither of us can stand Ken Bruce so don't listen to the morning programmes. We like Heartland FM and Classic FM but I used to listen to Steve Wright. Really only listen to Radio when in car/MH for the travel news. Mostly listen to CD's at home.

When I visit the dentist I have to have an anaesthetic just to listen to Radio 2 that our dentist insists on playing. TF is right but they dumbed down a long time ago.

I listen to R2 all day long....can't abide any of the others available....plus it's the only radio station available to me all day.

Can't stand Vanessa, prefer Sarah Cox to Chris Evans in the morning, Ken Bruce is OK (& not because he's Scots too) as are Jeremy Vine & Steve Wright.

2 weeks of purgatory coming up for me as Jeremy's on holiday & Vanessa's sitting in.....AARRGGHH!

Agree with you TF about Wrighty and his "seriousjockin...without the "g""......right proper PITA.

Seems like I am the only one to not worry about it.

Mind you, I don't listen to it in the first place.

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Can't stand Vanessa, prefer Sarah Cox to Chris Evans in the morning, ...

2 weeks of purgatory coming up for me as Jeremy's on holiday & Vanessa's sitting in.....AARRGGHH!

Agree with you TF about Wrighty and his "seriousjockin...without the "g""......right proper PITA.

I listen to an hour or so of Vanessa on my way to work ..... she's kinda grown on me - apart from the gut wrenching happy birthday bit at about 0615, and hands down better than Sahra Kennedy that she sort of took over from. Again Sahra Cox has grown on me too ..... maybe cos she's from the town next door. Steve Wright has been doing the same show for the past 30 yrs ..... I'm so Angry I could slam the phone down!! .... maybe time for him to think about hanging his headphones up

Chris Evans I refuse to listen to, Ken Bruce Is the high point, Jeremy Vine Is usual;y interesting, Steve Wright is appalling - thankfully I can get 6 music and Radcliffe and Maconey in the afternoon in the car. Fortunately with DAB there is a slecetion of less banal presenters to listen to

 .... - thankfully I can get 6 music and ... and Maconey  ...

Ah! A 'Pie Eater' ...... I like Stuart Maconie too, comes across as very clever