Radio 2 Dumbing Down?

tigerfish replied on 16/01/2016 08:49

Posted on 16/01/2016 08:49

Is it me, or is BBC Radio 2 going through a dumbing down phase.

Chris Evans is off at the moment, he can be bad enough at times, but the female standing in for him has turned banality into an Art form.  Blathering on about her "half wower" whatever that is.  Steve Wright keeps on about "Serious Jockin"  Whats that? Is he talking about riding horses?

 The use of the English language has been abandoned by the BBC.  Radio 2  was a replacement for the light programme. Radio 1 was the intended programme for the person who required none stop pop music and slight madness but Radio 2 seems to want to outdo Radio !.

Have now moved over  in the morning to Heart FM which does mix music up fairly well.  Classic FM is fine but you can get too much of its more limited music score.

I just wish that Radio 2 could be a little more sane. Ken Bruce is good!

TF

 

tigerfish replied on 18/01/2016 22:07

Posted on 18/01/2016 22:07

TW,

I accept again that i might be in the monority, but I refer you back to my first para on the last post. If as you say it is quite proper for the Radio 1 listeners to migrate to Radio 2, and in so doing change it. So where do you suggest that the earlier Radio 2 listener goes now?

You appear to be saying that we should accept it without demour, but you have  not explained why the new generation of listeners should have Radio1 and Radio 2.  So Should we now try and change Radio 3 and push those people out?

This is in danger of bogging down so I will pull out and leave it to you.

TFCoolInnocent

Merve replied on 18/01/2016 22:11

Posted on 18/01/2016 22:11

Hi Brian, good to see you back!I can't stand Chris Evans. He's  a juvenile! He's the one who gets car sick and he's  supposed  to be doing Top Gear! That has to be the joke of the decade - another cock up by Auntie Beeb. Ken Bruce I like. Dry humour and very quick. Jeremy Vine is OK. Has radio 2 been the same since Sir Terence left?I don't  think so! Radio 1 seems to be for people with 3 in their lives thats either years or IQ so you have radio 3 or 4. I'm  like Jill. I'm  soon playing my own music by Bluetooth! 

HOTORMOMER replied on 15/02/2016 17:27

Posted on 15/02/2016 17:27

Radio 2 is a bit dated for me although Jeremy Vine's show can be quite interesting at times but he irritates me as he seems to have the knack of shouting when he is talking normally. I agree with a couple of the others and listen to Planet Rock a lot. Also worth a listen is Arrow Rock Radio, non-stop rock without interuptions apart from the odd station identification. Keep on rockin'.

IanH replied on 15/02/2016 19:59

Posted on 15/02/2016 19:59

6 Music for me.......great music and good presenters.

EmilysDad replied on 16/02/2016 15:54

Posted on 16/02/2016 15:54

Mike Sweeney on BBc locol radio from Manchester is our choice.

peter.

Is he still on the radio? ....... I used to listen to him years ago on Picadilly Radio

volvoman9 replied on 16/02/2016 17:43

Posted on 16/02/2016 17:43

Mike Sweeney on BBc locol radio from Manchester is our choice.

peter.

Is he still on the radio? ....... I used to listen to him years ago on Picadilly Radio

Indeed he is MM every morning 9 to12 and again on sunday at 12 with Sweeneys sixties classics.I think he is 68 or 69 now but he,s still going strong.Happy

peter.

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