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I never paid my licence when I lived in the UK.
The inspector even knocked for me when I was in bed getting a BJ
The inspector even knocked for me when I was in bed getting a BJ
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As sad as it is, it also needs to massively trim staff and share resource across departments.
Bring back Ready Steady Cook, cook us a meal with some cornflour and baked beans.
I don't mind the license fee however their Radio structure needs a radical overhaul.
Radio 1 - More bothered about their You Tube hits and pandering to kids.
Radio 2 - Stuck in an time warp and loses a large chunk of the 29-39 demographic to commercial radio. Get rid of the 1980's/90's R1 presenters for starters.
Radio 3 - I've not met anyone who listens to it.
Radio 4 - Excellent station but too close to 5 Live, merge with Radio 3 and fix the 25-39 demographic output with new output.
5 Live - Remain as is
6 Music - Sort of leave it as it, it can be too far up its own arse at times but has some great output.
BBC Local Radio - the least said the better. They can change the name of BBC Newcastle for starters.
BhahahahaI'm very pro BBC and think it's great value for money and personality think it makes programs that no other broadcaster would touch. But whenever these threads come up it always seems to fall down to how good the radio output is, the quality of the journalism (all sides will argue that its biased) and Attenborough. Maybe it is time to change although I'm in no rush.
Maybe the radio could become a non profit organisation which relies on grants and minimal advertising, the main stations should be subscription based. I have no idea how you would protect the impartial news output though.
Nope. Keep it the way it is.
Bhahahaha
You do realise the TV license funds BBC radio?You don't need a TV license for a radio so that's irrelevant.
Err no. Me an her live in a git big caravan on a Scottish farm. 60 bangers a week covers everything.ah bless - hark at you, the f***ing rebel.
Difficult to argue with any of that. Bit harsh on the local stations side of things, but I only have BBC Radio Mancheter as a pre-set incase City or United are playing and they have it on and I'm driving and fancy listening to it.
That's a pretty rare occurrence mind you. And if I had DAB in the car, I'd have 5Live or one of the others on
Radio 2 may the 2nd or 3rd largest but there is still a demographic gap between itself and Radio 1. Radio 1 is 15 to 29 while Radio 2 is supposed to be 35 and above. I'm 38 and I can't stand Radio 2, it's like gods waiting room at times. I'll switch to 5 live, 6 music and sometimes (albeit very rarely) Radio 4 for for the comedy shows, that all said I don't have a default go to radio station with the BBC. 10 years ago it was Radio 1, without question.
While I take do take your other points, there is definitely scope to deliver more focused programming meeting the needs of population at a reduced budget.
I wouldn't disagree with this for all i'm in favour of the licence fee. It's not like there is a shortage of people who want to be on TV and radio and there would be a mile long queue of people willing to do Chris Evans' or Graham Norton's job for a fraction of the cost.
I'm not sure that Radio 3 and Classic FM are direct competitors, although both play classical music. That's like saying that Heartbeat and The Wire are similar because both are dramas featuring the police.
You do realise the TV license funds BBC radio?
Of course, but since the thread is about the License fee discussing the services that fall under that umbrella shouldn't be that difficult to understand.But you do realise you dont need a TV license to own a radio ?
Of course, but since the thread is about the License fee discussing the services that fall under that umbrella shouldn't be that difficult to understand.
Realising that radios don't fall under the remit of the license fee is incredibly easy to understand.
I'll make this clear for you.
The license fee contributes to the funding of BBC TV and BBC Radio.
How does the BBC spend its £3.7bn in licence fee money?
I am totally aware of that, and have been for many years. I even made that clear to you a few posts ago.And I will make it clear to you that you don't need a TV license if you only have a radio and no equipment capable of watching BBC TV.
You're right but they do have superb coverage. The 5-Live coverage of the London Olympics was my favourite 2 weeks of radio, there would have been hundreds working on that.I’m a fan of the BBC but the amount of money wasted is scandoulous. Take the last World Cup. The amount of reporters and news presenters out there was mental.
5 live must have had about 100 staff alone.