BBC Radio 1 / target market and aged prejudice for and against

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Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant

Exactly, if you can't stand something then it's an ideal wake up call as you just have to turn it off & very quickly :D

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I wouldn't subject my poor SqueezeBox to him, much prefer waking up to the ambient album I nodded off to...

Oh the joys of a FLAC library...sorry Mark couldn't resist :lolsign:

Awful station with awful music. 99% of the time I find it unlistenable.

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Originally Posted by Stratmangler

In order .....

Yoof ?, probably not, no, and definitely not.:)

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Good sumation.
And yes why is the only good dj ( giles peterson ) on in the middle of the night.

I worry about the present goverments obsession with the bbc license but the bbc exec do need a good kick up the arse.

I used to listen to Radio 1 as my main channel in the afternoons as background on days off but when Jo and Edith got moved to weekends it seems to have gone more R&B and I canny be bothered with itmuch these days. I thought maybe being a bit older I should now be moving to Radio 2 but that is even worse with the worst of the old pish and nothing new of note for the most part. For my early shift George Bowie on Clyde 1 gets my vote.

Planet Rock is not to bad sometimes albeit does play a tad too much Prog Rock sometimes.

I am afried to say i given up on radio years ago, lots of other ways to hear music

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Originally Posted by Howard Popeck (Stereonow)

So what is their target market? Have the BBC reached that market? Does Radio 1 serve any useful purposes and finally, at my age (60 plus) should I really be concerned at all by any of this? Thanks. Regards, HP.

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Target market for Radio 1 listeners is 15 - 29 according to their radio service licence. So that puts me out by some margin :( Never listen to it, the only radio stations I listen to are BBC Radio 4, 6Music and Planet Rock. 6Music is I think exceptional for covering a broad selection of music and for discovering new bands.

..... and should you be concerned by any of this, hell no! ;)

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Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L

I must confess to feeling particularly turned off by Radio 1 for exactly the reasons Howard states. I am sure that there is some music played on the station that I would like but the inane drivel that passes for chat on it leaves me cold, frustrated and slightly depressed.

For me Radio 2 is my Radio 1 (as it closely resembles Radio 1 of my youth)

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yup i would go along with that:)

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Originally Posted by GreatGig

Target market for Radio 1 listeners is 15 - 29 according to their radio service licence. So that puts me out by some margin :( Never listen to it, the only radio stations I listen to are BBC Radio 4, 6Music and Planet Rock. 6Music is I think exceptional for covering a broad selection of music and for discovering new bands.

..... and should you be concerned by any of this, hell no! ;)

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Agree. BBC 6 music is great. Pity its on pish DAB.

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Originally Posted by colinB

Agree. BBC 6 music is great. Pity its on pish DAB.

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Exactly - should really be an FM channel :( (Although it is on Sky (0120) and quality isn't bad, through a DAC at least...)

Look forward to hearing it once i get my DAC. Thats if they dont decide to stop broadcasting freeview radio.