Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-06-10 Thread Gary Kirk
On 04/06/07, Jamie Tetlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gary, I'm not that close to the DAB side of things but I asked a few questions for you and so here are some answers: The main aim was to ensure all of our services are lumped together on DAB radios. Some radios default to listing by

Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-06-04 Thread Jamie Tetlow
Hi Gary, I'm not that close to the DAB side of things but I asked a few questions for you and so here are some answers: The main aim was to ensure all of our services are lumped together on DAB radios. Some radios default to listing by multiplex but the majority list stations in alphabetical

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-06-04 Thread Christopher Woods
Tetlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 June 2007 10:57 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7 Hi Gary, I'm not that close to the DAB side of things but I asked a few questions for you and so here are some answers: The main aim was to ensure all of our

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-31 Thread Matthew Cashmore
I've no idea whether any of this is true, since I don't work for the BBC. .. yet. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Cridland Sent: 30 May 2007 23:33 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-30 Thread Christopher Woods
... -Original Message- From: Andrew Bowden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2007 09:25 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7 BBC local radio's obviously being left well alone for the time being then (as I tune into BBC WM, and observe the previous

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-30 Thread Gordon Joly
This is very off topic I know, but my favourite example of branding comes from BBC London. I don't know if they still do this, but certainly for a time, they had jingles that proclaimed the station was BBC London 94.9 and BBC Radio London on digital. I always loved the decision that saw a

Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-30 Thread Gary Kirk
-Original Message- From: Gordon Joly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2007 12:29 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Cc: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk; Andrew Bowden Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7 This is very off topic I know, but my favourite example of branding comes from BBC London. I

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-29 Thread Simon Cobb
I can't answer that, but I noticed that during the championship playoff final yesterday my digital radio (some Argos cheapo) displayed 5 live as: BBC Radio 5l I had to look twice at the lower case l on the end to work out what it was. S. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-29 Thread Christopher Woods
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 May 2007 14:52 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7 I can't answer that, but I noticed that during the championship playoff final yesterday my digital radio (some Argos cheapo) displayed 5 live as: BBC Radio 5l I had to look

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-29 Thread Toni Sant
I was just thinking about this yesterday! It occurred to me that 6 Music and BBC 7 probably have/had a larger non-radio (i.e. non-wireless) audience in their first few years so using the word radio in the station name could be misleading. Could it be that DAB listenership is now higher than

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-29 Thread Andrew Bowden
I was just thinking about this yesterday! It occurred to me that 6 Music and BBC 7 probably have/had a larger non-radio (i.e. non-wireless) audience in their first few years so using the word radio in the station name could be misleading. Could it be that DAB listenership is now higher

Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-29 Thread Frank Wales
Toni Sant wrote: Could it be that DAB listenership is now higher than Internet listenership? I believe it's simpler than that -- consistency of branding. I think they're just enforcing these apparent naming conventions: BBC Radio n - radio station (whatever 'radio' means these days) BBC n

RE: [backstage] BBC Radio 7

2007-05-29 Thread Christopher Woods
Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Radio 7 Toni Sant wrote: Could it be that DAB listenership is now higher than Internet listenership? I believe it's simpler than that -- consistency of branding. I think they're just enforcing these apparent naming conventions: BBC Radio n - radio station