> 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 Internet > listenership?
Many years ago, the reasons for not calling them BBC Radio 6 and BBC Radio 7 was posted on one of the BBC mnessage boards. And the reason that was given was that online and TV listening, isn't "radio" - so pretty much like you say. Of course radio as a term has been appropiated for the concept of listening to programmed content - not listening to a particular device, via a specific transmission method. People listen to the "radio" via their TV, via their phone, via the internet. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
