autopilot;335594 Wrote: > There is a lot of truth in that, and yes some reform is needed. But it's > still the single greatest pubic media network in the world. No other > service gets used so much internationally and we should be proud of > that. There is no other [non internet] terrestrial radio service > anywhere thats as diverse and professional as the like of Radio 4, 6 > Music and Radio 7 etc. Even radio one after 6 pm ;) > > The license fee is tiny compared to what you get from other providers, > and you get 7 radio stations, the world service radio, countless local > stations, listen again with lots of documentaries no commercial station > would ever make, and music and bands no commercial station would ever > play. there is always some politics involved in any organisation of > this size, but they are 100 times less biased than some commercial > stations that just want to keep the share holders and companies that > advertise with them happy - generally they are only bothered about > listening figures and thus only provide for the lowest common > denominator. Then there is probably/arguably the best news portal in > the world, 5 decent TV stations... And not a single advertisement EVER > (there are many part of the world that dont even know the joy of this). > They are far from perfect, but I think the BBC are amazing.
Most of this is very true although the BBC World Service is actually funded from the Foreign office and not from the licence fee. I think that I may be forced towards using a Netbook and a Bluetooth DAC to get radio on demand in to the stereo. -- HectorHughMunro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51829 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
