I do listen to BBC Radio 1 from time to time and will miss having the channel available in my car.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > BBC Worldwide - who are the commercial arm of the BBC and are evidently > responsible for whatever deal has been done - has put out this statement: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2011/08_august/r1_sirius.shtml > > It sounds like they want to keep it going somehow. > > > > Adam > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In a surprise move, Sirius XM has dropped the delayed broadcast of BBC >> Radio 1 from its schedules. Right now, when you hit channel 15, you >> get a voice telling you alternate channels (which would be Hits One or >> 20 on 20 for the daytime Top 40 programming, BPM for the nighttime >> dance programming and Alt Nation or Sirius XMU for the nighttime alt- >> rock). Tom Taylor in today's Radio-Info newsletter wrote that SXM is >> preparing a branded Studio 54 channel (despite the fact that the >> current classic dance/disco channel the Strobe is online only) that >> could replace R1. >> >> Of course, R1 streams 24/7 online (and through the wondrous >> RadioPlayer that seems to be slowly but surely adding every radio >> station in the UK, unfortunately as the country seems to be hit by >> U.S.-style consolidation and networking and less local radio), but >> part of the charm of the SXM delayed broadcast was that you could go >> to work with Chris Moyles, have Fearne Cotton on at work, drive home >> with Scott Mills and go late-night clubbing with Pete Tong and Annie >> Nightingale (the senior DJ on R1 after the death of John Peel, with >> around 40 years on the air!), just like in the UK. Oh well. >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
