Doug, I can't claim to be the most frequent listener to Radio 1 these days - it's a little outside my age demo these days. Radio 1's target audience is 15-29 year olds. I'm more a 6 Music/late night Radio 3 listener these days. But a couple of thoughts:
- Songs are pretty short these days anyway. And radio edits can be shorter. I don't think Radio 1 does that speeding up/editing that some did (still do?) in the past. But in a Spotify-world, shortness is a feature since people listen to more tracks and artists get more chance to get more slices of the pie. That said, I'm listening right now, and yeah - they get faded out quite quickly. - Yes, there will be lots of DJ speak. To be honest, that's radio's USP these days. If they just broadcast what are essentially playlists, then Spotify has already won. Obviously, not at the cost of the music, but speaking directly to the listener is something streaming music services can't do. - And yes, you might have been listening to a show timed for UK listeners sitting in their bedrooms doing their homework or whatever. So maybe slightly more than average audience feedback. Also, the show is called Future Artists, so you have to let listeners know who the artists are and perhaps tell their story a bit. As it happens, I've broken off my brand new Doctor Who Season 15 Blu Ray boxset (Tom Baker circa 1977-78) watch to have a listen for a bit, and it's actually quite a good listen. But now I have to get back to The Horror of Fang Rock! Adam On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > Adam, > Your mention of BBC Sounds...... > > I am now commuting an hour each morning and afternoon. Sometime in the > past few years I must have installed BBC Sounds on my phone, so one drive > while I was tired of SXM, Terrestrial, Podcasts I hit the BBC Sounds app > and listened to BBC 1 for a drive. My impression is not about the > music itself -- I'm ok with the music. What did surprise me is the amount > of DJ talking between each song (equivalent of "Shout out to Bob from Leeds > that messaged us, and Tawny from New Zealand" between each song) and > perhaps the abbreviation of songs. It didn't seem like they were playing > each song in full (or each song is only 2:30 long). Is BBC 1 usually > hyper like this? Or maybe it was because it was 9pm UK time. > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrBSV1C2O6ExDfaXr4HcbO_Zz5A0nh1POGzSMeaT%2BNMUQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrBSV1C2O6ExDfaXr4HcbO_Zz5A0nh1POGzSMeaT%2BNMUQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAuuc8qKPixnP_X8pHnCDhqQJaxXOFkq1_%3DAARYO4fhnA%40mail.gmail.com.
