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Radio Word?
Posted by axevictim on 18 October 2007 - 12:22pm.
Does it feature the Rock n' Roll A level? I miss that. I'm sans digi radio and hate listening to the wireless on my desktop. Once upon a time in London there was GLR which had everything I needed and it was played in every room of my London flat, but today, what used to be GLR is now a talk radio station. Even Danny Baker, who once had great taste in music, pays only lip service to good music on his afternoon show. OK, so I know that we've all gone 'global' what with podcasting and the internet but can anybody point me at a decent broadcast station aimed at the over thirties? Not Smooth, Radio 2, Virgin yadda yadda yadda...
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This is a question that's been asked many times in my house, axevictim. The answer is, nothing.
For me it's Radio 4 for daytime, but I'll always have a bit of Danny Baker.
And having been bought a nice Roberts digital radio a few years ago, the truth is that there really isn't anything much on all those channels for me, either. Apart from lower quality audio.
I think we fill the wrong demographic when it comes to broadcast daytime radio. But it's been that way in general for ever.
Baker
You don't mean you missed the bleeped version of Annie's Song he played yesterday?
Baker
Yes, sadly I did hear the bleeped Annie's Song. I smiled, but it kind of prompted my post really. Which is probably why I reckon that modern daytime radio is such a load of old cobblers. Robert Elms has been consistent - for years. I have just learned that the expensive roof-top radio aerial that I shelled out for last year won't support digital audio broadcast - dagnabbit!
WFMU
It's not British, and a fair portion of the output would be deemed unlistenable by many, but I love American "freeform" station WFMU. The programme schedule is a good place to start. It's also funded entirely by donation, so there are no adverts.
Robert Elms
He's certainly been consistent.
I await the day when
I await the day when podcasting has become so commonplace that every show is available for download.
Then - no matter where they're broadcasting - you could set your computer to automatically play you a day's schedule comprising all your old GLR favourites. It's almost possible now, with DB's All Day Breakfast Show, then Gideon Coe on 6Music, Elms on BBC London then Radio Word covering for the Hepworth show.
It was an idiosyncratic old beast though, GLR. On weekdays after 7pm, you were never more than hour away from'Nantucket Sleighride'.
Oh, and Fraser's right. WFMU is probably the best radio station in the world, especially Mr Fine Wine on a Friday.
Radio
Don't know much about daytime radio, but for evening listening the Maconie/Radcliffe show on Radio 2 8 p.m. Mon-Thurs always works for me.
Cherry pick the 'listen-again' features
Daytime radio - lately departed Gideon Coe excepted - is tough going, that's why the listen-again features from R2 and 6Music do such a fab job. Obviously not so good if you are a cabbie or a lorry driver.