Tag: BBC Radio
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All Hail The New Podcasters (Again x 10)
It seems every few years someone comes along and claims that not only did they and only they fashion podcasting in their own image, but that the revolution is finally here, and the money will fall from heaven shortly. The latest is this hyperbolic Verge article and video called hopefully ‘The Future Is Podcasts’ –…
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Singing Together
Schools musical programs are amazing, and one of the longest running in the UK was ‘Singing Together’ on BBC Radio, where kids sang along with songs live across the country. Jarvis Cocker presents this fascinating elegy for the live music show that taught children songs but without National Curriculum nor testing, just a joy of…
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RIP Tony Benn and Bob Crow
It’s been a bad week for us socialists, first RMT’s Bob Crow dies of a sudden heart attack, and now I hear today that Tony Benn is gone. Both were men who fought for their beliefs, and in the case of Bob Crow I disagreed with some of the actions but you could never fault…
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Digital Debris returns with Delia Derbyshire 50th Doctor Who podcast
Probably a record for a podfade or as we at Radio Clash like to call it ‘just popping down to the shops‘. The shops are of course in Timbuktoo… It’s nearly 5 years since my last digital debris podcast and nearly 50 years since Doctor Who and it’s theme was shown. So I journey into…
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Happy Birthday BBC – The Listeners Archive
Forgot to say Happy Birthday BBC – a stately 90 as of a week or so ago – and with all the Savile & DLT stuff (sadly used as a hammer to beat the Beeb with by Murdoch et al as revenge for Levenson & Hackgate) it seems rather muted celebration. Apart from a song…
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Playlisted to death & Peel vs the Playlist
A few days ago there was a flurry on twitter as BBC Radio 1 live twittered this week’s Playlist meeting. What was said was very revealing and I think revealed a lot about where I think Radio 1 has gone wrong, especially as there really isn’t the same 80’s style monoculture anymore – the feeling…