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Steve Wright's Love Songs show breached BBC guidelines
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Looks like the pre recording of Wrighty's Love Songs has come back to bite him on the bum :eek: - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21048482
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He could, but why would he want to when he when he can just presumably VT it in the space of, say, an hour on a Friday?
This concept of working (i.e actually having to turn up to the place) 6 days a week is the domain of commercial radio where full time jocks like/need the extra money of the weekend show or where the station insist on it to save on budget so have it as part of a presenters' duties.
True Batesy and Bruno did the Top 40 (and back then probably needed the extra cash too) on a Sunday as well as a weekday show but as is often pointed out, this isn't the 80s anymore.
Aye but Bruno didn't do Fridays. Bates used to do loads, he'd pop up as a newspaper reviewer on Tv-am, do voiceovers for ITN, do bits on Radio 4 and those video announcements
Personally I don't think the show is VT'd as Steve constantly sings along with the songs played so I think it's a pre record rather that a VT
Steve never asks anyone to text in, the way to contact the show is by phone to a voicemail service, e mail or by post. If he had invited people to text then it might have stood up more of an argument.
Graham Norton's show over Christnas was pre recorded but no announcements were made and every week he invites texts but the weeks he wasn't live there was no announcements not to text.
Paul O Grady is usually pre recorded, again no announcements are made. In fact the only time that I have heard presenters inform the listeners that the shows are recorded and not to text is Tony on POTP and Dermot O Leary.
Not quite sure why Steve's show was picked on specifically, a more general announcement should be made at the start of any pre record that normally invites listener participation.
It was "picked on" because a listener complained to the BBC Trust, which has to investigate. You make a fair point about Graham Norton and Paul O Grady, although as Sunday Love Songs is essentially a request/dedication show there would be a greater expectation among the listeners that (a) their emails would be acted on/read out (b) their song might be played.
I've not heard much of Paul O Grady, but Norton's features (Grill Graham, I Can't Believe It's Not Better, Tune With A Tale) are essentially about one listener, rather than many.
However, I suspect that a memo will be going around the producers after this, reminding them of the need to make pre-recorded "interactive" features more "clearly signposted".
It really is no big deal, but a complaint is a complaint.
Grill Graham is a light hearted feature about someone's problem that they need advice on. Graham & Maria actively encourage listeners to text or e-mail in their views. This feature was run on his pre-recorded shows over Christmas (December 22nd & December 29th) yet there was no announcement about not texting or e-mailing that I'm aware of.
In fact I often text in my views on the I Can't Believe It's Not Better slot and I did so on December 22nd not realising the show was not live.
The only thing that tends to give away Graham's show as being live is his interaction with travel reporter Bobbi Prior who has bulletins in the live shows but not on pre-records.
Really?:rolleyes:
"text us now on 88291 and we will read them out tomorrow!"
oooops sorry neither are on TV silly me
I used to like Aspel on a Sunday morning, but I hear he's not been too well
except the old mike harding show, its now live with mike, ooops, sorry mark radcliffe
Absolute nonsense!
Yes, he did, Brunod was on early brekfast 5 days a week in the 90s and then did the chart.
Oh yes i'd forgotten he did early breakfast
Cause he goes to the US for weekends.
Hearing an Ed Stewart request show on a weekly basis in that slot would be more listenable.
Yes I agree.
At the moment live shows at the weekend are mainly on a Saturday, it's only Sounds of the 60's that's on a pre record.
Sundays is different but at least we will get a new live show on Sunday evenings with Michael Ball starting this week.
During the week there is only a couple of hours that isn't live, I don't regard Steve Wright in the Afternoon a recorded show as he's in the studio, it's just the interviews and factoids that a recorded in advance.
I tend to listen to Cerys Matthews on 6Music on a Sunday morning, she usually does the programme live but it is sometimes recorded which she says at the start of the programme.
I thought it was a pre-record, but that they just had to say that about the interviews etc as otherwise they might be deceiving listeners that X is really live in the studio? Someone told me he pre-records the afternoon shows in their entirety anyway
No, he doesn't. He only pre-records certain junctions, interviews and sections.
Also he'll spend a considerable amount of time recording the weekend show. It's recorded as much for quality as it is for convenience. It isn't your 'record it in 1 hr' UKRD style as some other poster suggested, an awful lot of work would go into it.
Steve will be in a long time before and after the weekday show prepping, planning and recording bits. During the week he will also be working on the recording of the weekend show. He will work effectively a full day, and therefore it's good that the weekend show is recorded to give him the weekend off.