Radio 2 Overnights Has It Worked
AL89
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I was (and still am baffled) as to why the most popular radio station (in its field) in the country plays recordings from 03.00-05.00 weekdays.
In the days of iplay podcasts etc anyone wanting to listen to a repeat can easily do so.
overnight listeners are surely entitled to have a live presenter as well (we all pay our license fee) .
but has it worked am I needlessly bothered by this have the audiences dropped or increased because of this?
In the days of iplay podcasts etc anyone wanting to listen to a repeat can easily do so.
overnight listeners are surely entitled to have a live presenter as well (we all pay our license fee) .
but has it worked am I needlessly bothered by this have the audiences dropped or increased because of this?
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I don't think this was every about increasing audience and I'm quite sure the audience will have dropped and Radio 2 were expecting it to drop.
It's certainly too soon to see if it's worked. Lets ask the question in 12 months.
And as was said on here by many at the time the budget could have been cut without the need for scrapping live 3-5am.
The lost audience however will be small and anyone who tunes away will be back again awayway.
As far as the national stations are concerned (I think) only Absolute are live most weekdays so there's not exacltly loads of choice if live programming is what you want.
Earlier posts suggested they didn't know that was the case As a way of saving money I would've got rid of Vanessa Feltz and had Alex Lester starting at 3am.That's it.
I don't think they would have saved huve amounts by binning your cheapest show to produce. Having said that if you're changes will impact on the quality of programming wherever you make these changes far better to do that when the audience is at it's lowest like overnights.
Agreed but as said before, dropping Feltz and having a live show from 3am till breakfast would have saved a (I would imagine) sizeable salary.
Even getting some of the better local radio presenters in the overnight slot would have been less expensive than the current set up
I'd imagine Feltz has a much better agent
Classic FM is live too.
I think there's an element of "teddies out of the cot" with this decision, trying to claim that budget cuts have forced them to such a draconian measure. The reality is that there's still plenty of money sloshing about at the BBC, they just don't choose to spend it wisely.
If I wake up during the night and want the radio on then I don't want to bother with anything complicated, I want to just push a button for Radio 2. Similarly many people are driving so very limited in what they can do as they drive.
I suppose I could always listen to the World Service if they did that, even Vanessa Feltz would be better.
Also musician royalties - do they need to be paid twice? Of does Sounds if the Sixties etc count as one payment?
Not usually. As the bbc would own the show it can bere broadcast whenever they like. If made by a production company there may be some clause for that in a contract.
They more than likely just pay a blanket annual fee.
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I have no idea how these things work
Really miss Bob Harris at midnight with the road song etc this show just seemed more 'Saturday night' to me, and of course Allinson broadcasting live afterwards.
They properly screwed it up, but Alex Lester should be nervous I reckon, seems like that slot is the one next to the R2 exit door, and poor Bob Harris, if he keeps getting shifted later/earlier then he'll soon be weekend breakfast
I am a massive Richard Allinson fan-after dumping him that was it for me.
I'm not likely to return.
Not for the foreseeable future whilst on Magic.
As they say LBC Steve Allen early show blows Vanessa Feltz show off the dial.
I used to have my bedroom DAB radio set to switch on at midnight on Radio 2 so when I went through it was ready on Radio 2 for me. I liked Janice Long and Bob Harris even I was not as keen on Friday night. But when they put Lester on for three nights I stopped doing this and now have to wait for the DAB radio to start up then retune to Radio 2 but only four nights a week. The other three nights it will be one of the other services.