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What's their coverage of Osama Bin Laden been like?
CAPITAL FM... EAST MIDLANDS... "Osama Bin Laden has been shot dead by US Forces. Katy Perry's led the congratulations to those involved on Twitter and Justin Bieber tells us that the atmosphere at Ground Zero is electric." Quote:
South Coast just had that and NO SHOWBIZ as far as i remember.
Most Capital FM shows are listen again on the Radioplayer if anyone wants to check them. |
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#502 |
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Are they finally listening?
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#503 |
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No, there has finally been a completely dominant serious news story.
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#504 |
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James Barr's show is so much dancier! Kiss should probably be doing this sort of show instead of so much hip-hop/rnb, but Kiss are doing just fine at the moment so I doubt they are concerned. However, I like it a lot. Capital need to set themselves apart. At the moment during the day they are just a more repetitive version/non-local version of the heritage stations (this mainly applies in the North of the country as the South has been robbed of heritage stations mostly!). So, stuff like this definitley helps.
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James Barr's show is so much dancier!
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It's been said before, and sorry for repeating it, but I don't understand why they are bringing back dance mixes on Saturday night when Dave Kelly has now left. Dave was in the mix on New Years Eve after not doing it for a few months and that was great, but they seem to be bringing this type of thing back after he left which is a shame.
James Barr is doing a great job at the moment. Although, I do miss the callers and banter of Dave's show a lot. I'm interested in Capital's next RAJAR. What are they at the moment? CHR? Dance? Juice FM - 107..6FM - in Liverpool is how Capital should sound in London. It shouldn't, in my view, be aligned with stations of a dance/r'n'b format as Kiss is already there. Juice has really hot imaging, is fast-paced, tight playlist but with stuff like The Killers and The Strokes in there. Capital FM London would be a roaring success if it offered a true hit format alternative and not just Kiss LITE. I understand why Capital sounds like it does now, because it has to allow for all of the formats of the stations it has networked with, but it must be a nightmare for Global. They are constantly looking over their back for Ofcom and doing shows just to make up specialist hours, etc. I think they will learn in time that Capital in London is going to be damaged, even if the other licences show improvements. |
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I understand why Capital sounds like it does now, because it has to allow for all of the formats of the stations it has networked with, but it must be a nightmare for Global. They are constantly looking over their back for Ofcom and doing shows just to make up specialist hours, etc. I think they will learn in time that Capital in London is going to be damaged, even if the other licences show improvements.
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I think Ofcom have gave them a nudge about the music policy and lack of specialist hours ahead of any formal action. I can't see Global doing it out of their own choice (unless they're running scared of Kiss). James Barr's new show is far more dancier than Dave Kelly's was and Olly Murs/Take That etc have all vanished from the daytime playlist.
Whatever the reason, it's great to have Galaxy back in all but name. |
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Re: Local news bulletins.
Ofcom has just released revised news guidelines ( http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bro...ess-guidelines ) which will impact on Capital's news bulletins, especially in the East Mids. |
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Rather liking James in his new slot, heard him a few times on Galaxy and it's nice to have him back in a (decent) regular slot.
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Re: Local news bulletins.
Ofcom has just released revised news guidelines ( http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bro...ess-guidelines ) which will impact on Capital's news bulletins, especially in the East Mids. One suspects the following was written with Global in mind - although it'll affect other groups too. Quote:
"While we have never prescribed minimum durations for any type of news bulletin, as that is a matter for the licensee, we would always expect each enhanced daytime bulletin to feature more than simply headlines, and to include at the very least one fully-formed local news story, and normally more than this, alongside national stories. So, in a nutshell, bulletins entirely made up of one or two-line copy stories aren't acceptable, off-peak bulletins must be as comprehensive as peak-time ones, and where stations have merged into one regional service, like many of the Hearts and Capital East Midlands, each bulletin must contain a story from each local patch."In cases where stations are sharing their local hours within an approved area, and are broadcasting the same news bulletin across more than one licensed area, at least one of the local stories in each bulletin needs to be directly relevant to listeners in each of the licensed areas. This is because stations sharing their local hours remain separate licences which still need to satisfy the localness and character of service requirements set out in their individual Formats." Global are guilty on all counts - but will anything change? |
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Whatever the reason, it's great to have Galaxy back in all but name. |
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Instead of making the news longer to fit in a local story from each area. I can just see the newsreaders recording a different builiten for each TX and then them being all fired at the same time.
News was done on RAM at the weekends very much like this for many months/years before Capital. |
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Dunno if I'd go that far, it's only a few hours when most of us are bed.
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The whole playlist is sounding like Galaxy did, not just overnight (i.e. rhythmic again, no Take That, Olly Murs etc)
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To be fair, neither Take That or Olly Murs have had a track out lately, have they?
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To be fair, neither Take That or Olly Murs have had a track out lately, have they?
But even if we say it's purely a coincidence that the current Capital playlist is so dance/rnb based, something has definitely happened to lead to the return of specialist shows/mixes on weekend evenings and a more dance based late show. |
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#518 |
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I welcome these new guidelines massively as news is getting overlooked. I agree it is expensive but between more local shows and less local news, or less local shows and more local news - the latter every time, I'm afraid.
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Instead of making the news longer to fit in a local story from each area. I can just see the newsreaders recording a different builiten for each TX and then them being all fired at the same time.
News was done on RAM at the weekends very much like this for many months/years before Capital. |
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It therefore follows that local bulletins running during daytime hours as part of an 'enhanced' news service should not be merely tokenistic box-ticking exercises, and each bulletin should meet the requirements set out for local news in general (see guidance above) just as comfortably as bulletins aired during peaktime (i.e. weekday breakfast and drivetime, and weekend late breakfast).
....that certainly sounds like something Capital and to some extent Heart should be reading!
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Instead of making the news longer to fit in a local story from each area. I can just see the newsreaders recording a different builiten for each TX and then them being all fired at the same time.
News was done on RAM at the weekends very much like this for many months/years before Capital. |
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Not sure if it was one off, or what, but I think the networked bulletins are always pre-recorded. Even if only by a few minutes before transmission. I remember hearing the same 4pm news go out twice. Not possible if it was live, surely.
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For those who are unaware, Summertime Ball is back.............
So for the next month, some mention of the Summertime Ball will be shoehorned into every DJ link. James Barr show sounding excellent though. I thought that with Dave Kelly gone the late night show would be a bit bland; but the remixes and new music is a really good replacement. I hope it continues. |
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It *IS* acceptable to pre-rec news "shortly before transmission."
The smaller stations who are clagging local tags onto the back of Sky need a look at too. For example, at 5pm and 6pm today - drive time - I heard the same local tag go out off the back of a national bulletin. The local content consisted of two stories One was a professor at a local University saying that the death of Osama Bin Laden did not mean the War On Terror was over. (A sentiment every leading politician was running with 36 hours ago, anyway!) The other story was that the Police had fined several people in a "day of action" for using mobile phones at the wheel. This "day of action" was however some time ago. Another station on Monday was shown up very embarrassingly when a major fire broke out in the most important part of their TSA. With the tags recorded probably on Friday, that didn't help matters much. That, to me, is not local news, nor is it local radio. In my opinion, the use of Sky and Tags should be banned anyway. It makes otherwise respectable stations look very Mickey Mouse. Really, local news broadcasts need to be accompanied by a degree of journalistic cover, whether that be on or off site. |
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In my opinion, the use of Sky and Tags should be banned anyway. It makes otherwise respectable stations look very Mickey Mouse.
Handing over to Sky adds to the cred of the news. |
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