1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
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- #21
I used to listen to Radio 4 a lot, and had the Today programme on every morning whilst getting ready for work for many many years. Over the last few years I've completely knocked the Today programme on the head for the following reasons:I share many of @1066familyman 's tastes on Radio 3, and like a bit of Petroc Trelawny in the morning as well. A lot of this has been because of less listening to Radio 4 especially the Today programme with some of the newish presenters and too much Trump.
But I also like Lauryn Laverne (pity she's not on the breakfast show anymore), Radcliffe and Maconie, Don Letts and Riley and Coe on 6MUSIC. And random Portuguese Radio stations for a bit of fado and that lovely lilting modern stuff they won Eurovision with a few years ago.
1. It's the same old 'news' designed to frighten people.
2. They don't ask the questions that matter.
3. They cut short every interview due to time constraints, so you usually learn bugger all.
4. I live in the UK, not U.S, and I'm sick and bloody tired of hearing about that country.
So instead I listen to silence whilst getting ready for work, then have Radio 3 on randomly throughout the day as work dictates, as well as every evening later at night like I always did.
I have no gripes with Radio 3, beyond the sickly sweet put on voice that Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Hannah Peel are told to use for Nightracks. Neither of them talk like that ordinarily!
Btw, the subject of Cotw this week is Max Richter. A real treat!