Comments on Channel Mondo: Never Mind The Quality Feel The Bandwidth

Lets have a history lesson .. look at channel four...

2008-02-27T23:45:00.000Z

Lets have a history lesson .. look at channel four? at the begining some of it was painful and total crap but its grown up and got good... the principle is the same with DAB it needs to get its voice broken before its starts on the up.. there is one chink in the curtain tho as i think we all agree 6music has a shining daytime lineup at the moment, PEEPS you really have to listen to George Lamb 10 to 1 weekdays.. hardly educational but stuffed full of belly laughs and non stop banter and energy, unlike the interlectual snore fest that is Gidion Coe who was his predessecor.
DAB? our kids will love it!!

The reception on the ol DAB is a bit creaky, move ...

2008-02-23T01:31:00.000Z

The reception on the ol DAB is a bit creaky, move the set 2 ft or stand anywhere near it and the reception on mine fucks right off! I'm assuming this is why the 'portable' MP3 styley DAB is not a winner??

Tyne Brand, previously known as Yeoman.So, did you...

2008-02-20T02:49:00.000Z

Tyne Brand, previously known as Yeoman.

So, did you get on to www.kcfm.co.uk on a Sunday morning then...?

Tyne Brand - forgotten all about that one thanks F...

2008-02-19T12:51:00.000Z

Tyne Brand - forgotten all about that one thanks FC. Perhaps washed down with some R Whites or Cresta.

Not Fray Bentos, PM, but Tyne Brand.

2008-02-19T10:56:00.000Z

Not Fray Bentos, PM, but Tyne Brand.

BLTP - you're right the Guy Garvey Sunday night sh...

2008-02-19T10:19:00.000Z

BLTP - you're right the Guy Garvey Sunday night show is perfect. I used to switch between David Jacobs (great intro, but a bit glum after a while) and Andy Kershaw, Until I discovered Finest hour

My fave ever Sunday night was the Annie Nightingale Radio 1 thing about a million years ago.

Have you tried the Craig Charles Soul and Funk show - Saturdays on 6 music? It's belters all the way.

finest hour is the only thing to listen to when yo...

2008-02-18T21:23:00.000Z

finest hour is the only thing to listen to when you are doing your homework on sunday night

Cocktails you're right about 6 music - it's one of...

2008-02-18T15:23:00.000Z

Cocktails you're right about
6 music - it's one of the only ones I regularly listen to, mainly Guy Garvey's excellent Sunday night show and the Craig Charles Soul and Funk thing on Saturdays which is an absolute thumper.

VS Exactly, why niche? Historically radio is most sucessful as a music medium. Someone should try A digital version of 'Jack FM' the no presenter and no format shuffle station popular in the US.

Isn't Birdsong the ghost of what used to be Onewor...

2008-02-18T15:00:00.000Z

Isn't Birdsong the ghost of what used to be Oneword? When they put something niche out there, like Oneword, it can't seem to be sustained...

Co-incidentally, I have just had a rant about one ...

2008-02-18T12:59:00.000Z

Co-incidentally, I have just had a rant about one of the few good digital stations (6Music) over at Cocktails and Records this morning. Digital is such a wasted opportunity - it could be perfect for niche music programming but it's just failing (and I might have to go and check out that birdsong station if it gets any worse...)

Good idea about linking digital stations to ipods, but the current levels of competence within the industry don't give me much hope sadly.