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Originally Posted by the ikara cult
This whole thing has reminded me of the time 5 years ago when i was convinced to buy a digital radio because it was "The Future".
Obviously all this is a function of the rise of the internet. Perhaps the BBC could find another way to spend its money rather than actually playing songs? Sending DJs or journalists to do specific documentaries about music from different parts of the world and making them available as podcasts? If the broadcast audience is a problem, the podcast audience is massive.
I dunno why im saying this here, i guess its because i have a boiled little socialist heart that longs to be loved by the consumer.
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Precisely what you're talking about is available on the World Routes section of the
Radio 3 website.
One of the anomalies of the general record industry collapse is that it's had minimal effect on the 'classical' market. The concert hall is struggling, certainly, but as far as I know, the classical stores in Bristol, Cardiff and Bath (the nearest big cities to me) are the only record stores still thriving in each city. Bristol's had a boost with the dubstep and the general DJ culture, but there's still a fraction of the record stores there was 5 years ago.
I only say this because I think people tend to misunderstand what function radio 3 serves. It doesn't delve into much that's SYG-friendly, but the breadth of their broadcasting is unparalleled, to my mind. Certainly I can only think of the Resonance of 5 or 6 years ago (the last time I seriously listened to it) that could come near.
Maybe I should just get "listen to radio 3" tattooed to my forehead and be done with it.