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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Not to rain on your parade but almost every European state-funded radio network has or has had a third or second channel dedicated to more 'pensive' stuff like classical music. In Italy we have Radio 3, which is pretty much the same thing as the Radio 3 you get in England, and I think it started broadcasting this type of music before it too. As far as I know it's still that way. Really, nothing new there.
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Well, quite. I can only talk for the countries I know, namely, the country of my nationality. It doesn't surprise me in the least that Europe has a relationship with classical music - if anything, Britain is the weak link of classical in Europe.