NJ
There already was national commercial competition to Radio 1 and Radio 2 to an extent, in the form of Absolute and (to a lesser extent) Talk Sport and Classic FM. To be honest I've never liked the national breakfast shows that Radio 1, 2 and Virgin/Absolute were doing, I've always been drawn towards the local ones, but choice is getting limited in that regard.
I'm sure it will only be a matter of time before the Bauer network does the same thing and anything that vaguely resembles "local radio" will be left to the BBC stations. Local commercial radio has been pretty much scraping along on its knees for a long while, the days of them being more than copious amounts of back-to-back music machines are well gone.
Neil Jones
Founding member
See I have conflicted feelings about these national breakfast shows. Part of me thinks it's sad to see local radio shrinking, but part of me thinks it's beyond time there was national commercial competition to Radio 1 and Radio 2. I guess we can only wait and see whether they'll be a success for Global or simply alienate existing listeners.
There already was national commercial competition to Radio 1 and Radio 2 to an extent, in the form of Absolute and (to a lesser extent) Talk Sport and Classic FM. To be honest I've never liked the national breakfast shows that Radio 1, 2 and Virgin/Absolute were doing, I've always been drawn towards the local ones, but choice is getting limited in that regard.
I'm sure it will only be a matter of time before the Bauer network does the same thing and anything that vaguely resembles "local radio" will be left to the BBC stations. Local commercial radio has been pretty much scraping along on its knees for a long while, the days of them being more than copious amounts of back-to-back music machines are well gone.