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JO
Joe
I now see BBC Radio Olive.
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
Charlie Wells posted:
A hint to a new look radio 4 header?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/40thanniversary/index.shtml
...at any rate it's a bit odd that Radio 4 is still using the old logo (and BBC7 also).

And I know exactly where they've got all those old logos from... Wink
RO
rob Founding member
Robert Williams posted:
Charlie Wells posted:
A hint to a new look radio 4 header?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/40thanniversary/index.shtml
...at any rate it's a bit odd that Radio 4 is still using the old logo (and BBC7 also).

And I know exactly where they've got all those old logos from... Wink


I thought I'd seen them somewhere else (for those who don't know, click here)
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
rob posted:
Robert Williams posted:
Charlie Wells posted:
A hint to a new look radio 4 header?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/40thanniversary/index.shtml
...at any rate it's a bit odd that Radio 4 is still using the old logo (and BBC7 also).

And I know exactly where they've got all those old logos from... Wink


I thought I'd seen them somewhere else (for those who don't know, click here)

They've even used my re-creation of the old red Radio 4 logo which I had to make myself since I couldn't find a decent image of it anywhere - evidently neither could the Radio 4 web team.
RE
Reboot
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1618/r4reallyoldev6.gif

It's bad because it was taken from a camera phone, from the Yes, Prime Minister adaptation (where it was used when it should have been R3).
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
Reboot posted:
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1618/r4reallyoldev6.gif

It's bad because it was taken from a camera phone, from the Yes, Prime Minister adaptation (where it was used when it should have been R3).

Now that's handy...I happen to have that book as well, so there's another logo I can scan and add!

15 days later

AN
Andrew Founding member
The new Radio 1 schedule starts this weekend by the way

It will be interesting to see how Fearne and Reggie manage to do a request show and then Fearne host The Xtra Factor less than an hour later
JR
jrothwell97
Incidentally, it seems that Radio 2 in particular are now pushing the digital reception methods more. Most obviously, the TOTH announcement now goes something like:

"This is BBC Radio 2, online, on digital, and on 88-91 FM."

Whereas it used to be phrased simply:

"88-91 FM, this is Radio 2, from the BBC."

The jingles haven't changed (which is good, the current jingles still sound brilliant) but the format of the TOTH announcement is very different, and podcasts and the websites seem to have been plugged a lot more on the station since the 40th birthday.
JO
Joe
Chris Moyles has some new TV ads for the 0630 start.

Problem is one of them features him in the studio, with the logo in the background, the old logo, and at the end of the ad, the new logo appears. Because they're both so big, they look silly.
MO
Moz
One thing I've noticed is the use of "BBC News" on 5 Live and Radio 4 recently. On 5 Live they say, "Joe Bloggs with the BBC News at X O'Clock" and the say "the BBC News" instead of just "the news" on Radio 4.
GR
gregmc
Moz posted:
One thing I've noticed is the use of "BBC News" on 5 Live and Radio 4 recently. On 5 Live they say, "Joe Bloggs with the BBC News at X O'Clock" and the say "the BBC News" instead of just "the news" on Radio 4.


Indeed. Its gone from the 5 Live News, to The BBC News, on 5 Live. Not sure if I like it, its too generic.
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
Moz posted:
One thing I've noticed is the use of "BBC News" on 5 Live and Radio 4 recently. On 5 Live they say, "Joe Bloggs with the BBC News at X O'Clock" and the say "the BBC News" instead of just "the news" on Radio 4.

Radio 2 and 6 Music have also started doing the same; presumably only Radio 1 and 1Xtra are immune.

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