[access-uk] Re: Possibly off topic, but is this the beginningof the endfor dab digital radio

  • From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:55:09 -0000

Yes, Planet Rock was another of the old GWR stations and its playlist far too 
narrow. Got bored of it years ago. I think GMG are launching another rock 
station to compliment The Arrow anyway.

Cheers
Dave



From: martin wilsher 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:47 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Possibly off topic, but is this the beginningof the 
endfor dab digital radio


hearing this on radio four, it seems GCAP who own planet rock and Jazz fm, did 
not find the stations viable.  I have listened to planet rock and it seems to 
be the same songs all the time, which is rather par for the course with a lot 
of the network radio stations.  GWR group who own a lot of the local commercial 
radio stations have this policy too, and it drives me nuts.  so I can see why 
GCAP did not make a lot of money with their ventures.  yes, the radio was 
sometimes good, late at night, but the core listenership is during the day, and 
then, in my experience, planet rock always played the same stuff, over and 
over.  it was said on radio four, however, that a new multiplex was launching 
in the summer with a channel four consortium backing it, so we will have to see 
where that goes.




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