Cracker: "It says 'Let's b friends', and it's got a b on it"
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tend to come bundled with increased public scrutiny.
Yeah and as Damian pointed out..
Which is not to say you shouldn't say what you think about the changes at bFM, but let's try and keep the ad hominem attacks to a minimum.
I merely think most of us have a pretty good idea of how scrutiny can very quickly descend into a gutter, and look how many times the media can drag a "well known" there. Hey, because, everyone is different, can we not accept that some are more sensitive than others. I think it's kinda sweet that so much personal offence was taken. To me that means he cares about what all of us actually do think. But, at the same time, if someone is performing for the public and some of the public don't like it, it often is directed at the individuals personal traits, thus making it personal.(and feel like that,if you actually care about your audience)
I personally am sure the bfm wont suffer too much. Hell we got several shows over 168 hours a week. may all of them be filled with happy, happy, joy, joy, and good issues of the day and of course the best music. innit :) -
This doesn't taste right.
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philipmatthews @ The worst thing of the Newstalk cut, is that it happened in a local body election year.
All we need is another right wing radio personality on the CCC. -
Back to b, and the reformatting of the Wire. If it was an hour, we would have missed hearing the interview with the representative from the Catholic Church talking about the abuse scandal and explaining how the Pope is representing God in a direct line from Peter the Apostle. O'Relly? That was interesting, but where else are you going to have discussion about these topics followed by Joy Division Atmosphere?
The music matters, and by and large the DJs know this.
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I've always listened to bfm by downloading their podcasts (I don't have a radio and the internet stream is very choppy at work). The podcasts I downloaded the most were segments from Havoc's show and interviews from the Wire. Up until this thread I didn't realise the Wire ever played music. So this change isn't going to affect me.
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I grew up listening to bFM through the late 80s and 90s and after living in Sydney for the last 12 years I still choose to listen to b over local stations here. It isn't a nostalgic grasp at my youth but merely down to the great DJs, music and general sense of humour that pervades pretty much everything the station does.
When I first got here TripleJ was pretty good but it has changed (or I have) and the only other contenders are community stations like FBi and 2ser, both operating a similar model to b in terms of specialist shows. Where they fall down (musically they are generally great) is a complete lack of humour, grit and niggle that gives a station its attitude. I'm not aware of any DJs from the community stations that have gone onto other areas of radio or TV.
It is a shame to see Mike getting defensive about the changes (though the only public debate I've seen is here on PA) but I think Drive is the best fit for his music and energy. Enjoy the sleep-ins Mike... I look forward to new legacies being created by new hosts, regardless of age.
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