Fw: Andy Kershaw

[Dave]

I though I'd forward this, because everyone else has :o)
My letter to Mr Parfitt wasn't quite as polite, but I think it was valid
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Parfitt <andy.parfitt@...>
To: 'Dave' <jhull@...>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:16 PM
Subject: RE: Andy Kershaw


> Dave - no other station in the UK has made anything like the commitment
that
> Radio 1 has to specialist music - We have Dance shows (some more
mainstream,
> some not) , a Rock show, a Drum n Bass show, Hip Hop, Reggae, RnB, John
> Peel's mix, The Session, in Scotland, Ireland and Wales we have our own
> Thursday sessions - we broadcast documentaries and features and support
Live
> music like no one else - AK was a really hard decision to make, but one of
> the factors about Radio 1 is that its audience changes constantly and new
> DJs and new forms of music are coming through too, this makes demands on
the
> Radio 1 schedule, there's a limit to what can be done. Something has to
give
> way and we have to move on. Andy is a loss to Radio 1 but the new series
> that starts in September will be a significant gain.
>
> Thanks for taking the trouble to mail me
> Andy
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave [SMTP:jhull@...]
> > Sent: 27 May 2000 14:31
> > To: andy.parfitt@...
> > Subject: Andy Kershaw
> >
> > Dear Mr Radio God-type-person
> > Do you really believe that your station is "already packed with
different
> > and diverse shows"? What planet are you on? Radio 1 during the day is
> > unlistennable to anyone with their own music taste (rather than one
> > dictated
> > to them by the likes of you). If people want to listen to bubblegum pop
> > music or endless mainstream rock they can listen to commercial radio
> > stations that have to fight for ratings to please advertisers. Your
> > station
> > is supposed to be a PUBLIC SERVICE designed to cater for ALL tastes as
> > diverse as they are. As is stands, all diversity has been pushed back
into
> > the middle of the night, and it doesn't appear to be stopping there. The
> > removal of Andy Kasho is a crime against music broadcasting. Where now
can
> > we go to hear the sort of records Andy was playing?
> >
> > Ok, I'll leave it there before I say something that I might regret, but
> > you
> > should be aware of the fact that if you ever try to axe John Peel, your
> > station will lose more listeners than you ever knew it had.
> >
> > David Hull
> > Age 16
> > Norfolk
> > jhull@...
> >
> >
>
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