Re: [peel] An ­affront to the memory of John Peel.

[Martin Wheatley]

At 10:06 01/03/2010, you wrote:
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>I had look at the listening figures from last year. Quite interesting
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><http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/07/rajar.shtml>http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/07/rajar.shtml
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>It would be an interesting experiment to do a digital/FM swap 
>between Radio 3 (check out their listening figures compared to the 
>rest of the FM BBC stations)and 6Music for a year.
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>A shame they would never have the balls to do it. If 6music was on 
>FM the ratings for Radio 1& 2 would probably fall through the floor

And if they put another figure in there which they never do -
the cost of running the stations I think you will find that
Radio 3 is right up the top
There has always been a belief in the higher echelons of
the BBC that the only forms of music that matter are
classical and jazz. As a result Radio 3 is sacrosanct

martinw