Media discussion - 2025/26

[TheGhost]

How does the radio output get paid for then? I always assumed it was 95%+ by the licence fee?

BBC radio does get funded by the licence fee but you don’t have to have a licence to listen to it. You only need a licence for TV.

 

[Bluemoon230989]

But we did replace him with er... David Cross....

David Cross once told me that the happiest time of each week was 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon when the match was over.

 

[Bluemoon230989]

My first away game,taken by my Dad.If I remember correctly,the chant was Francis 2 Birtles 0 hallelujah!?Early season,sunny warm day,and quite a few in fancy dress!I think Birtles had been there for the whole of the previous season and was still yet to score.Think it ended 3-1,..great day!

Always made me laugh that Birtles had "Sharp" on the front of his shirt.

 

[Mikejl]

David Cross once told me that the happiest time of each week was 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon when the match was over.

Based on that 82-83 season I'm not surprised, we were bloody awful from week 1 - bloody back up strikers to Cross were Chris Jones a Spurs reject who then barely played and Phil Boyer who was perma-crocked

 

[vincent]

Simon Stone now retweeting tweets from ex players (David de Gea) regarding a friendly at OT this weekend.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Always made me laugh that Birtles had "Sharp" on the front of his shirt.

Yeah but in the other hand any of our lot would have been ace as a 'brother'

 

[Sheik Battle and Goal]

David Cross once told me that the happiest time of each week was 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon when the match was over.

He wasn’t the only one ;)

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

Based on that 82-83 season I'm not surprised, we were bloody awful from week 1 - bloody back up strikers to Cross were Chris Jones a Spurs reject who then barely played and Phil Boyer who was perma-crocked

Although after 3 wins out of 3 and top of the league - the future seemed bright,,,,,,,,,,till the lights went out

 

[gray740]

BBC,Dias and O Reilly about to sign new contracts,they were part of the team that got beat in the FA cup final,lol FFS they can't help themselves can they.

 

[Earlyriser]

This post not only covers Media but potentially a series of other threads.. the news that Ronan Kemp is to host a new Friday night show on Sky entitled Premier League Friday. Show they have their finger on the pulse of what their remining viewers really want. Total despair of the British media scene

 

[Gordyola]

I did complain to the Beeb amount Stone being Chief Football Writer but only writing about one club. They said he was employed to only cover United but said they were advertising for more journalists to cover other PL teams. I asked them about the adverts and the only one they could point to was for someone to cover Newcastle. Their coverage is completely dominated by the Rags but they won’t have it Absolutely joke of an organisation.

We shall see what they said to my FoI about Stone is role and brief and if they supply the numbers I requested about his trips and articles

 

[Gordyola]

BBC radio does get funded by the licence fee but you don’t have to have a licence to listen to it. You only need a licence for TV.

Correct! The BBC do have a commercial arm that raises money from productions they sell to foreign broadcasters or licensing of shows such as Top Gear
Outside of the Uk content does contain adverts in some cases
I’m sure that in the distant past there was a radio licence including one required in you had one in your car

 

[nmc]

We shall see what they said to my FoI about Stone is role and brief and if they supply the numbers I requested about his trips and articles

I’ve raised a couple of FOIs re Stone. The BBC refused to give me anything and when I pushed back they got increasingly aggressive and shitty. Good luck.

 

[johnny crossan]

I’ve raised a couple of FOIs re Stone. The BBC refused to give me anything and when I pushed back they got increasingly aggressive and shitty. Good luck.

Third time lucky hopefully but he's Roan's creature. That blister is on thin ice, I've been watching Dexter (@Damocles please note)

 

[Gordyola]

I’ve raised a couple of FOIs re Stone. The BBC refused to give me anything and when I pushed back they got increasingly aggressive and shitty. Good luck.

That’s what I’m expecting but I’ll take it to the information commissioner if I don’t get the answers at the very least it will cost them time The IC tends to side with the public unless it’s covered by one of the exceptions in the act

 

[chesterbells]

BBC radio does get funded by the licence fee but you don’t have to have a licence to listen to it. You only need a licence for TV.

Exactly mate. I agree with you about the massive value of all the audio output, and whilst some of the, ahem, “bigger talent” on R2 are hugely overpaid, I think it represents its moneys worth overall. That’s before you even factor in the lack of adverts.

 

[chesterbells]

Fuck all.
Even the weather reports are dramaticly exaggerated to try and pour more misery

Blaming BBC for the weather? And deliberately trying to make the UK population more miserable?

And I thought I’d heard it all.

 

[dadnlad]

Blaming BBC for the weather? And deliberately trying to make the UK population more miserable?

And I thought I’d heard it all.

yeah but Carol at least wears snug dresses to cheer viewers up

 

[Mike N]

Simon Stone now retweeting tweets from ex players (David de Gea) regarding a friendly at OT this weekend.

Of course he did. Nothing surprises me about him.

 

[chesterbells]

It used to do great drama but has now been overtaken by other providers. It does world class nature programmes. The BBC tries to do too much. We don’t have an empire any more. It should focus on providing great drama, a proper news service, excellent unbiased documentaries. And we should choose whether we purchase it or not.

There’s a lot to pick up on there, but is that reference to Empire a way of saying they should axe the world service? I’ve lived in a number of other countries and I found it invaluable. Maybe it doesn’t have a place today, but I’d need to know a bit more about listening figures.

Overall, I just think see it differently to you. I see it as a National Asset. Just like other services we all pay for, for the common good, be they delivered locally or nationally, I think of the bbc that way also. I know it’s not the 20th Century anymore, but not everything from then needs to be scrapped, and the payment model is essential for me.

(But there is also plenty wrong with the BBC I agree with that too).