Well this is both a disappointment ... and a brilliant move.
Five hours of Early Breakfast in a week is just not enough. Then again, in this world of short attention spans and combined with early morning stresses, the discipline imposed by short, sharp, punchy information bursts has a symmetry and perfection to obliterate any opposition. Some radio stations talk, but are confrontational, some are music and blather. I’ve tried the best of the music kind, but it is not the point in the day to get immersed in long, classical masterpieces. They just cannot get the attention they deserve. Plus, it turns out the playlist is so limited that the repetitions occur with more regularity, and more annoyingly, than the regularity that The Big Fruity delivers me annoyingly familiar and comforting 70s rock tracks. Ah.
So. Uncertainty comes with the thought of 12 hours, although 50% split, giving us, most certainly a 20% presenter uplift per week.... but how does this “work”. In one hour a day I don’t feel bad about those minutes that are missed, but a full attendance for 60 of your earth-minutes, even if a couple stray to The Sport, or the Commercial Necessities, is a possibility even if 100% attention span is impossible. In four hour bursts, how much will I miss; worse, how much gets to go on a repeat loop, because currently the station reuses its early good clips enough, even only an hour or so later, that has a nasty, numbing effect on the synapses. Repetition was fine for Chopin Preludes, less desirable for human conversations, though. And TR EBC is a conversation, a participation, a challenging stimulant to how the day will succeed. My only fear is that the news and magazine gets demoted to a bunch of advertisements with filler to wallpaper the ears, not nurture the little grey cells.
It’s all scary stuff. Then again, if it can keep *some* things similar, but give it more, let the articles swell naturally a little in size, but keep the engagement never-urgent and attention-demanding but add more breadth. That would work. A sort of Aasmah and Stig, but less rude, lewd and crude as befits the High Days and Holy Days of the week..... yup....we’ll be there....
Congratulations Calum! Your faithful listening base will be with you on the weekends. From whichever country we happen to live/be in! Will be listening on Friday to the first show.
Well this is both a disappointment ... and a brilliant move.
Five hours of Early Breakfast in a week is just not enough. Then again, in this world of short attention spans and combined with early morning stresses, the discipline imposed by short, sharp, punchy information bursts has a symmetry and perfection to obliterate any opposition. Some radio stations talk, but are confrontational, some are music and blather. I’ve tried the best of the music kind, but it is not the point in the day to get immersed in long, classical masterpieces. They just cannot get the attention they deserve. Plus, it turns out the playlist is so limited that the repetitions occur with more regularity, and more annoyingly, than the regularity that The Big Fruity delivers me annoyingly familiar and comforting 70s rock tracks. Ah.
So. Uncertainty comes with the thought of 12 hours, although 50% split, giving us, most certainly a 20% presenter uplift per week.... but how does this “work”. In one hour a day I don’t feel bad about those minutes that are missed, but a full attendance for 60 of your earth-minutes, even if a couple stray to The Sport, or the Commercial Necessities, is a possibility even if 100% attention span is impossible. In four hour bursts, how much will I miss; worse, how much gets to go on a repeat loop, because currently the station reuses its early good clips enough, even only an hour or so later, that has a nasty, numbing effect on the synapses. Repetition was fine for Chopin Preludes, less desirable for human conversations, though. And TR EBC is a conversation, a participation, a challenging stimulant to how the day will succeed. My only fear is that the news and magazine gets demoted to a bunch of advertisements with filler to wallpaper the ears, not nurture the little grey cells.
It’s all scary stuff. Then again, if it can keep *some* things similar, but give it more, let the articles swell naturally a little in size, but keep the engagement never-urgent and attention-demanding but add more breadth. That would work. A sort of Aasmah and Stig, but less rude, lewd and crude as befits the High Days and Holy Days of the week..... yup....we’ll be there....
Calum, will miss you in the week, but look forward to listening at the weekends! All the best, Paul
Congratulations Calum! Your faithful listening base will be with you on the weekends. From whichever country we happen to live/be in! Will be listening on Friday to the first show.
And lest I forget - 94 here!