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RIP Sid Watkins. He was the unexpected highlight of "Senna" because of his love and influence.

How much does Jennie Gow, and for that matter Robbie Savage, get paid for the amount of quality input they provide to the listener?

Just asking.

An awful lot, plus flights and hotels - all top notch - for nine months of the year, plus freebies, spin-offs, expenses and ...

What do you class as an awful lot? Working in the media, i'd be interested to know what salaries most people think presenters are on? Carrie, every comment you make on these blogs are negative and bitter. Why do you persist in reading them to pass comment/judgement. Are you a negative and bitter person. just asking.

Having worked in the media all my life, "an awful lot" - LegendOfTheLane - is too much of the licence fee payer's money for doing too little. See most Ö÷²¥´óÐã presenters, who think the Ö÷²¥´óÐã is run for their benefit.

LegendOfTheLane:

I am not always negative and bitter! You only need to read my posts on a few other topics such as football, golf, athletics and so on. These blogs are to air your opinion not lie down and fawn at the feet of people just because they have a job at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã. Just can't stand the licence fee being wasted on people who make the kind of comments Savage gets away with all the time, or poor copy such as this piece by Gow. Compare them to some of the great summarisers and whatever the equivalent job is that Gow does. Say Jimmy Armfield, or even Martin Keown if you want an up to date one. As for F1, I think the days of the chick in the pit lane is a bit long gone.

It always interests me when people wheel out the whole licence fee vitriol each time they have a complaint about the beeb and its coverage. Each to their own but smacks of bitterness to me, and if you've worked in media all your life, then you'd know you have to check your facts before talking about them... in this instance the radio coverage is produced and financed by an independent production company and not the beeb overall. Talking of freebies, expenses and travel costs, really does sound like jealousy and sour grapes to me, if everyone that complains about things thinks they can do a better job, then why aren't they?
Carrie - it's both boring and monotonous to read your sarcastic and bitter comments ecah time a blog goes up, i find it interesting why you still persevere reading them, it's literally every one. If you don't like it, don't read it or watch it anymore, simple.

Oh the independent production company do the programme for free? That's fantastic. And suggesting jealousy is far from reality actually. It is sad that you feel only positive comments count, and actually when I come to think of it, the comments you make about me are hopefully far more unpleasant than maybe you meant. Fact is, on any website mentioning Savage either in the Ö÷²¥´óÐã or out of it, he comes out of things pretty badly. If the Ö÷²¥´óÐã want a shock jock then they have one, but it is so much better to hear and read well-reasoned and argued comments and summaries than the kind of diatribe he gets away with. On the other hand, as I have said, and my viewpoint is every bit as valid to hold as yours, I do not see the point of independent production company-patronised pit lane dollies, when there are plenty of people of both sexes who could do a good job and not make such anodyne and puerile comments. It's two steps away from girls with the board announcing which round we are about to watch in a boxing bout.

And by the way, amazingly as it happens, through the virtue of hard work and professional dedication of the person in question, my family does have a personal connection with one of the people working on one of the top-ranked F1 teams, you may not believe it but there we are.

Err..... Legend,you sound rather bitter yourself, if you don't mind me saying so. I think you need to get your facts correct before jumping in with false accusations about carrie.If you took the time to read many of her previous posts you will find that she very supportive of 5live and not all negative at all.She is fully entitled to express an opinion along with everyone else.Follow your own advice and if you don't like something someone else has written ( about in particular your hatred for any kind of criticism of Jennie Gow ) just ignore the comments and don't read them.If I was you I would concentrate on making your research a priority, instead of boring us all to death with the repeated and monotonous fact that you ' work in the media '. Big deal,if you can't handle or are so sensitive to criticism from the general public that you take it on a personal level, then obviously you are in the wrong job and the yes the licence fee and how the money is spent is rightly an important subject to those who pay it !

No the independent production don't do it for free. But how big a budget do you realistically think an indy company has been given for radio not TV let's not forget? Because someone has a job that includes flights abroad and expenses(not covered by licence payers money) , i don't see why that has anything to do with things, do you honestly expect someone asked to go to these countries to work to pay for their own flights? How would you provide coverage in this instance?
And I don't have any issues with opinions being voiced, what i object to is banal comments consistently made on a particular blog that i enjoy reading, it's almost every time a new F1 one has gone up, negativity comes from carrie. When i referred to "these" blogs, i was talking about F1 not all of them, and a prime example about them is she leaves a lovely tribute to Sid Watkins, quickly followed by her questioning the pay of presenters, can't help yourself, so i'm questioning it, as i'm entitled to do so.
I can't help but think that maybe supporting one of the few females in a male dominated sport might be more positive, as I don't think some people grasp genrally speaking how difficult a first year covering a sport is whilst integrating in to that community, and it's even more difficult as a female.

Completely agree with comments on where licence fees should go, when justified, and i mention the fact i work in media because in this instance it's valid to the discussion. I work with presenters, i pay presenters, i source presenters, i know what they get paid, and i know how much people assume they get paid, and the huge gulf in between. Viewers/listeners just see the glamourise side of things and think that's it. They don't see the 4am wake up calls to be on site, they don't see the working until midnight with barely any food and drink, rain, wind or shine, all they see is the couple of hours on screen shared with millions of people's idols in this case drivers and not the behind the scenes issues. The numerous OB's i've been on have been long and arduous, and in this country invariably pouring with rain.
You want comprehensive coverage but don't want to pay for it, you want tv and radio but object to peeple being paid to do their jobs. As i questioned, if people have issues with presenters, then why don't they do it themselves because trust me it isn't as easy as some people make it look.
Let's not forget that another common misconception is that ALL F1 drivers are multi millionaires, some are on decent salaries for the average wo

My heart is breaking. I am sorry for misunderstanding the plight of broadcasters and their support teams.

Apology accepted, thanks.

LegendOfTheLane, wow I think I'm in love. You're my 5 live blog hero.

First, Carrie is the one & only legend of this pit lane; second, it seems odd you support so whole-heartedly the endeavours of the author of this blog! - other Legend

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