Radio 3 Interactive
| 16:02 UK Time, Friday, 29 May 2009
Hello. I'm Roland Taylor, Interactive Editor for Radio 3. I'm responsible for the interactive services for Radio 3, the Ö÷²¥´óÐãÌýProms, Classical Music Television, and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Orchestras and Ö÷²¥´óÐã Singers. I work with a great team who may pop up on this blog from time to time including Gregory, Liz, Graeme, Andrew, Philip, Sandeep, Roberto, Chris, Anthony and Roger.
There's a lot going on at the moment. We've got some big challenges ahead of us. There are currently many things on the site that need attention. We understand that the majority of you come to the site for programme information, to find out what was broadcast and to get schedule details to plan your listening, so, that's what we are currently concentrating on. The present schedule view was produced as a direct result of your comments.
Last year the site changed with the introduction of the iPlayer and new pages for every programme broadcast. We are working to improve the look and feel of these pages with a view to making the compelling content, that is often hidden, more visible.
A few examples:
A film of Discovering Music's 'Dido and Aeneas'.
A performance of Mendelssohn's ElijahÌý²¹²Ô»å A Midsummer Night's Dream.
All are available to view online for the rest of the year.
We are rolling out a number of exciting new projects during this year's Ö÷²¥´óÐã Proms' season including the filming for online of eight Proms Plus events, Maestro-Cam on Red Button and online and a set of tutorials for those who feel inclined to bring their ukuleles to the late Prom on August 18. It will be interesting to hear your views on these initiatives.
In addition to the Radio 3 Blog we've alsoÌýlaunched a few other ways in which you can share Radio 3 with your friends:
The Radio 3 Widget, the and the 'step in' spot that gives you,Ìý²¹²Ô»å your friends, the chance to sample music from Radio 3's four Composers Of The Year.
If you are a follower of one of Radio 3's Composers Of The Year then you may be interested in our four composer blogs.
Finally, you can enjoy some programmes on the move by downloading our podcasts. I look forward to your comments and suggestions in the coming months.
Roland Taylor is Interactive Editor at Radio 3
Comment number 1.
At 30th May 2009, toodle_pip wrote:Hello Roland. It's interesting that you say:
"We understand that the majority of you come to the site for programme information"
I certainly do
"to find out what was broadcast and to get schedule details to plan your listening"
I am interested in reading details about what is going to be broadcast and it's disappointing to see that there becomes less and less information about this in terms of detailed playlists, particularly Breakfast which used to publish at least a shortened list (better than nothing) but has now stopped publishing a playlist altogether.
People plan their listening on the basis of what is going to be broadcast. It works two ways: they want to tune in for what they're interested in and they don't want to bother with something they're not interested in. More advance info needed, please.
Also I do approve of interactivity on the website and the growing amount on the Radio 3 website is quite impressive (congratulations!), but most of the on-air attempts at interactivity are pretty terrible.
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Comment number 2.
At 7th Jun 2009, RosemaryHewett wrote:I grew up listening to Radio 3 and it was one of the things I missed most when I moved to the US. It was a dream come true when Radio 3 became available on the internet, and even more so when Listen Again was introduced. However, I am becoming a little frustrated as more content is available only to UK residents. Please can you provide some sort of subscription system to make this content available to non-UK residents?
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Comment number 3.
At 12th Jun 2009, nobleHerdsman wrote:Thank you Radio 3 on the 8 am news (i think it was Paul Ginnery ) pronounced clostridium difficile correctly. It saved me fulminating all day about the stupidity of broadcasters.
Thanks for the music but lets have less early music sleep induction.
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