24/7 Zone
I've been thinking about the significance of the number 7. Lots of people consider it a lucky number. You've got the , , the , and of course the number of days (and nights) in the week. And that's why I've been giving it some thought. For over 2 years now, we've been broadcasting 5 Zones a week, overnight on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland's Medium Wave frequency.
This week, we're making a momentous leap and broadcasting across 7 nights as well as shifting over to the FM frequency which means that for the first time in our history, we'll be a 24/7 FM station. I'm not going to bore you with the many reasons behind why we're doing this. All you need to know is that it means you get the chance to hear even more brilliant programmes from our vast and ever expanding archive. And don't worry, you don't have to actually stay awake between the hours of half past midnight and 6am to hear our Zones. They're available for you listen to online via the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland website, either as a continuous stream, or by choosing individual chapters of the Zone via the Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer.
To coincide with our hijacking of the overnight schedule, our friends at Get It On have taken contributor madmacfraeclydebank up on his suggestion to give next week over to Zones-themed programmes. Tune into Bryan every week night after the 6 o'clock news.
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At 31st Oct 2010, downloadYouporn123 wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 2.
At 31st Oct 2010, Scotch Get wrote:You mean I'll have to listen to Dotun Adebayo on MW?
Jeezo...
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Comment number 3.
At 31st Oct 2010, nursebill wrote:Yet more changes!Where will it all end - is this yet another money saving device not to have to pay R5 for carrying up all night?+30 minutes chopped off Tom Morton in the pm(to accommodate feature material from 11.30 so Kaye Adams can blether for another 30 minutes)+60 minutes of news gone at midday to let John Beattie prattle on some more(how many journalist's jobs paid for his salary).
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At 31st Oct 2010, norriemaclean wrote:I have to back up nurse bill. I have yet to hear of anyone who thinks call kaye is even close to being good, why John beattie? His sports hour is is not exactly essential listening so why give him a prime spot? And cutting down on one of the best shows on radio scotland beggars beleif....
Great theme idea by madmac though...
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At 12th Nov 2010, 961a wrote:"I'm not going to bore you with the many reasons why we're doing this"
With great respect, I need to know why
This reduces the available programme choice of many (most?) listeners in Scotland to whom radio 5 overnight is otherwise unobtainable
So, please bore us with the reasons
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At 12th Nov 2010, bothychiel wrote:So what precisely do you need to do to have your say around here .. my comment, posted a couple of days ago, seems to have vanished into the Ö÷²¥´óÐã-controlled ether.
Perhaps I should have omitted the bit about Ö÷²¥´óÐã high-heid-yins being downright smug in their disinclination to issue a full account of their decision to pull Radio Fivelive from the overnight FM frequency & replace it with 5 hours of repeated programming - (doubtless a five hour reel to reel tape with the nightwatchman left to keep an eye on it)
Yours aye,
Bothychiel
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At 14th Nov 2010, Zincker wrote:I've tried to give this new night time format a fair chance, but it fails. I've heard that same stuff more than once.
Why was this change made?
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At 17th Nov 2010, bothychiel wrote:Just listened to Ö÷²¥´óÐã Scotland's overnight offering - all repeated programmes but worth listening to again although I have no doubt we shall hear them all again within the week.
My only criticism lies in the continuity announcer - Ian Stewart's (?) manner of presentation was as bad as an extremely irritating new wave performance poet, where on earth did the Ö÷²¥´óÐã find this vocal pest?
Bothychiel.
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