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Re: Radio Comedy

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Dean BedfordMar 23, 2008
 

 
On Monday, March 24, 2008, at 02:02 AM, Clitheroe Kid wrote:

> That can't be the whole answer. The Australian equivalent to the BBC is
> the
> public service broadcaster ABC, which is also a publicly funded
> non-commercial station. But ABC does not produce a comedy or light
> entertainment output to match the BBC's.
>
> In point of fact, ABC produces a lot of original programming. But
> hardly any
> of it is light entertainment shows. When they want a comedy, a panel
> game,
> or a quiz show they tend to acquire them from the BBC.

Umm in point of fact the ABC does produce a lot of light entertainment
programmes. They just produce them for TV. Generally where a public
broadcaster does both TV and radio, radio is the poor relation. The
money goes into TV with radio filled up by the basics of news and sport
and documentaries. The exception to the poor relation rule is the BBC.

I didn't actually say I had "the whole answer" anyway. But seeing as you
raise it, what then is "the whole answer"? Remember the question raised
was why the BBC does better than the ABC in this area. Let's have your
original thoughts on this.

 
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