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Re: Pre Merton Broadcasts

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kj.naughtonSep 30, 2012
 

 
I couldn't agree more. I am not a fan of the older shows at all.

I'm not sure why it is that I don't like the older shows. Perhaps it's to do with dated humour; perhaps it's to do with the format and dynamics of the show which have changed subtly over the decades; perhaps (and please don't take this the wrong way) it's because it's a panel of four people who have largely slipped from the public memory.

I'm sure there are lots of people who would love to hear the older shows. I certainly have no objection to them being re-broadcast. Just not at the expense of the newer shows.

I expect that the BBC will still own the UK broadcast rights for all JaM shows. One consideration may be that some of the older shows are available for purchase on CD and MP3 (I know some of the newer ones are too). Whether re-broadcasting the older shows would stimulate interest in the CDs and therefore boost their sales or people would record them and depress CD sales is a debatable point.

Cheers

kJ

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Espen Krømke" <espen.kromke@...> wrote:
>
> Well, if BBC think anything like me, my guess would be that they simply
> find the newer shows to be more fun to listen to. I know I do. The only
> reason why I keep pre-Merton shows in the JAMmer shoutcast
> (stream.beatradar.com) is because I know there are some who still
> appreciate those shows.
>
> In fact, I would not even have been a JAM fan today, had it not been for
> the era introduced with Merton.
>
>
>
> On 30. sep. 2012 04:14, Wayne Styles wrote:
> > Hi
> > It could be that they have sold the rights to other publishers for CDs
> > etc before they realised the income to be made or they still own the
> > rights and the sales from older broadcasts may be another income
> > stream. Dont know for sure, but its worth a guess.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* mat_bagnall <mat_bagnall@...>
> > *To:* just-a! -minute@...
> > *Sent:* Sunday, 30 September 2012, 3:05
> > *Subject:* [just-a-minute] Pre Merton Broadcasts
> >
> > Is there a reason why the BBC dont broadcast old episodes before Paul
> > Merton joined. More often than not they will air episodes from the
> > 90's onwards eg when they rebroadcast shows at the launch of 4 extra
> > they were various ones from Series 32 onwards.
> > Surely listeners would enjoy a run featuring Williams, Jones, Nimmo &
> > Freud and its not as if the humour would be outdated - before some of
> > the 50's shows the announcer will warn listeners that the humour might
> > be slightly outdated.
> >
> > Has this ever been raised or requested?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

 
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