Just A Minute

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:36 AM, 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.

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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Surely listeners would enjoy a run featuring Williams, Jones, Nimmo & Freud and its not as if the humour would be outdated - before some of the 50's shows the announcer will warn listeners that the humour might be slightly outdated.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?