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Re: 90s shows in poor sound

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Espen KrømkeJan 24, 2013
 
 
In the documentary I refer to, and that's one of the very commonly shared one that I found in the link archive on the Yahoo group page,from what I remember the story was something like this;

Someone (Nic or Clement or maybe even Paul, I'm not sure) said that when Kenneth died BBC thought the show would fail and even considered cancelling it, but then World Service offered to take over the show and that made Radio 4 want to keep it after all. And eventually, they experienced an increase in audience, not decrease. It was something along those lines.

The cutback of shows may have been done regardless, depending on what else they need to get on the air. Maybe even they think that the cutback indirectly lead to increase in audience for all I know (less oversaturation).

I will have to look in the archive when I am back from work today to find the exact recording and quote.



Den 24. jan. 2013 15:27, skrev Dean:
 

Nicholas’s comment was about the immediate reaction to Kenneth’s death, ie, that the BBC seriously considered ending the programme in 1988.
 
Espen, I’ve never heard the claim the show’s audience increased after Kenneth’s death. I take you at your word that you did hear it, but I have to say, I simply don’t believe it. The BBC cut back the number of shows it was recording in that period. Why do that if the show’s audience was up?
 
I think if they hadn’t found Paul as lead player and hadn’t had the rejuvenation that he sparked, the show would have ended in the mid 90s.
 
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Den 23. jan. 2013 11:53, skrev Philip Fitchett:
 

Is it not just that fewer people were listening and recording these shows when they were first broadcast? You often seem to hear Nick say something to the effect of “When Kenneth died, people thought the show would die with him.”


That's what he said in that JAM documentary, but the key word here is "thought" - it didn't happen. In that same documentary it was also said (I think by Clement but it might have been Nic) that in fact the number of listeners *increased* after Kenneth died.
So the show did not have fewer listeners in the 90s, not according to this documentary at least.




 
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