| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? 14:27 - Jun 22 with 1077 views | GeoffSentence |
Times Radio is due to go live at 6am next Monday. Sounds like it could be an interesting alternative to Radio 4. I shall certainly be giving it a blast on Sundays when R4 turns into a Christian network. |  |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:36 - Jun 22 with 1039 views | uefacup81 |
Won't it essentially be Tory FM, though? |  |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:38 - Jun 22 with 1034 views | Ryorry |
Not heard of it - is it the Times newspaper extending onto the airwaves or something?
And "on Sundays when R4 turns into a Christian network." - really? when? Listen regularly, & apart from a morning service (which I think is confined to LW or MW anyway?) - can't say I've noticed it doing that. |  |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:43 - Jun 22 with 1026 views | hampstead_blue |
Looking at the list of presenters I am.
Hopefully the Editorial policy will be centralist and give the talent chance to flex their intellect. |  |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:44 - Jun 22 with 1017 views | LankHenners |
| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:36 - Jun 22 by uefacup81 |
Won't it essentially be Tory FM, though? |
Yes, going by the list of presenters.
Amber Rudd and her daughter are on there ffs.
Not sure if they still plan on having Giles Coren, after he was (for about the dozenth time) outed for previous racist and misogynistic statements made both online and in his columns. |  |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 16:13 - Jun 22 with 948 views | Meadowlark |
| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:44 - Jun 22 by LankHenners |
Yes, going by the list of presenters.
Amber Rudd and her daughter are on there ffs.
Not sure if they still plan on having Giles Coren, after he was (for about the dozenth time) outed for previous racist and misogynistic statements made both online and in his columns. |
If it's anything like The Times, then it will be extreme right-wing Tory propaganda. I buy the paper on a Saturday, but it's purely for the crossword, which I often fail to complete these days.
Giles Coren deliberately says offensive stuff because he's parodying that stereotype rather than actually believing it, but he does it in such a way that a lot of gullible people are taken in. What would be the point otherwise?
Disagree? Good. This is a public forum and I'd be disappointed if you didn't. |  | | |
| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 16:28 - Jun 22 with 916 views | LankHenners |
| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 16:13 - Jun 22 by Meadowlark |
If it's anything like The Times, then it will be extreme right-wing Tory propaganda. I buy the paper on a Saturday, but it's purely for the crossword, which I often fail to complete these days.
Giles Coren deliberately says offensive stuff because he's parodying that stereotype rather than actually believing it, but he does it in such a way that a lot of gullible people are taken in. What would be the point otherwise?
Disagree? Good. This is a public forum and I'd be disappointed if you didn't. |
Bit odd to sweep aside a long history of using racist dogwhistles (and sometimes more overt than that) as "parody".
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1046399439642996739.html
What would be the point you ask? There isn't one, he's just a massive dickhead. | |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 16:31 - Jun 22 with 909 views | GeoffSentence |
| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:36 - Jun 22 by uefacup81 |
Won't it essentially be Tory FM, though? |
COuld be, but I will give it a chance. Even if it is it will be of more interest to me than God FM which is what R4 becomes over the weekend, and they even sneak a fair bit of it in during the week too. | |
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| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 16:31 - Jun 22 with 901 views | GeoffSentence |
| Anyone planning on giving Times Radio a listen? on 14:38 - Jun 22 by Ryorry |
Not heard of it - is it the Times newspaper extending onto the airwaves or something?
And "on Sundays when R4 turns into a Christian network." - really? when? Listen regularly, & apart from a morning service (which I think is confined to LW or MW anyway?) - can't say I've noticed it doing that. |
Yes, it is basically that. A radio arm for the Times newspaper. | |
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