Letter: Tuning in and turning off BBC radio stations
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: I was pleased to read Frank Barrett's article on Radio 1 because it echoed exactly my feelings about Radio 3.
It used to be so splendid. In the days of Peter Barker, the golden-tongued announcer one could tune in at any time of day and hear actual music. But now, under Nicholas Kenyon, it has gone the way of the new Radio 1 and at the key times when we listen (8-9.30am - breakfast and clearing up; and 6-8pm - supper and clearing up) the station is dominated by bright, chummy, interchangeable young men (very rarely a woman) who interview other interchangeable young men about the latest in the arts.
Future programmes are described endlessly. Occasionally there's a bit of music but all too often it's jazz or Gershwin. Please come back, Peter Barker. I would love to hear some music again.
Yours etc,
ANNE BANCROFT
Exmouth,
Devon
2 February
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