Gladys Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 In that case, the amount from the public purse will be greater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 28 minutes ago, joebean said: In that case it should not pretend to be a business and compete with businesses and merely provide the level of public service that the public can and wants to afford. Exactly. But to do that they need cash and we already pay the BBC the licence fee to cover local radio so either they need to take over Manx Radio or go for a S4C style model where they pay the subvention but the company maintains its independence. There is no point in the gov paying the subvention as the manx populace paying twice (taxes and licence fee) for the same service. A lot of older people seem to be very attached to Manx Radio (probably because it has manx in the name. The content and constant ad's make it unlistenable at times) so the S4C model might work best. Have a listen and crucially a watch (because they have moving pictures offered by their PSB) of what the channel islands are given by the BBC. The content is excellent pretty sure they would do a great job of the TT. I suspect they may not want to be directly associated with it though given how controversial the race can be. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/jersey http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/guernsey https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cpbsj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 40 minutes ago, Ham_N_Eggs said: Exactly. But to do that they need cash and we already pay the BBC the licence fee to cover local radio so either they need to take over Manx Radio or go for a S4C style model where they pay the subvention but the company maintains its independence. There is no point in the gov paying the subvention as the manx populace paying twice (taxes and licence fee) for the same service. A lot of older people seem to be very attached to Manx Radio (probably because it has manx in the name. The content and constant ad's make it unlistenable at times) so the S4C model might work best. Have a listen and crucially a watch (because they have moving pictures offered by their PSB) of what the channel islands are given by the BBC. The content is excellent pretty sure they would do a great job of the TT. I suspect they may not want to be directly associated with it though given how controversial the race can be. iomg already get that from the bbc....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Ham_N_Eggs said: Exactly. But to do that they need cash and we already pay the BBC the licence fee to cover local radio so either they need to take over Manx Radio or go for a S4C style model where they pay the subvention but the company maintains its independence. There is no point in the gov paying the subvention as the manx populace paying twice (taxes and licence fee) for the same service. A lot of older people seem to be very attached to Manx Radio (probably because it has manx in the name. The content and constant ad's make it unlistenable at times) so the S4C model might work best. Have a listen and crucially a watch (because they have moving pictures offered by their PSB) of what the channel islands are given by the BBC. The content is excellent pretty sure they would do a great job of the TT. I suspect they may not want to be directly associated with it though given how controversial the race can be. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/jersey http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/guernsey https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cpbsj The problem MR has is that if it is good it gets slated for competing with commercial businesses. If it is crap it gets slated for being crap, so it can't win. I wouldn't want to see the BBC take it over, but I would like to see the licence fee take over the funding to get rid of the awful you know whats. As for the BBC being squeamish about the TT, why should they be? They would only be covering it, not advocating it. I believe that they have transmitted death crashes live at the NW200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Government have to pay Manx Radio to cover the TT now, on top of the £823,000 as I understand it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 The very sad accident that occurred during cyclefest when a competitor was badly injured was all over the social media on Monday but Manx Radio did not get around to report it until Friday......the news is stale most of the time. I do hope The competitor is making progress, very sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 (edited) On 4/30/2018 at 10:28 PM, hissingsid said: The very sad accident that occurred during cyclefest when a competitor was badly injured was all over the social media on Monday but Manx Radio did not get around to report it until Friday......the news is stale most of the time. I do hope The competitor is making progress, very sad. I think Manx Radio wait for the official news release, as opposed to reporting gossip. ETA, I too hope he improves. Edited May 2, 2018 by dilligaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 But there was no name given and how long does it take in the Isle of Man to ascertain a few facts. Perhaps we are all waiting for the official release of what the Isle of Man 2018 is all about, but wait, it happened at the Villa only no one went because no one knew it was on......what is the point of having 'news' nearly a week after the event this is how gossip and incorrect information starts. Some poor soul died at the London Marathon R I P and his name and so on was in the papers the next day. News is supposed to keep us up to date Manx Radio should pull their socks up and do not get me on Sunday Mornings !!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueblood Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, hissingsid said: But there was no name given and how long does it take in the Isle of Man to ascertain a few facts. Perhaps we are all waiting for the official release of what the Isle of Man 2018 is all about, but wait, it happened at the Villa only no one went because no one knew it was on......what is the point of having 'news' nearly a week after the event this is how gossip and incorrect information starts. Some poor soul died at the London Marathon R I P and his name and so on was in the papers the next day. News is supposed to keep us up to date Manx Radio should pull their socks up and do not get me on Sunday Mornings !!!!! Family requested name withheld 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) If the claim that MR charge loads less for their ads because of the gov money they get is true then that's a proper dick move. Edited May 1, 2018 by TheTeapot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 are they still using vinyl....... Quote “isn’t an electronic jukebox” or has the select committee been mislead....... https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/mr-not-electronic-jukebox-says-chairman/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, woody2 said: are they still using vinyl....... Sadly not, I've picked up some top-notch ex-MR records at markets and car boots over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 7:24 AM, Ham_N_Eggs said: I've just re-listened to his evidence online and apparently Manx Radio are selling advertising cheaper than they did in the 70's, this because they get £850,000 each year by the Govt which is not tendered for and they don't pay rent on the building, electricity but do get paid extra cash by home affairs to maintain the transmitters they get to use for free! That's not just an uneven playing field that's one where they've boarded over the oppositions goal as well as being allowed to hack down any opposition player without the referee stepping in because the refs a fan. I assume that the advertising being cheaper than the 70s is in real terms after taking account of inflation. I can vouch from experience that there is no way it is cheaper in actual cash terms!! Therefore, this would seem an obvious consequence of a competitive market, because in those days there was no competition and they could charge pretty much what they liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 In the 60's, 70's and 80's, MR also received a far old wedge from religious programming. Anyone remember the syrupy yank and, "The Word for Today" or the late night christian broadcasts? They paid very well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Declan said: 7 hours ago, woody2 said: are they still using vinyl....... Sadly not, I've picked up some top-notch ex-MR records at markets and car boots over the years. I used to have quite a few ex demo singles won as prizes for phone in comps from MR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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