Manx Radio = White Elephant?

[copycat]

cmmon Lonan£ have a go at manxcrabber too why don't you. is it just taht soem people drawn attention to things you don't. how many threads have you actually started or is it that you just have to be an old silver back who reacts with a poke and then stomps around bullying others into your point of view.

 

ps talk to he hwo knows whats whgat and whats where and whose who.

[silverback]

Careful!!!!

[Juan Kerr]

To truly realise why the coverage has been as it has of the cat you need to know who is feeding it. This isn't a story about the cat but it is a story about who the lady is. Its Esther Richmond doyenne reporter of IOM News papers and court reporter extraordinaire. If the senior court reporter cannot manage to obtain coverage , who can?

 

"Court reporter gets free airtime to advertise pussy"

 

Just where is the News of The World when you need it.

[Gladys]

In todays IOM Examiner page 5 teh Manx Radio Managing Director has said "funding is needed to replace antiquated equipment" YET in the pink pages there is a big article that says "for the last four months or so presenters have been using a new state-of-the-art, digital palayout system". Der, so where did the money come from to pay for that system? (presupposing it has been paid for!) so why don't thet use teh same money pot to fund other new equipemnt? why go bleating to Tynwald for taxpayers money whiich IMo Pam Crowe was correct to question in relation to health spending - next time there is a budget crisis within the DHSS and a ward is closed or someone has to wait just think about it when your listening to Manx Radio on your new digital radio.

Perhaps they spent the money on the new state of the art 'palayout' system and now need more to update other bits of kit. You really do not have a thought-through argument about anything. I would suggest you go back to your progenitor, MCB, and at least ask him/her how to spell check what you have posted, then go to Catweazle and ask him to check the credibility of your arguments.

[ccm]

As Manx Radio is funded publicly, can we therefore (the public) view their accounts?

 

In fact do we have access to see where Government funds are spent exactly?

[Lonan3]

cmmon Lonan£ have a go at manxcrabber too why don't you. is it just taht soem people drawn attention to things you don't. how many threads have you actually started or is it that you just have to be an old silver back who reacts with a poke and then stomps around bullying others into your point of view.

 

ps talk to he hwo knows whats whgat and whats where and whose who.

 

Have you never noticed how many words come out incorrectly when you're talking through your arse?

[copycat]

where do i find catweazle ? where is castle saburac? can I send him a PM?

[Desperate Dan]

There is no call for digital radio on the Isle of Man just yet, so why don't they budget for it in say 5 years time.

It's not as if most islanders are going to rush out and buy a digital radio.

I think most people won't switch over unless they have to, and I can see FM being around for a long time yet.

 

I loved the paper the other day, i bet it took ages wheeling that old studio mixing control out of the basement for Mr Pugh to pose next to.

 

Up on a hill far far away from reality...

 

Photographer: "Mr Pugh, strike a pose, vogue now look sad"

 

Alex Brindley: "Mr Pugh your not doing it right, a good scenario for you here.. what would your face be like if you had to earn a living?"

 

Photographer: "Thats better" [Cleek, picture is taken]

 

Meanwhile Dan Davies is telling someone about how a computer can play music and adverts

 

Reporter: "So what does this do?"

 

Dan Davies: "it's the latest technology in the world and only we have it, it's called a computer and it can play msuic and adverts"

 

Reporter: "like an Mp3 player?"

 

Dan Davies: "no this is more advanced, it interfaces with a thing called a power socket. Unlike an mp3 player which runs on fairy dust"

 

in walks Pugh, who is not amused that Dan Davies has leaked the 'technology and not being poor' secret...

 

Dan Davies: "Sorry Mr Pugh, I didn't think. It's ok though, this is going in a secret encrypted part of the paper which the peasants of the island don't read, it's codenamed 'the business pages' and only the likes of us can look in there"

 

Mr Pugh: "Yes my child, you are correct. Carry on, With my powers and leadership the Isle of Man will remain with sheep over their eyes"

 

To be continued... (by whoever fancis carry it on!)

[When Skies Are Grey]

most of copycats posts remind me of that Simpsons episode when Homer gets fat so he can stay at work all day and his fingers are too fat to type the keys....we therefore shouldnt pick too much on MCB/copycat too much, "they" may have a genuine afflikshun

[semolina pilchard]

The old mixing console the sad faced Mr Pugh is standing by was not wheeled up from the basement, it is in fact on the same floor as the new "State of the Art" broadcast studios, tucked away in a dark and mostly forgotten corner. They used to use it for transmitting the overnight music years ago, and for the switchboard operator for the Mannin Line to sit in and quietly munch sandwiches whilst dear old Marge was telling them how it should be run.. Now though it just gathers dust, like something from an abandoned wedding feast.

The rest of the studios bear no resemblence to this staged picture.

This sad stunt reminds me of the character in "Drop the Dead Donkey" who specialised in staging such scenes to juice up his stories, cant remember his name but he was played by Stephen Tomkinson.

[simon]

There is no call for digital radio on the Isle of Man just yet

 

We got our first DAB radio a few years ago when we were living in Ramsey. Energy FM was causing us really bad interference on FM. We couldn't get Radio 4. Energy said that 3FM were to blame. We spoke to someone at Energy but he was almost impossible to speak to. I came to the conclusion that the problem probably had a good deal to do with big personalities at rival radio stations blaming each other and refusing to co operate to actually fix the problem.

 

After we moved and were certain that we could still receive DAB properly - then we got another DAB set for the bedroom. They're neat little Roberts sets which also have sockets for iPods. We listen to Podcasts and the BBC DAB. I'm not interest in listening to the local deejay radio so DAB is a good solution for us.

 

I disagree with the notion that there is no demand for digital radio across the IOM. I think a good many people would happily give up FM and local deejay radio in exchange for the full range of BBC digital channels on a portable set in the bedroom or kitchen.

[Desperate Dan]

Out of our population, how many people have DAB radios?

 

Does it register even 1%? I don't think so.

[simon]

Out of our population, how many people have DAB radios?

 

Does it register even 1%? I don't think so.

 

Build it and they will come.

[Desperate Dan]

What like the 3G network? how many people use that, quite a few but the majority don't.

[Moghrey Mie]

The problem is, I think, that we all expect Manx Radio to be all things to all people. Each of us wants to hear a particular genre of music being given a worthwhile slot; each of us wants us news tailored to our particular views on what is and what isn't of importance, and each of us wants 'local' programming to reflect our own interests.

The end result is that it sometimes tends to be an uncomfortable mix of Radio 2 and Radio 4, geared towards a small population. And then, in between all that, there has to be space for the advertising which provides the majority of its revenue.

Ultimately, it means that they are virtually having to perform a conjuring act in fitting in all that the local population demand.

I am not entirely uncritical of what they do even though, for the most part, I think they do pretty well:

I do think that more attention should be paid to local music - particularly as it appears to be flourishing at the moment.

I do think that outside broadcasting should be used to record more local events - particularly concerts, shows, lectures, readings etc.

I do think that there is an enormous hole left in the treatment of arts and culture since Roy MacMillan left that needs to be addressed as a matter of some urgency.

I do think that 'specialist' shows presenting opera, C&W, jazz, Folk and brass band music need a considerable degree of local content to justify their continuation.

There are probably other things as well if I stopped to think about it, but I'm not concerned with producing a diatribe about what I consider to be a very good local station that genuinely does it's best to provide what the majority want to hear.

Change is inevitable - but change for the better is what is important - and we have to remember when making our comments that a local station cannot supply everything that everyone wants to hear

 

More about what is really going on in the arts and music etc and less nostalgia from John Kennaugh please. We know it was all wonderful in the old days but we're in the 21st century now.