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BBC License Fee - Gone - 2027

Kelly A said:
CTListener got it right. "Soylent Green is PEOPLE!"
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Remember the similarly themed "Twilight Zone" episode in which emissaries of an advanced civilization from another galaxy arrive on earth and recruit people to leave the planet for a utopian future on theirs? The true scheme is given away when the full contents of a book the seemingly altruistic aliens bring with them, whose title translates to "To Serve Man," are fully translated and it turns out to be, well ... "It's a COOKBOOK!!!"
 
fybush said:
"BBC World Service" is the international radio network. What David gets on his cable system (and what I get on Spectrum here) is "BBC World News," the television network. I think it's pretty widely available on cable/satellite providers. In the US, it's a commercial service, a joint partnership between BBC Enterprises and one of the US cable channel operators.

There's some talk that the current cutbacks being mulled by the BBC will include merging BBC World News in its various international feeds with BBC News, the UK 24-hour news channel. I hope they don't go that route, though I'd love to have easier access to the domestic BBC News channel that doesn't require puttering around with a VPN.
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If this were to be the case, I'd expect BBC News to be similar to what we see with CNN where feeds would split whenever there's UK-centric news programming (ie Question Time, Sunday Morning with Sophie Raworth) airing & simulcasting with BBC One & if there's major breaking news, the channels being simulcasted akin to CNN perhaps saying to the effect of what they do when CNNi simulcasts CNN US ("We welcome our viewers in the United States & around the world!!")
 
NYCsporty said:
If this were to be the case, I'd expect BBC News to be similar to what we see with CNN where feeds would split whenever there's UK-centric news programming (ie Question Time, Sunday Morning with Sophie Raworth) airing & simulcasting with BBC One & if there's major breaking news, the channels being simulcasted akin to CNN perhaps saying to the effect of what they do when CNNi simulcasts CNN US ("We welcome our viewers in the United States & around the world!!")
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They've already been doing that. There is: BBC One (pop music), BBC Two (including national and regional variants geared toward adults), BBC News, BBC World Service, CBBC, BBC Three/long-form programming, and BBC Four.
With the exception of BBC One, they cross-pollinate programming and news stories depending on demographic.
 
Kelly A said:
They've already been doing that. There is: BBC One (pop music), BBC Two (including national and regional variants geared toward adults), BBC News, BBC World Service, CBBC, BBC Three/long-form programming, and BBC Four.
With the exception of BBC One, they cross-pollinate programming and news stories depending on demographic.
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BBC Radio 3 is the Beeb's classical music service. Radio 4 does the documentaries, drama and other long-form programming.
 
The naming convention for the BBC domestic services works like this: the TV channels are simply "BBC [number]," while the radio channels are known as "Radio [number]".

So "BBC One" and "BBC Two" are the heritage full-service TV channels, augmented by BBC Three (aimed at younger audiences), BBC Four (mostly repeats), CBBC and CBeebies for kids, BBC News, etc.

Radio 1 is the pop music service, Radio 2 is AC/full-service, Radio 3 is classical, Radio 4 is spoken-word, 5 Live is news and sport, and then there are additional digital-only services including Radio 6 (more adventurous pop), 1Xtra (aimed at Black audiences), plus all the local and national services (Radio London, Radio Wales, and so on) and the World Service.
 
fybush said:
The naming convention for the BBC domestic services works like this: the TV channels are simply "BBC [number]," while the radio channels are known as "Radio [number]".

So "BBC One" and "BBC Two" are the heritage full-service TV channels, augmented by BBC Three (aimed at younger audiences), BBC Four (mostly repeats), CBBC and CBeebies for kids, BBC News, etc.

Radio 1 is the pop music service, Radio 2 is AC/full-service, Radio 3 is classical, Radio 4 is spoken-word, 5 Live is news and sport, and then there are additional digital-only services including Radio 6 (more adventurous pop), 1Xtra (aimed at Black audiences), plus all the local and national services (Radio London, Radio Wales, and so on) and the World Service.
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The Worldwide Listening Guide explains the radio side very very well and considers the BBC as one of The BIG Six alongside RTE Ireland, ABC Australia, RNZ New Zealand, NPR U.S., and CBC Canada.

This is how they describe it and hopefully, you don't mind the list if it means geeking or nerding out at these things...

FM and/or AM
  • BBC Radio 1 - A youth-oriented contemporary rock music station.
  • BBC Radio 2 - An adult-oriented personality-driven station, featuring a wide variety of popular music, complemented by discussion and light entertainment.
  • BBC Radio 3 - An arts and culture station focused on classical - but also offering jazz, folk, and world - music, concerts, drama, poetry, and literature.
  • BBC Radio 4 - A wide-ranging ideas and spoken word station with a heavy emphasis on current affairs, the arts, history, drama, readings, science, literature, education, and serious discussion.
  • BBC Radio 5 Live - A news, talk, and sports station with a heavy emphasis on live sport commentaries and phone-in shows. (Most of the live sports commentaries are available only to audiences within the UK due to distribution rights restrictions.)
  • BBC Asian Network - A news, music, and cultural network serving the South Asian community.
DAB/Internet
  • BBC Radio 1 Xtra - An urban-oriented station featuring hip-hop, funk, dancehall, reggae, gospel, and R&B music.
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra - An archive station presenting classic BBC drama and comedy programs, along with book readings, serials, and children's fare.
  • BBC Radio 6 Music - A station offering an eclectic mix of alternative rock and independent music, live concerts, and in-studio performances with documentary treatments.
One more...
  • BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (dropped the word Live thanks to the new logo) - A companion station to Radio 5 offering additional live sport commentaries.
It does mention the World Service, the nine regional radio stations, and 40(!) local radio stations but it doesn't mention the two newest radio stations the BBC offers only on BBC Sounds which would be BBC Radio 1 Dance and BBC Radio 1 Relax.

Hopefully, somebody gets a kick out of it by reading this! Again, from the 10th edition of The Worldwide Listening Guide, not my descriptions.
 
itsTheRolyPoly said:
The Worldwide Listening Guide explains the radio side very very well and considers the BBC as one of The BIG Six alongside RTE Ireland, ABC Australia, RNZ New Zealand, NPR U.S., and CBC Canada.
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They must mean “The Big Six” in English, as there are world groups in other languages that are vastly more significant than the services in smaller nations like NZ and Ireland.

The state radio and TV operations in China, Japan, Russia, Italy, France, are vastly bigger as are the state broadcast operations in all of the larger Arab nations, South Africa, Thailand, etc., etc.
 
DavidEduardo said:
They must mean “The Big Six” in English, as there are world groups in other languages that are vastly more significant than the services in smaller nations like NZ and Ireland.

The state radio and TV operations in China, Japan, Russia, Italy, France, are vastly bigger as are the state broadcast operations in all of the larger Arab nations, South Africa, Thailand, etc., etc.
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Yeah, I forgot to mention that. Haha. The BIG Six in English.
 
I guess it might be reassuring to know that if we remove Ireland, we are left with the Five Eyes countries.
 
itsTheRolyPoly said:
Yeah, I forgot to mention that. Haha. The BIG Six in English.
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Ireland's national network, RTE, might have had an impressive news department, but AFAIK, it never had a shortwave presence, unless it was on SW before the mid-'60s. The first opportunity I had to hear RTE programming was on satellite radio, through which I heard the World Radio Network, which carried a couple of hours of RTE each day. All the other national broadcasters mentioned were part of the shortwave scene until the internet started to replace radio for international broadcasting.
 
Here's what the Guide says about them...

The BBC, CBC, ABC, RTE, RNZ and NPR are the best English-language radio networks in the world. They represent the finest the medium has to offer in terms of organization, scope of service, and the craft of program production. Fittingly, they comprise the core of this book.
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CTListener said:
Ireland's national network, RTE...never had a shortwave presence...All the other national broadcasters mentioned were part of the shortwave scene.
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Oz came in all morning every morning but I never heard any Kiwis, no birds, no fruit, and especially no New Zealanders.
 
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