bye bye 6 music

[*Bob*]

I'm guessing the average age of its listeners must be about 40.

Do 'the kidz' see it as 'Dad Radio'?

[StraferJack]

everything tich and quids said

Although when I work from home on Fridays I'm partial to a bit of Shaun Keaveney, Radcliffe and Lauren during the day

Not that I invent my own middle-aged shout-outs when I'm listening - noooo

[StraferJack]

"Do 'the kidz' see it as 'Dad Radio'?"

doubt many of them are even aware of it's existence

Don't knock us 40 something (and beyond) dads - we don't have much in this life left

[titch juicy]

I occasionally see Don Letts DJ out- usually as a gig warm up, and he never seems to play anything you wouldn't expect him to. I don't have a great Reggae knowledge but he always seems to play tunes I recognise and ALWAYS plays a few Clash songs (excpected, i know).

Thinking about it, 6music seems quite under-represented when it comes to Reggae. Cerys and some of those others i mentioned (Coe, Robinson, Ravenscroft, Huey) occasionally play a tune or two, but surely there's scope for a late night show dedicated to reggae once a week.

[titch juicy]

I'm also (just) a 40-something, but have a lot of younger friends, mostly late 20's early 30's and they all listen.

[????]

the kids love our music *bob*, well the 20 something ones

[Hawley]

Have discovered some fantastic new stuff thanks to Tom Ravenscroft on Fridays. Marc Riley's also great - the best show on the radio in my opinion.

[MrBen]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> I find that if you don't listen before 7pm, except

> on Sundays, then you can't go wrong. Although,

> i've always had a weakness for Lauren Laverne, but

> have never really listened to her show.

>

> I find that listening to Marc Riley, Tom Robinson,

> Gideon Coe, Tom Ravenscroft, Stuart Maconie's

> Freakzone, Cerys Matthews, Jarvis Cocker (is he

> still on?), Huey Morgan (most of the time), Craig

> Charles, Iggy (but I think he's gone now) is

> guaranteed to enhance your life.

This is spot on. Lauren Laverne's voice grates with me for some reason... like she's always got a blocked nose. And she tries a bit too hard at times. Tom Robinson is brilliant. John Cooper Clarke sounds like Saville which puts me off a bit.