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1   / Notices, obituaries and tributes / Andrew Turner
 on: Mar 12th, 2024, 12:58pm 
Started by The Flying Scotsman | Post by The Flying Scotsman  
The former BBC R1 (Newsbeat) newsreader Andrew Turner has died. His son, Jamie, posted news of his death on an Atlantic 252 Facebook group. I believe Andrew also worked at BBC Derby for a while and, much later, was part of the start up team at Atlantic 252. Jamie says Andrew's last radio show was with Tony Blackburn on Capital Gold breakfast.
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/03/former-broadcaster-and-newsreader-andrew-turner...
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2   / Notices, obituaries and tributes / John Wilson
 on: Mar 10th, 2024, 8:53am 
Started by Ian Mitchell | Post by Ian Mitchell  
John Wilson, former Controller, Editorial Policy, has sadly died. Alan Ashton tells me the funeral is at Banbury Crematorium at 2pm on Monday March 18th.

3   / Notices, obituaries and tributes / Re: Chris Paling
 on: Mar 8th, 2024, 7:08pm 
Started by Roger Beckwith | Post by david en france  
I have a feeling I was on a management course with Chris at Wood Norton in the early 90s. There was something special about that course, we all admired each other. But regardless of that, Chris's story is typical of so many in the snakes and ladders of the Corporation's  career story.  Dedication and professionalism pays off whether or not you went to Oxbridge. I am sad that Chris pre deceased me.  I give his family my sincere condolences in the context of a unique comradeship.

4   / News and Comment / Re: The Beeb has finally become The Daily Mail/Sun
 on: Mar 8th, 2024, 6:07pm 
Started by david en france | Post by david en france  
Today's online editions dig even deeper into the mire with "Dogs vie for attention at prime pooch pageant".  There was a time when the BBC treated Crufts as something sacrosanct. I am no dog lover but I hate to see man's best friend being treated in this way.Worse...that the nation's best friend, thje BBC, is being reduced to mongrel status with no pedigree.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cld4e9z310no
Come on folks....get vocal.

5   / Notices, obituaries and tributes / Chris Paling
 on: Mar 4th, 2024, 3:16pm 
Started by Roger Beckwith | Post by Roger Beckwith  
Chris (1956-2024) was the loving and much-loved husband of Julie. A talented writer, Chris was a published author of nine novels and two non-fiction books. He had a BBC career of 31 years as an SM,  later as a producer of, among other programmes, ‘Midweek’. He also worked for years in the Jubilee Library in Brighton, and wrote a book ”Reading Allowed” based on his experiences. Chris and Julie moved to Ovingdean in 2020, and loved its views and the community. He became interested in art when he retired and his skill as a painter grew until his death. Chris held an exhibition of his art at Christmas 2022 and his pictures will be shown this May in the Artists’ Open House at the Village Hall. (Adapted from a notice in the "Ovingdean Newsletter")

6   / News and Comment / Re: The Beeb has finally become The Daily Mail/Sun
 on: Mar 3rd, 2024, 2:38pm 
Started by david en france | Post by double-vision  
After nigh on 32 years after "being Birted out," lovely expression that and 15 years on here also a Junior Member whatever that may mean I agree with you that that news article was abysmal. You could just as easily put The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror or the Daily Record at the top and been non the wiser. Sad, sad sad!

7   / News and Comment / Re: The Beeb has finally become The Daily Mail/Sun
 on: Feb 29th, 2024, 10:34pm 
Started by david en france | Post by david en france  
Love that I am still a Junior Member thirty years after being Birted out!

8   / News and Comment / The Beeb has finally become The Daily Mail/Sun
 on: Feb 29th, 2024, 7:05pm 
Started by david en france | Post by david en france  
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68440735

Really sorry to see this plunge downwards.  Not facts. Just speculation, wild, dramatised speculation. How shameful. Even if there is a grain of truth let us see the source quotes.

9   / News and Comment / Re: You couldn't make it up!
 on: Feb 8th, 2024, 8:16am 
Started by david en france | Post by WG  
Well fine, look forward to this-but there are regulation stages to go through first and a public consultation. Meanwhile, commercial stations will continue to forge ahead, recruit presenters from the BBC and increase their audiences.

10   / News and Comment / You couldn't make it up!
 on: Feb 7th, 2024, 1:08pm 
Started by david en france | Post by david en france