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Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-17-2008, 05:17 PM

I think the change in demographic for Radio 2 has a lot to do with the lack of British folk music.

Before Radio 2 was modernised you used to get tons of folk music , country , jazz & plenty of roots music being played on there all the time. But now it seems to want to target the post Radio 1 audience. The 30 somethings , which is why you get DJs like Steve Wright & Jonathan Ross basically playing the same playlist Radio 1 was playing 10/15 years ago.

There's no British folk music around because there is no major mainsteam outlet for it anymore.

11-17-2008, 05:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I think the change in demographic for Radio 2 has a lot to do with the lack of British folk music. Before Radio 2 was modernised you used to get tons of folk music , country , jazz & plenty of roots music being played on there all the time. But now it seems to want to target the post Radio 1 audience. The 30 somethings , which is why you get DJs like Steve Wright & Jonathan Ross basically playing the same playlist Radio 1 was playing 10/15 years ago. There's no British folk music around because there is no major mainsteam outlet for it anymore. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.