BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Alio
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 01:07 PM

Happy Birthday to us.... Let's hope it's lucky!!

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 01:22 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/complaints/handle_complaint.pl

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/complaints/handle_complaint.pl

This seems to be the route to something

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 03:09 AM

This is the reply I got from BBC information:


Dear Mark

Thank you for your email regarding BBC GMR.

I appreciate your concern in the decision of the above station taking their community based programmes off air; however we at BBC Information do not have any details regarding this. You can check the BBC Press office site in the near future to see if there are any details posted regarding this matter:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/

(I've checked and there's nothing there about this)


You can also visit the following bbc.co.uk website were you can find contact details for the station if you would like to contact them directly:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/gmr/presenters/folk.shtml

(No mention of it on there either! Does anybody know how to get hold of the presenter!!)


Thank you once again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards



Hmmmm. Not too informative then.

Cheers
Mark

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Alio
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 03:18 AM

I'm here!! (in sunny Oldham!)

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: John J
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 03:57 AM

I still haven't received a reply after more than 3 weeks.

JJ

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 04:35 AM

The Folk North West website is now back online for me to upload stuff - The Banner on all pages reads "BBC GMR AXES SOUNDS OF FOLK - EMAIL JOHN.RYAN AT BBC.CO.UK TO COMPLAIN

Cheers
ark

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Rasener
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 05:00 AM

Is that official Mark?

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 05:17 AM

No it's not official but it sounds good as a headline.

At the risk of sounding like Sir Humphrey Appleby:

Officially we still don't know anything.
Unofficially it's very likely that Ali will have a slot in another programme so it's not that far from the probable truth that the programme called Sounds of Folk will no longer exist.

To which Jim Hacker would reply "Why don't you speak English, Humpy!"

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Rasener
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 05:24 AM

Well lets hope he gets inundated with e-mails :-)

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Bernard
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 08:15 AM

Thanks, Mark! Unofficially, of course!!

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Alio
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 09:19 AM

Thanks Mark - I'll probably know more on Monday.

Ali

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Alio
Date: 12 Mar 06 - 10:31 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 07:35 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Bernard
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 12:21 PM

I'm only guessing, but... I suspect that from April 3rd, 'BBC GMR' will be a thing of the past. There's a lot of talk about the 'new sound', but also the corporate mumbo-jumbo about a 'branding transitional phase' - which to me suggests a change of name for the station.

From its inauguration in 1970 until 1987, the station was called 'Radio Manchester', but local authority boundary changes resulted in the appearance of 'Greater Manchester', so the station was re-named GMR (Greater Manchester Radio) to reflect this.

One clue is 'Manchester's Changing. And So Are We. BBC GMR. 3 April 2006'. Also consider that a few months ago the station was being referred to as 'Manchester's BBC GMR', and more recently 'GMR: BBC Radio for Manchester'... tautology, but perhaps an indicator that the 'Greater' is being removed... in more ways than one!!!

Maybe we'll know more this evening...?

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Alio
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 01:58 PM

I'm here at the BBC with 500+ emails....but nothing from John Ryan about the show's future! Considering that all the changes take effect in 3 weeks, it's just appalling!
And re Bernard's email, someone here has just told him that it's not going to be BBC GMR anymore!!
Ali

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Rasener
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 02:03 PM

He hasn't replied to me. Bad show.

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: GUEST,Bernard (at BBC GMR Studio)
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 04:56 PM

Well, here's interesting...

If Manchester City beat Aston Villa tomorrow (Tuesday 14th), we have no programme next week...

Bummer...

Watch this space...

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Rasener
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 05:12 PM

Oh well I will order the Villa to win

Goes off to ring David O'Leary.

David said that he will do his best for you Bernard LOL

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Bernard
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 06:03 PM

Terrific! You're a good 'un, Les!!

Let's hope David comes up with the goods - and that nobody suspects a thing...!!

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 03:25 AM

Ali - I trust you have forwarded those 500 emails to John Ryan and clogged his mailbox up?

I think it's great that you've had so many people getting in contact.
Whether it will make any difference or not, time will tell.

Cheers
Mark

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Rasener
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 05:16 PM

Bernard
So sorry. The Villa let us both down.
I have phoned Doug Ellis and asked for his resignation and I told him to sack O'Leary.

Any good news on your side yet?
Les

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Bernard
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 05:49 PM

Oh dear... so no programme on Monday 20th, it would seem.

We've still not been told anything, yet...

Subject: RE: BBC GMR Axes Community Programmes!
From: Bernard
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 06:35 PM

Now we have...

Folk Programme Axed!...