tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post1835083980920067173..comments2024-03-18T20:52:42.375+01:00Comments on Random radio jottings: The Not So Famous FiveAndy Walmsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647763223166778941noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post-74265625942322701522015-08-29T07:44:48.285+02:002015-08-29T07:44:48.285+02:00Some interesting memories and thoughts here. Cert...Some interesting memories and thoughts here. Certainly schools and adult education faded away PDQ after the old Radio 5 closed.<br /><br />I can't help thinking the figures were principally going up at the end because football was already booming to a far greater extent than had been envisaged when the station was conceived. At the same time, I can't help wondering whether Tony Blair could ever have happened, in quite the same way, had the original long wave news network plans (which would have been more formal and Radio 4-esque than what we actually got) been followed through; his whole political approach was *so* in line with Five Live's.<br /><br />One great advantage of the original Radio 5 was that it recognised, as so much of the British media has historically failed to do, that pop/youth culture exists in mainland Europe just as much as in the Anglosphere.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.com