BBC to close BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra

Steve Doherty7

The irony is that R4E (what was Radio 7 at birth) was castigated on creation for being 'cheap' repeats. It's a terrible day. All notions of curation and the joys or serendipitous discovery destroyed.

Irving Jarnathan3

I also like with radio that its not gathering data on you while you listen, and I feel like google execs like the one now running BBC probably have no time for providing information without collecting it.

naffdoodaa.bsky.social2

It's about the only reason I have a DAB radio. I get to hear programmes that I wouldn't even have considered going out to find. Meanwhile it can't possibly cost much to run as most of the programming is ancient reruns plus a little intro every half hour.

Paul Bassett Davies2

It pays NO royalties if your original contracts predate the internet. When some of my old radio plays and comedy things get repeats, there’s no payment because the idea of digital repeats didn’t exist when they were recorded. However, it’s still a very bad move to close R4 Extra. Boo.

Faversham Sarah3

😢 Any one of the Radio 1s could have gone instead and surely would have been missed less

Caroline Collett Writer2

Oh no! Sometimes I tune in and I’m there for hours!

🎼 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝕍𝔼™2

The BBC is removing the things, that stood it apart from the rest. Stats over happiness! For some listeners, who'll now not have the unique place for things some people can't find anywhere else.

John Allison1

Extremely sad. No better station when you're ill in bed. Keeps you company all day, no news to make you miserable. I can only imagine what a joy it is to people with chronic illness.

Pegdeg1

What! 4 Extra is absolutely essential listening in the car, often to avoid, one thing and another..... So many period pieces, and drama from eras I lived through but were too young to appreciate. This is terrible.

Kate Danley6

The BBC Sounds app was one of the most listened to apps in America. And they chose to cut off access vs allowing us to pay to listen to stations like BBC 4 Extra. The self sabotage is like watching a private equity takeover. Absolutely baffling!

melissamajoria.bsky.social2

Blooddy great. I swear Brittin has just been put in there to accelerate the disintegration process. "We're junking everything that makes us distinguishable from the streamers folks, why don't you go online instead?" has been the messagr since he got there.

Sean Owen-Moylan5

BBC 7 was the reason I bought my first DAB radio. Radio 4 Extra was a step down but I could cope. Very disappointed with this and in true Radio 4 fashion I am a bit cross, I may even roll my eyes a bit.

CW1

Very sad but credit to Deadline for picking an excellent photo to illustrate the story

Gothiron3

I am really bloody cross about this. I feel like I've lost my only source of interesting radio. Yes it's on sounds in a form but the curated days, new archive stuff, all of that lost.

Non threatening boo2

I really can't see how this will save money, its arguably the cheapest station to run and yet gives so much back.

Antony 'Dop' Shepherd2

That and Radio 3 are pretty much the only BBC radio stations I listen to, and I think Radio 3's going downhill too.

Richard Young1

There used to be a forum where people would upload their own recordings of BBC dramas and other spoken word material. I loved it, but quite understandably, the beeb had it shut down. If they could make the entire spoken word back catalogue available again for free access, I think we'd barely miss 4x

Eleanor2

With a loss of 10 jobs - that shows how little BBC spent on this channel. No wonder it failed.

1314-67.bsky.social1

They should not be allowed to broadcast in Scotland they are under the control of a Far Right Propaganda Machine

Trickcyclist 🦋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺1

Weed out Tory sycophants I’m sure that would save more than 5 million quid

Bonnie-wee1

At least the pretence of being a Scottish channel ends then!