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Friends of Radio 3 (FoR3) is a listeners' group whose main aims are to promote BBC Radio 3 and convey listeners' views on station output to the BBC.
FoR3 celebrates BBC Radio 3 as, first and foremost, a broadcaster of Western classical music and the arts, offering specialist coverage of a range of high quality musical and cultural content, including jazz and global traditional musics, and drawing on expert contributors who enrich the listening experience. We applaud Radio 3's commitment to live music, to commissioning and broadcasting new music and new drama, and to nurturing new performing talent.
We believe that Radio 3 should maintain its position as the leading high culture broadcaster in the UK and acknowledge that its content, as presented, will attract small audiences; it should resist pressures to dilute or 'dumb down' its output.
FoR3 celebrates BBC Radio 3 as, first and foremost, a broadcaster of Western classical music and the arts, offering specialist coverage of a range of high quality musical and cultural content, including jazz and global traditional musics, and drawing on expert contributors who enrich the listening experience. We applaud Radio 3's commitment to live music, to commissioning and broadcasting new music and new drama, and to nurturing new performing talent.
We believe that Radio 3 should maintain its position as the leading high culture broadcaster in the UK and acknowledge that its content, as presented, will attract small audiences; it should resist pressures to dilute or 'dumb down' its output.
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LATEST NEWS
FoR3 has no official connection with Radio 3 or the BBC
Our campaign has attracted support from many people within the music and arts worlds.
On this site you can find:
- the latest developments in FoR3's work: Campaign Update
- a short history of the Third Programme/Radio 3 (R3 History)
- an indication of the kind of music and arts programming for which we are campaigning (Aims of FoR3, R3 and Music and R3 and the Arts)
- a chronology of our discussions with the BBC (Timeline)
- news about Radio 3 (BBC & R3 News)
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reviews of recent R3 programmes (R3 Showcase)
details of classical music stations in other countries (Around the World)
typical listeners' opinions on R3 at present (Listeners' Voice)
- Music Links has information on selected recommended linked websites.
- And Contact Us is self-explanatory…
FoR3 was started by music lovers who 'met' on BBC Radio 3's online message board, Classical Forum, the precursor of the main Radio 3 Messageboard page with links to the separate boards, Classical Music on Radio 3 and CD Masters.