
Originally Posted by
mercia
oddly enough, it's this forum that has done the most to put me off listening to Radio 3. Why should I listen to a station whose apparently all-powerful controller is held in such low esteem - where the content, presenters and sound engineers are continuously criticised. What exactly is there to like about Radio 3?

I find this a very odd comment, mercia, I have to say. The esteem or otherwise in which an individual is held here exercises absolutely no influence on my listening. This forum has only added to my listening, I think, with the helpful signposts to programmes I might otherwise have missed, and ditto recorded performances on CD (as oft expressed here, it can be an expensive place to browse!!). The only thing that puts me off listening to R3 is the inanity of some of the content of the station itself at certain times of day, weekday mornings above all.
"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9