Poor old PM. Whenever he makes an honest, truthful and complete statement, the forums buzz with what he didn't say (and why) and what he really meant which was totally different to what came out of his mouth.
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Yes- I heard the interview too number6. What he didn’t say- in fact never mentioned was Radio Caroline Flashback. Just wonder whether he is particularly interested in the Flashback Service. Do we have Peter Smith alone to thank for Flashback? Sadly it looks as though DAB+ has gone as far as it can with Caroline. So it won’t be coming to any multiplex near me!! I just wonder what is next for Caroline. Maybe syndicated shows on other stations?
I think PM has said in the past that he's not overly keen on the music being played on Flashback. I guess one problem with Flashback is it's not as unique as the main service and they have used that as the selling point to get the AM and DAB traials. If they wanted to put Flashback on a community licence, the likes of Global might well complain that it's competing with Gold.
As for syndicated shows on other stations, it's possible, but once you try to make shows generic, it takes something from them. Also, there are many, many people producing excellent syndicated shows, many free, so it's a busy marketplace. But it may be an option. Certainly something I've thought about in the past.
The option he did mention about other stations using Caroline as a sustaining service, is something I've often thought about for Big L. Indeed, there was an FM station in the Canaries that used to use Big L as a sustaining service. The problem here is that these days it's all too easy to program the playout to provide an automated service with station branding etc. to cover times when there is no direct programming, so not many stations will need or want a sustaining service from another station. The big boys just network anyway.
Perhaps there will be options for more days on 1368KHz? Who knows. One thing's for sure, it's taken a long time, but they've done extremely well with 648.
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What people forget is that when Caroline started back in the beginning it (She?) played the hits of the day (a full leaded version of Radio One if you like) then they morphed into an album station and concentrated on album music rather than singles and that's sort of how it's been since then. The trouble is, when people think of Caroline, they automatically equate it (Her/She) with 60's music and retro. Carolne was NEVER THAT way, it was always meant to be a forward thinking Station. (Ok, the occasional "oldie", but not as a regular thing.
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