Comments on: Centres Of Excellence

By: Joanne Farrell

Joanne Farrell — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:33:14 +0000

Mike – don’t worry, the 8,000 complaint figure being quoted is just for complaints made to the BBC complaints department, NOT feedback sent to the BBC Trust, which is believed to be in the 10′s of thousands at this stage (BBC trust don’t give out running totals so we won’t know the exact figure until the end of the consultation period).

By: Mike Freeman

Mike Freeman — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:42:27 +0000

Hi Tom. Love the show, love the station too. There’s a gathering planned for the 27th March, but for all the members on Spacebook and the 8,000 or so complaints made, I am now worried that the old British disease Apathy will take over and we’ll end up with a dozen of us stood outside the Beeb, which means the press will either ignore it or make enormous fun of us. These are troubling times, just wish I had a fail-proof way of legally shaming the BBC into dropping their plans for 6Music.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:35:01 +0000

Great post Tom. Yeah I agree. Lets keep it peaceful, lets keep it possitive and lets keep it constructive. I just find it hard to take when it always seems that the more alternative shows are the ones who get the chop. Good luck and all the best.

Love the show, its worth fighting for.

By: Colin Phipps

Colin Phipps — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:39:47 +0000

Excellent Post Tom, Your right about sending duplicate messages, sometimes though yopu hear something you that rasises a new point and you just have to get of your chest. However it is important to note on the communication that you have already contacted the trust and the new comminication is in addition to and rasing different concerns from previous correspondence. Great show lets hope we can keep it going.

By: Bobby Wotnot

Bobby Wotnot — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:05 +0000

Thanks Tom, and I echo what Bob has said. I have my fingers and everything crossed for a positive outcome to this. Centre’s of excellence should not get a kicking

By: Bob Arthur

Bob Arthur — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:50:58 +0000

Thanks Tom – a nicely measured response. You are absolutely right in stating that we should not be arguing subjective views on the quality of individual shows. It is vital that we present intelligent and informed debate; especially so if some of the fears of a fait accompli turn out correct (not a view I am personally taking, but I know others are), since at that point we would be in a stronger position to protest the outcome if we have valid complaints and not just name-calling.

Once again, thanks for your post.