Get The Balance Right...
Once again, I鈥檓 blown away by the response to the show. It鈥檚 brilliant getting so many texts and e-mails and it鈥檚 great to know that people enjoy what they hear.
However, it does mean that some nights I struggle to get round to all your correspondence. My problem is that I feel really guilty if there are lots of people who don鈥檛 get a mention on air. Every text or e-mail we get in does get read, but there鈥檚 just not enough time to mention them all on air.
I got this e-mail from Alan Thomson, a new listener to the show. It made me think a lot about the balance of music and speech on the show and I wonder if we have got the mix right.
鈥淕reat programme and good idea. But I get so frustrated that you only manage to get 10 or 11 tracks played in an hour. Too much chat about what people are asking for - most of which does not get played. We even get a summary of what was played last night! Please less chat and more tracks!!!!!!鈥
So what do you think about the points Alan has made?
I don鈥檛 want the show to become a jukebox with 鈥渢hat was鈥 and 鈥渢his is鈥 links. For me, part of the fun is hearing about your musical passions and if someone takes the trouble to get in touch with suggestions, I feel they deserve credit for that on air.
Do we lobby for a longer timeslot? Do I cut back on the texts and risk frustrating the people who are texting in? Do you enjoy hearing the montage of stuff from the previous night or could you live without it?
Why don鈥檛 you post a comment and let me know what you think?
