The people behind Radio Forth are hoping to be granted the new Scottish east coast license:
A COMMERCIAL broadcaster is promising to challenge the BBC’s “boring” and “leftish” current affairs coverage by launching a rival radio station.
Scottish Radio Holdings, which already owns a number of stations north of the Border, will apply to media regulator Ofcom this week for the new FM licence covering Edinburgh, Fife and Lothians.
It would be wonderful if we had an alternative to the Biased BBC here in Scotland. What’s extraordinary is this comment from the Beeb:
A spokesman for BBC Scotland said: “ Any suggestion that we are boring or leftish is complete rubbish.”
There again, they don’t really get it, do they? In the mind (sic) of the typical BBC operative anyone not a paid-up member of the Guardian-reading class must be some kind of deviant to the right of Genghis Khan or even George Bush.
What’s your point exactly? Competition is good? If you put any word in quotations it makes it a fact, not opinion? Any new radio station that is not lefty propaganda will obviously trounce the beeb in the ratings? Dave, my spokesperson says you’re a
“buffoon.”
“What’s your point exactly? Competition is good? If you put any word in quotations it makes it a fact, not opinion? Any new radio station that is not lefty propaganda will obviously trounce the beeb in the ratings?”. I’ve been asked by Andrew to retract the last bit, I hope no offence was taken as none was deliberately intended.
Not sure what the point of this one is?
A BBC spokesman refutes some pretty routine criticism in a pretty routine manner and this means that ‘In the mind (sic) of the typical BBC operative anyone not a paid-up member of the Guardian-reading class must be some kind of deviant to the right of Genghis Khan or even George Bush’?
I suppose the BBC should be above petty squabbles as pointless as this one but even so that’s a bit of an extrapolation.
In any case, I’d be interested to see how a conservative (or even ‘politically neutral’) news station does in Scotland given the politics up there. I’d give it two months.
“Not sure what the point of this one is?”
I think the point of it is this quote…
A spokesman for BBC Scotland said: ” Any suggestion that we are boring or leftish is complete rubbish.”
Trawl through the archives of this blog for evidence of the Beeb being leftish.
Sure, but do you genuinely expect a BBC spokesman to say “Yes, we are boring and left wing – thank you for pointing this out”??
Where’s the issue??
‘Sure, but do you genuinely expect a BBC spokesman to say “Yes, we are boring and left wing – thank you for pointing this out”??’
No, but it is nevertheless funny to hear such delusional statements from the Beeb’s spokesman.
“Where’s the issue??”
The corporate mindset of this organisation which partially explains why the archives of this blog are so full of examples of left-wing bias put out by the BBC.
Incidentally, although a conservative news station might fold in Scotland, I dare say there is an appetite for a ‘politically neutral’ one.
Just recognize that a politiclally neutral station will be perceived as right wing by many and leftist by the right wingers. Then you’ll know they’ve achieved neutrality. 😆
There are plenty of left wing nutters out there who are convinced that the BBC is an evil capitalist organ of right wing propaganda you know!
😆 I’m afraid you’re serious, Rich. Of course, maybe some work at the BBC. That would explain a lot.