The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Maybe they rely on internet channels.

I truly don't believe that's true in every case. I happily accept there are those who don't use any BBC services but feel they're a very small minority.

I would favour a Pay Wall.

 

[Paulus]

I truly don't believe that's true in every case. I happily accept there are those who don't use any BBC services but feel they're a very small minority.

I would favour a Pay Wall.

I can that coming for the Iplayer.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I truly don't believe that's true in every case. I happily accept there are those who don't use any BBC services but feel they're a very small minority.

I would favour a Pay Wall.

Problem with that - which by the way I think is the right way to go - is that a lot of people who pay the License Fee
would refuse to pay for the Pay Wall

and hence the actual price would end up being higher than the current license

which would generate headlines for the Media about how the BBC are ripping off Britain"
or some such

But I think it needs to be done in some way at some point

I would not like to be the politician that makes it happen!!

 

[numbnuts]

Whoa! It's not the BBC "at it again" but a cross-party government committee considering proposals for the renewal of the BBC Charter.

The current cost is £180pa, the proposal would drop the charge to £132pa.

There are 29m households in the UK, 3.7m don't pay a licence fee. That's 13% of the population who claim not to use BBC products. Presumably they only ever listen to commercial radio????? ??

Rant over.

What's a radio ?

 

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[Dirk]

There are 29m households in the UK, 3.7m don't pay a licence fee. That's 13% of the population who claim not to use BBC products. Presumably they only ever listen to commercial radio????? ??

Rant over.

It's not a claim; it's a fact.
We haven't had a television for over 25 years and only listen to Classic FM.

 

[Dave7]

What's a radio ?

If you look in that dark corner of your living room you will see a box with a handle. If you wind that handle you will hear a crackly voice saying "this is radio Luxembourg "..... that is a radio.

 

[PaulSB]

It's not a claim; it's a fact.
We haven't had a television for over 25 years and only listen to Classic FM.

I'm speaking generally. I find it vert hard to believe 13% of the population never use BBC services. I wouldn't point a finger.

In my view clicking a link to a BBC news story on the BBC website is using a BBC service.

 

[numbnuts]

If you look in that dark corner of your living room you will see a box with a handle. If you wind that handle you will hear a crackly voice saying "this is radio Luxembourg "..... that is a radio.

Not in my gaff, I bought a new one 2 or 3 years ago as part of a survival package
if there was a war, I tried it, yes it worked and that is the last time I use a radio.
The one in the car I have never used.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm speaking generally. I find it vert hard to believe 13% of the population never use BBC services. I wouldn't point a finger.

In my view clicking a link to a BBC news story on the BBC website is using a BBC service.

If I see anything with the "BBC" on it I don't click on it.

 

[PaulSB]

If you look in that dark corner of your living room you will see a box with a handle. If you wind that handle you will hear a crackly voice saying "this is radio Luxembourg "..... that is a radio.

We have a wind up solar power radio. It lives in our pavilion on the allotment. Once the solar power battery runs down, we wind it up via a handle.

It receives digital and analogue.......come the apocalypse we're OK!!!!!!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It's not a claim; it's a fact.
We haven't had a television for over 25 years and only listen to Classic FM.

Here: we don't listen to BBC radio at all, not even in the car. Haven't done for years. We do listen to a wide array of commercial channels, though.