Monday, January 29, 2007
end of grandstand
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/grandstand/default.stm has the detailed history of this programme and when it was announced http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4940490.stm that it was to be "phased out" as part of the digital age. It has been on air 48 years and provided sports like skiing and bowls etc with their limited oppurtunity to get on terrestrial TV and I for one, will miss this programme and the music which as I write this I am humming in my head. I am almost never critical of the BBC but with the increase in the licence fee as well I do get the feeling that they may either be trying to hard or going about it the wrong way to keep up in the "digital age". Nothing was wrong with grandstand and the viewing figures weren't that bad for a saturday afternoon, fair enough the BBC will continue with its dedicated sports coverage so why axe grandstand? Must be due to the money. Another example is the BBC News, like ITV they are fixing something that is not broken. Why do we have to have 2 presenters stood up and walking around its becoming like a drama! The content is still satisfying me at least, not too much "infotainment" criticism but sure it is good to implement technology and it has done a lot of good for journalism but it has also caused problems for the media conglomerates of todays world. Goodbye from Grandstand.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Welcome to where I live
I have just been on www.upmystreet.com and typed in my home postcode and these details came up:
Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be skilled workers living in semis and terraces. These are known as type 41 in the ACORN classification and 3.38% of the UK’s population live in this type.
Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found throughout the UK including Blackpool, Stevenage, Crawley, Neath Port Talbot, Harlow and the Wear Valley.
Family income: Low
Interest in current affairs: Low
Housing - with mortgage: Medium
Educated - to degree: Low
Couples with children: Medium
Have satellite TV: Medium
Not quite true with my family…but might but true with the local area so can’t really complain about that.
The age profile is similar to the UK as a whole with a mixture of singles, couples, families and retired people. Car ownership is in line with the UK average, with around 75% of households owning a car. Cars are likely to be lower value models, often bought second hand. Interests include camping and caravanning, angling, bingo and the pub. Cable TV subscriptions are also above average for this group. Preferred newspapers include the Daily Mirror and The Sun, with the Sunday Mirror, News of the World and The People at weekends.
Hold it. Cars bought second hand. erm no. I don’t know anyone on my street who has bought a car 2nd hand, maybe the lower models bit is right though….is a 02 Fiat punto a lower model Interests one is way out! Camping and the pub are a true reflection and I suppose Bingo is going to be popular everywhere but nothing about sports in there. I have never heard of anyone in my neighbourhood do angling or caravanning!
Preferred newspapers. Alas, the mirror and the sun. oh dear. While my family doesn’t (often) get sucked in by these red tops I do have to admit I know quite a few people for the old page 3 catch. So now I know the demographic these newspapers audience is and the type of area they live in. One more thing then, it seems my area is one of many that helped Jade Goody gain celeb status then with their newspaper-reading habits. I apologise for them and for me.
Ok, I wasn’t expecting it to be spot on and some of the things it highlights are true but some are wide of the mark I am afraid as you can see by my comments above. A good excericse though and I had fun doing it and thats the main thing isn’t it? not the fact that the results surprised me a bit!
Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be skilled workers living in semis and terraces. These are known as type 41 in the ACORN classification and 3.38% of the UK’s population live in this type.
Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found throughout the UK including Blackpool, Stevenage, Crawley, Neath Port Talbot, Harlow and the Wear Valley.
Family income: Low
Interest in current affairs: Low
Housing - with mortgage: Medium
Educated - to degree: Low
Couples with children: Medium
Have satellite TV: Medium
Not quite true with my family…but might but true with the local area so can’t really complain about that.
The age profile is similar to the UK as a whole with a mixture of singles, couples, families and retired people. Car ownership is in line with the UK average, with around 75% of households owning a car. Cars are likely to be lower value models, often bought second hand. Interests include camping and caravanning, angling, bingo and the pub. Cable TV subscriptions are also above average for this group. Preferred newspapers include the Daily Mirror and The Sun, with the Sunday Mirror, News of the World and The People at weekends.
Hold it. Cars bought second hand. erm no. I don’t know anyone on my street who has bought a car 2nd hand, maybe the lower models bit is right though….is a 02 Fiat punto a lower model Interests one is way out! Camping and the pub are a true reflection and I suppose Bingo is going to be popular everywhere but nothing about sports in there. I have never heard of anyone in my neighbourhood do angling or caravanning!
Preferred newspapers. Alas, the mirror and the sun. oh dear. While my family doesn’t (often) get sucked in by these red tops I do have to admit I know quite a few people for the old page 3 catch. So now I know the demographic these newspapers audience is and the type of area they live in. One more thing then, it seems my area is one of many that helped Jade Goody gain celeb status then with their newspaper-reading habits. I apologise for them and for me.
Ok, I wasn’t expecting it to be spot on and some of the things it highlights are true but some are wide of the mark I am afraid as you can see by my comments above. A good excericse though and I had fun doing it and thats the main thing isn’t it? not the fact that the results surprised me a bit!
Monday, January 15, 2007
apologies....
*blows dust off keyboard* ahem, well been a long time hasn't it? Thats really because not much worth blogging about has gone on in my life despite being busy. Since I last updated I have been home and I had a very good xmas and new year and if anyone is reading I hope you too had a very good xmas and new year. I go back to Preston on Friday to start semester 2 of my 2nd year of journalism and looking forward to it. The radio assignment was handed in today, 2 days before the deadline and it's exactly 3 minutes so hopefully that will get me a good mark. Soon to start my law assignment which is going to be very diffcult be McNae will become nighttime reading I think to get me through the weird and wonderful world of defamation. Worked on odd shift for Match but not much, looking forward to doing my radio show again on the student station and maybe....writing for the student paper but assignments come first.
Struggling for things to say and I haven't posted in a month..now that speaks for itself doesn't it?
Hoping to apply for my local paper and BBC Manchester again this summer but not done yet and hoping to get good grades on my assignments as well.
Thats all for now, posting should pick up again when I go back to University and become a student journo again but until Friday at least...take care and hope you are enjoying 2007!
Struggling for things to say and I haven't posted in a month..now that speaks for itself doesn't it?
Hoping to apply for my local paper and BBC Manchester again this summer but not done yet and hoping to get good grades on my assignments as well.
Thats all for now, posting should pick up again when I go back to University and become a student journo again but until Friday at least...take care and hope you are enjoying 2007!
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