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.