Ironman wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 2:33 pm
I suspect Albert is full of it. How comes if he is no longer a resident in the UK he was driving through Edmonton north London just a few weeks ago
I've moved house back to the Netherlands. I visit London (sometimes for work, sometimes socially) about six times every month. I seem to spend a hell of a lot of the time at City Airport at the moment......
"Ironman" - if you know me (which is highly unlikely), you'd be aware of some of my history. I was doing radio (probably) before you were born, way back in the 60s.
When you get to my age, you've seen most things, and develop a sense of "it was much better in my day". In retrospect, recently listening to some old recordings of London pirates from the early 80s, many of them were pretty dreadful. There were quite a few high points though - C J Carlos (for example) really knew how to broadcast. The guys on the early Invicta also had real ability (Bob was very selective), but much of the rest was a waste of electricity.
Pirate Radio changed the music business forever, giving outlets to new styles and new artists. Not all of it was worthless - some good artists and bands have come to prominence through pirate promotion.
You really can't criticise my taste (or knowledge of music) because I don't listen to Dubstep or UK Garage - it doesn't do anything for me (though there's a couple of the newer electronic bands that are becoming interesting).
Tomorrow's listeners will be on the interweb. Free radiating radio will become a thing of the past in another generation. I won't be here to see its demise, but many of you will. So many stations have made the on-line move now. Streaming services need to up their game, since good quality streaming is still much too expensive. I'd like to set up a truly lossless audio station, with the capacity to serve lots of simultaneous listeners (the right advertising and the right content will get an audience), but it's much too pricey at the moment.....
Now - back to the records......