Abstract
The historical narrative is completed in this chapter with a consideration of fundamental changes which affected classical music radio in the Nineties, regarded by some commentators as involving ‘Saga louts and dumbing down’. It sets out the story of the near-accidental arrival of Classic FM and the background to the recasting of Radio 3. The chapter compares in detail the respective output of Radio 3 and Classic FM in the years up to 1995, when this detailed history ends, before offering a coda containing some reflections on more recent times.
Classical music radio in the early Nineties—the recasting of Radio 3—the arrival of Classic FM—classical music radio 1993–1995—comparing Radio 3 and Classic FM—engaging the potential audience—towards the Unknown Region .
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See Chap. 5, p. 136n.
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See Chap. 6, p. 181.
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See Chap. 6, p. 177.
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The answer, of course, was ‘Emperor’.
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See Chap. 5, p. 138n.
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See Chap. 4, p. 107n.
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Classic FM’s total audience was much larger, hence the variation.
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Handel was ahead of all three, even if he was strictly only a ‘British composer’ by adoption.
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Although an evolutionary reversal was to occur 15 years after the end of this history, with the election of Old Etonian David Cameron as Prime Minister in 2010.
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Stoller, T. (2018). The Nineties: Saga Louts and Dumbing Down. In: Classical Music Radio in the United Kingdom, 1945–1995. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64710-4_7
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