Radio host says BBC scared by drop in young audiences
Radio host says BBC scared by drop in young audiences
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Broadcaster Roger Bolton suggested the BBC was "frightened" by the decline of young audiences to radio t raditionnelle.
Bolton, 76, was speaking after being dropped as Radio 4 commentary host after 23 years.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg- Paragraph eq5iqo00">"If you run Radio 4, you must be worried that not many young people come to listen to you," Bolton said.
A BBC spokesman said the station had always "keep up with the rapidly changing broadcasting landscape".
After his release he made headlines over the weekend, Bolton told BBC News he didn't hold a grudge and understood the company's desire to attract new audiences. by the fact that young people are not coming to broadcast programs, so they invest a lot in podcasts, and hoping that in this way they will attract young people, ”he said.
"At the same time, they have to be careful that their presentation team are not all of a certain age... So I guess, and I have no first-hand knowledge hand about it, that this [decision] is part of the process. They looked at the presenters, the people who have been here a long time, and they decided to make some changes - it's not an unreasonable thing to do."
A spokesperson for the company told BBC News: "Over the decades, Radio 4 has followed the rapidly changing broadcasting landscape in refreshing it occasionally...
Broadcaster Roger Bolton suggested the BBC was "frightened" by the decline of young audiences to radio t raditionnelle.
Bolton, 76, was speaking after being dropped as Radio 4 commentary host after 23 years.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg- Paragraph eq5iqo00">"If you run Radio 4, you must be worried that not many young people come to listen to you," Bolton said.
A BBC spokesman said the station had always "keep up with the rapidly changing broadcasting landscape".
After his release he made headlines over the weekend, Bolton told BBC News he didn't hold a grudge and understood the company's desire to attract new audiences. by the fact that young people are not coming to broadcast programs, so they invest a lot in podcasts, and hoping that in this way they will attract young people, ”he said.
"At the same time, they have to be careful that their presentation team are not all of a certain age... So I guess, and I have no first-hand knowledge hand about it, that this [decision] is part of the process. They looked at the presenters, the people who have been here a long time, and they decided to make some changes - it's not an unreasonable thing to do."
A spokesperson for the company told BBC News: "Over the decades, Radio 4 has followed the rapidly changing broadcasting landscape in refreshing it occasionally...
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