Travelling about can be fun with talks of station improvements, closures of stops and so on so I'm keeping abreast as it were although I have my tickets at the ready.
I still can recall the Ads on Beacon Radio with their strong Black Country feel, unspoilt by progress compared to the more glitzy ones on the likes of Piccadilly Radio in Manchester but most of that has gone to national shows with a computer sorting the music and just a few minutes per hour of local news.
In recent years the BBC has imposed a de facto regional programming selection on it's stations where ours (Stoke) was heavily into community as was WM in South Staffs/Black Country and Brum.
It's no secret I like Boom Radio as a national station - the mix of music with no genre restrictions or playlist only mentalities and presenters who engage with the audience is up my alley - but they dropped the experimental Boom Rock after September 30th.
I liked the idea but if you don't want just a playlist that Spotify and the like can give you anyway you need lots of presenters, ideas for specific shows and that will cost money plus it was internet/streaming only.
That's sad but I feel they're better concentrating on the core brand which will have national tv ads in November and Boom Light which the more 50's and light music which there is some demand for maybe looking at something like a rock hour or two in the evenings presented by someone who knows it well and so produces a show for the evening with topics and featured artists.
I tend to find just the same 100 songs per decade stations do little for me as when Boom plays Beatles or Bowie they often go for an album track rather than the obvious hits giving a bitter insight into the artist.
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