BBC Radio Bristol

This station really isn’t the best. It’s quite possibly because what’s going on locally just isn’t all that interesting, but it’s also possible that the BBC have really missed the mark with this one. I’m listening to it now, just to make sure I’m not being overly harsh, and they’re currently discussing how old you have to be to be «old». Hmm — not exactly breath-​taking journalism. It’s a bit like the (appalling) Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2, but all the time. If you want to listen to people whine about their lives or discuss completely obsolete topics, then this station is for you. The one saving grace is the BBC Bristol Introducing show, which plays a fairly decent range of music produced by local bands and artists.

I’m as proud a Bristolian as anyone, but quite who listens to Radio Bristol I’ve got no idea. It’s largely talk dominated broadcasting hosted by DJs who aren’t talented enough to get on national radio (and that’s bearing in mind that Chris ****ing Moyles can get on national radio).
I’m listening now to check if it’s really as bad as I remember and there is currently a debate going on, the two main topics being whether you have ever dumped toxic waste, and if you had Fu Man Chu moustache would it dangle in your soup. It’s all a bit Alan Partridge, though that was actually a comedy whereas I can’t work out if this is supposed to be funny or not. Awful.

It must be hard work trying to run a local radio station because I’m yet to find one in Bristol that manages to make a decent hash of it. Radio Bristol is Aunty’s offering to the city and not much better than the rest of what’s on offer.
On any given tune-​in your likely to get the strains of some obscure record from the mid 1970s. They claim to play modern stuff, but I’m yet to hear anything beyond the eighties. If you aren’t greeted by music then you may well get a slightly nasal DJ trying to entertain you with limp jokes and just plain odd discussions. It’s a bit Bristolian, but not in a good way, more in a slightly inbred, country bumkin sort of way. They have traffic reports, that’s about all you’d want to tune in for.
BBC Radio, as I’ve come to expect of local radio, disappoints.