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11/10/2013

When is a radio station not a radio station? When it's audio-visual Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1. And why have some Radio 3 listeners been throwing popcorn at their radios?

This week the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Director General Tony Hall unveiled his vision for the future of the corporation. At its heart is technology. A new app called Open Minds will draw programmes from across the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's speech radio output and Radio 1 is to lead the way in becoming an audio-visual network with its own video channel on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer to host exclusive interviews and performances. We speak to the Controller of Radio 1 and 1Xtra about visualisation and whether the future of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio depends on it.

But while Radio 1 is coming soon to a screen near you, some listeners have reached saturation point with the silver screen takeover of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3. As part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Sound of Cinema season, the network has aired three weeks of special concerts celebrating film music and editions of regular programmes dedicated to cinema. They tell us it's been a blockbuster with their audience - but it's been a flop with some Feedback listeners.

And when Inside Science replaced Material World on Radio 4 in July, many Feedback listeners were up in arms. But just how different is it to the old programme? We join presenter Adam Rutherford and his team to find out.

Also, newsreader Neil Sleat has his moment in the spotlight as he reveals the inner workings of the newscaster's brain when faced with pronouncing a 35 letter Hawaiian name, live on air. Twice.

Producer: Will Yates
A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

25 minutes

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Sun 13 Oct 2013 20:00

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  • Fri 11 Oct 2013 16:30
  • Sun 13 Oct 2013 20:00

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