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Re: BBC Cardiff

61 by Kairdiff Exile
I know that quoting your own posts is the first sign of madness, but hopefully this is worth repeating:
Kairdiff Exile wrote:Sorry, but I've got to ask: why on earth are you contacting the First Minister? The first rule of lobbying is talk to the right person.

Even if Carwyn gets lots of enquiries and writes to Radio Wales on your behalf, he'll likely get the same response as the Newport AMs and MPs have received. What you need to do is to change the mind of the person who wrote that response and made the original decisions. If that person is inundated with enquiries, it might force him to think again.

As I said on p1, the name of that individual is Colin Paterson, and you can contact him via Twitter or e-mail Colin.Paterson@bbc.co.uk - I'd encourage you to do so!
Stop writing to Carwyn Jones, The Queen and Donald Trump - it won't change anything. Complaints to the BBC are worth making because a drip-drip will get officially noted - but for a 'quick win', hold to account the actual individual behind the decision!

Re: BBC Cardiff

62 by Stan A. Einstein
papajohn wrote:Best of a bad bunch? the Tory-biased bunch of cnuts
Your prejudices are showing there LowHard. I didn't think this is meant to be a political Forum.
But in response to your unnecessary comment, the BBC is a left-wing organisation. Haven't you noticed?[/quote]

The BBC is appallingly biased but not on party political lines. It in effect supports the liberal elite. Pro EU, pro Social Democratic politics, pro ethical capitalism.

What the BBC fails to do is to allow voices that argue points with which the liberal elite find offensive. To me freedom of speech is the right to say what it is we believe, with it comes the freedom to challenge by others of our beliefs. I agree with the liberal elite on the overwhelming majority of issues but not on their determination to silence those who disagree.

On this topic the overwhelming majority of Radio Wales listeners have no interest in Newport County. The point of a publicly funded broadcaster is to provide a service for all not for just the majority. The problem is not that Wrexham get too much coverage, they don't. The problem is that we do not get enough.

Re: BBC Cardiff

63 by UPTHEPORT
Kairdiff Exile wrote:I know that quoting your own posts is the first sign of madness, but hopefully this is worth repeating:
Kairdiff Exile wrote:Sorry, but I've got to ask: why on earth are you contacting the First Minister? The first rule of lobbying is talk to the right person.

Even if Carwyn gets lots of enquiries and writes to Radio Wales on your behalf, he'll likely get the same response as the Newport AMs and MPs have received. What you need to do is to change the mind of the person who wrote that response and made the original decisions. If that person is inundated with enquiries, it might force him to think again.

As I said on p1, the name of that individual is Colin Paterson, and you can contact him via Twitter or e-mail Colin.Paterson@bbc.co.uk - I'd encourage you to do so!
Stop writing to Carwyn Jones, The Queen and Donald Trump - it won't change anything. Complaints to the BBC are worth making because a drip-drip will get officially noted - but for a 'quick win', hold to account the actual individual behind the decision!
I tell you what I will write to who I want and you write to who you want ow about that :roll:

Re: BBC Cardiff

64 by Kairdiff Exile
UTP - noted, but it's surely better that people make noise that will be heard rather than just howling at the moon. I've sent a further complaint to the BBC just to add to the volume, and noted within it that the W1A-style platitudes are not helping their defence of their position.

Anyone know if any of Newport's AMs/MPs who raised it with BBC Radio Wales have heard anything further?

Re: BBC Cardiff

65 by lowandhard
Stan A. Einstein wrote:
papajohn wrote:Best of a bad bunch? the Tory-biased bunch of cnuts
Your prejudices are showing there LowHard. I didn't think this is meant to be a political Forum.
But in response to your unnecessary comment, the BBC is a left-wing organisation. Haven't you noticed?

I presume you’re having a laugh? Laura Kuenssberg, John Humphrys, Nick Robinson, yeah right ,about as left as Atilla the Hun. They regularly mock left wing politics while their interviewing technique when it comes to cabinet Ministers even that execrable excuse for a human being Hunt, is totally sycophantic. You must be listening to Galway Bay FM too much these days.

Re: BBC Cardiff

66 by pembsexile
lowandhardandinthecorner wrote:
Stan A. Einstein wrote:
papajohn wrote:Best of a bad bunch? the Tory-biased bunch of cnuts
Your prejudices are showing there LowHard. I didn't think this is meant to be a political Forum.
But in response to your unnecessary comment, the BBC is a left-wing organisation. Haven't you noticed?

I presume you’re having a laugh? Laura Kuenssberg, John Humphrys, Nick Robinson, yeah right ,about as left as Atilla the Hun. They regularly mock left wing politics while their interviewing technique when it comes to cabinet Ministers even that execrable excuse for a human being Hunt, is totally sycophantic. You must be listening to Galway Bay FM too much these days.
Lowandhard, I think you got your quotation wrong there mate. That comment above was actually made by papajohn.

Re: BBC Cardiff

68 by pembsexile
lowandhardandinthecorner wrote:
pembsexile wrote:
Lowandhard, I think you got your quotation wrong there mate. That comment above was actually made by papajohn.
I’m sorry if that’s the case. If it is, look at Stan’s post that I replied to here. Someone has mangled it, not me.
Agreed. I have noticed it does happen sometimes. Don't know why. I think the only way to be sure that you are quoting the right person is when you have quoted the words that are coloured and 'boxed in'. When we just quote the words that aren't boxed in it sometimes happens. Hope that makes sense!

Re: BBC Cardiff

69 by Stan A. Einstein
lowandhardandinthecorner wrote:
pembsexile wrote:
Lowandhard, I think you got your quotation wrong there mate. That comment above was actually made by papajohn.
I’m sorry if that’s the case. If it is, look at Stan’s post that I replied to here. Someone has mangled it, not me.
The BBC are pro establishment. They are biased against the present Labour Party because they don't like Socialists. In exactly the same way as they were biased against Thatcherism. My point is that they are not party political. They are biased against everybody who challenges the world view that is held. Oxbridge people know best, know that the plebs should remain in their place, if the plebs do that they will be looked after, even if it does require dosing an awful lot of the poor buggers up with valium.

Re: BBC Cardiff

71 by Melling's equaliser
This what I sent on September 27th. I received an email acknowledging receipt the same day but I've yet to receive a reply.

"Newport County play League 2 football out of Rodney Parade representing 160,000 people in the Newport area not to mention greater Gwent (hence 'County'). BBC coverage of Newport County is diabolical. There is a serious lack of radio coverage and this morning, after the team won away last evening, the result wasn't even mentioned on the TV breakfast news bulletins while brief highlights were shown of a Championship game played at the same time. No problem with that but to fail to even mention the County's result shows a complete disregard for football supporters in the Newport area. Other areas of the UK that have teams playing at differing levels seem to be able to cover all teams sufficiently, why can't BBC Wales? (Or is it really BBC Cardiff?)".

Re: BBC Cardiff

72 by George Street-Bridge
amberdave wrote:I hate to say this but I agree with Stan. Will we ever get a media that has the guts to listen to what people say and not what it thinks they ought to believe!!!
Ministry of truth exists.
Try James O'Brien on LBC weekdays 1000-1300. It used to be just a London station but it's now nationwide online.

Re: BBC Cardiff

73 by Kairdiff Exile
I got the same copy-and-paste response from BBC Wales that others have already quoted elsewhere on this thread - despite raising criticisms of it and asking for those to be specifically addressed. I've therefore lodged this follow-up complaint with the BBC and also sent a copy to Jayne Bryant AM and Jessica Morden MP:
I am unhappy with the response I received from Peredur Jones on 18th October, for two reasons:

1) It is exactly the same response, word-for-word, that had already been sent out to other Newport County fans who had raised this issue. When I lodged my complaint, I specifically stated that this stock response was inadequate and gave reasons why. I asked for a fresh response to be written which took account of my (and others') specific criticisms of BBC Radio Wales' position. Despite this, I was sent the same copy-and-paste response.

2) The response states that "key games [of Newport County AFC] will continue to be carried", yet this is manifestly not happening. On Tuesday 17th October, Newport County played against Colchester. Neither Cardiff City nor Swansea City were in action that night. This was a perfect opportunity for BBC Radio Wales Sport to carry full coverage of Newport's match - and yet this did not happen, and Radio Wales carried the Janice Long programme instead. It is clear from this decision that BBC Radio Wales have no intention of featuring Newport County AFC on their schedules again any time soon.

I remain very disappointed that the national radio broadcaster of Wales is removing the country's third most senior football team from its schedules.
Keep making complaints and flagging the issue up with relevant people. The BBC are on shaky ground if they can't even cover our matches when none of the other Welsh league teams are in action!

Re: BBC Cardiff

75 by SJG99
FWIW there's no point complaining about online broadcasts, the BBC don't have any rights to broadcast EFL games online (partially due to the company that brings clubs iFollow having rights I would imagine) and until that changes, online is not an option.

Where you have every right to complain is on local frequencies in the Newport area (despite some questionable claims about the accuracy of the analogue transmissions and not being able to focus on just this area), and wider broadcasts on BBC Wales on nights when there's no Swansea or Cardiff matches.

I would say that I should think the likes of Bury, Rochdale and Oldham have a similar problem with BBC Manchester/Lancashire given their proximity to larger clubs in the area, might be worth someone checking out the kind of coverage they get. After all, this is as close to the peak of welsh football success as we're likely to get, football is unlikely to get more popular in Wales than this and if County can't get on the radio now, when will they?

I do wonder if the issue is that anyone within range of the local transmitter who wants to know the County's progress is likely to be at the match - but that isn't valid for away games.
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