Pop over, official

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5099894.stm

BBC calls time on top of the pops...


...oh the INTERNETS, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE????

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[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

I blame the internet!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

heh, Steve beat me to the submit button. I have deleted my separate, v. similar post, which included the following editorial:

I haven't watched it once since it moved to Sunday nights on BBC2, so I've no right to grumble. Still, this feels WRONG.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

it seems to be the lead non-sport story on five live at the mo...

CLEARLY, it's never been the same since it stopped being on a thursday as any fule kno ;)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i blame cat dealy!

also: where is RINGTONE OF THE POPS programme?

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's too bad. First Smash Hits, now this.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I know. Which means out of the triumvirate of my formative music experiences, only Radio 1 remains. And that's now unlistenable.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

F£rn C0tt0n will be unemployed :( :( :(

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

she'll be on Radio 1 if not already. and will prob. continue to do whatever they stick on Saturday mornings.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i watched it on sunday for the first time in aaaaaages.

i blame the poptimism podcast.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Life is change.

Top of the Pops = neglected goldfish.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Credit the Beeb for taking this long to put the dead horse out of its misery. (Although it does seem mind-boggling that there isn't/wasn't some way to retool the show to make it viable.)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

BBC should make a music channel with 0 adverts!

I would watch it ALL THE TIME

[darkpigeon.livejournal.com]

except when they have the inevitable steve wright hour