Talk:96.4 BRMB

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[edit] Vandalism

This page seems to have been vandalised, fairly frequently, today! --SunStar Net 20:57, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Past Presenters

Have added some more names to the past presenters list - a few people who I remember listening to when I was a wee nipper and growing up in Birmingham. 81.151.19.233 13:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When Tammy Gooding was Holly Wood

Does anyone else remember when Tammy Gooding used to call herself Holly Wood? If so, what prompted her to revert to using her old name? 81.152.223.92 16:52, 14 February 2007 (UTC) - Common sense probably. No, really. It was during the days when Tammy was travel reporter for the breakfast show and Les Ross asked her on air to reveal her real name, and I think between them they decided to drop the - by then outdated - showbiz name. - Lee Stanley 19:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elliot Webb Story

Me again. This is not really written in the style of an encyclopedia article, is it? It needs a bit of work doing to it. I haven't got the time to do it myself, so I am going to tag it for cleanup. 81.152.223.92 16:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it's important to note that some people (within the industry and externally) saw the changes as yet another co-ordinated stunt to get the paper into the media focus. 62.6.252.139 15:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Doctor Love

I see that someone removed my addition of Doctor Love from the list of Past Presenters. I guess they might have believed it was a piece of vandalism, but I can honestly say it wasn't. Doctor Love (which was almost certainly not his real name) actually was a presenter on BRMB. He presented a programme called The Love Zone between 1993 and 1996. The show was on at weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) between 10pm and 2am and started when the station was revamped after it was bought by the Capital Group in the summer of 1993. Doctor Love left BRMB early in 1996 following another revamp. Unfortunately, I have no reference for this information, so it may not be possible for Doctor Love to be included.

Incidentally, I would be interested to find out what Doctor Love's real name actually was. If anyone remembers him and knows this, please let me know. Thanks 81.152.1.205 10:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes, Doctor Love definitely existed, but I haven't a clue who he actually was. - Lee Stanley 19:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] B-R-M-B dose NOT stand for...

Birmingham Radio for the Midlands and Blackcountry. Absolute rubbish and non-verifiable. The correct answer is Birmingham Broadcasting. Neasden Villa 16:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

To be fair, and to quote the page cited, "In actual fact 'the initials did not stand for any particular words' but were simply extracted from the name of the company that ran the station - Birmingham Broadcasting Ltd" - Lee Stanley 22:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Content?

  • I would like to question the importance or notability of the section Current Schedule. Is it really neccessary to have such content? Why should this particular radio station have its entire weekly schedule put up? If there is anything special about it, by all means, keep it in. But since there is nothing mentioned about why its schedule is notable, I'll be removing it.
  • The list of Past presenters is a massive list which gives absolutely zero information to the reader. No chronological series, no reason asserting notability. So I'm going to trim this down. Only those past presenters with WP articles will be left in, remaining will be removed. Of course, if there is any reason for their inclusion, something about their stint with the station that merits an encyclopedia mention, then by all means, put that individual back.

Looking forward to all editors' ideas about this. If there are no comments in 48 hours, I'll be going ahead with the proposed rework of the page. xC | ☎ 03:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the above comments on the Current Schedule section and would argue that if people want to know the station's current schedule, they will go to its website. I suggest that the section should be renamed Current Presenters and then contain a list of the current presenters. This would tidy up the section quite a bit and is actually what has been done with articles about some of the other stations from the area. Check out Saga 105.7 FM for an example of this format.
As for the Past Presenters section, I have to confess to being a past contributer to this, but I also feel that it is now getting overlong. I am from the Birmingham area and remember many of the presenters who are mentioned, but as far as I am aware, a good percentage of these have now vanished into obscurity. Exceptions to this are probably,
  • Paul Bryant, who went on to present a long running show at Heart,
  • Carlos, who did likewise,
  • Harriet Scott and Paul Hollins, who have been presenters at Heart 106.2 in London,
  • Nick Snaith, who now presents a chart show for Heart alongside Melanie Sykes, and
  • Murray J, who was a Virgin Radio host.
Therefore, these people should remain in the article, and should perhaps have articles written about them if enough information can be found to demonstrate their importance.
I hope these comments have been helpful. Good luck with your edit. 81.157.64.238 12:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
PS: Could I also point you in the direction of 100.7 Heart FM which could also do with some attention. Here also there is a schedule.

Thanks for your comments. I believe the cleanup of the article is well supported, then, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. Happy editing! xC | ☎ 12:32, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I've done an initial cleanup of the list of past presenters. I have excluded the individuals listed above, as they don't have WP articles. Once they do, even if they are stubs, feel free to add them back. I'll be doing my best to research the people currently on the page, and the list is likely to be trimmed down only to those presenters who have made a notable contribution to the station, or were well-known for some other reason related to it. Thanks xC | ☎ 04:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Current newsreaders and travel presenters

I've removed the list of current newsreaders and travel presenters as they don't really add anything to the article. Besides, one of them, Jo Grant, actually linked to the Doctor Who sidekick of that name from the early 70s. Paul20070 12:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

ALso removed the current line up for reasons discussed by other editors in the section above. Maybe the thing to do here is to have is to briefly mention one or two notable presenters if there are any at the moment, then to merge it with the list of past presenters. Any ideas anybody? Paul20070 13:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)