Time Shift: Whatever Happened to Radio 2? 

How I miss the old format of Radio 2. It was never off, except for sleeping! I learnt so much, laughed a lot, even had some tears, and was kept in touch with the world. I even listened to the Barbershop Singers on Sunday afternoons! Is there anyway it could be brought back? Dream on I guess...

I used to love listening to Desmond Carrington down the Gym on a Friday night. That was around 2014/2015. It was still a quirky station even then. Something has changed recently and not for the better

As he recorded them, there must be hundreds of Desmond Carrington's shows - they could've kept playing them!

You and the Night and the Music!

Just read in papers that Radio 2 wants to stop playing music from 60s and 70s, and wants younger listeners. So that begs the question, WTF is Radio 1 for???

Sing Something Simple, anyone? Loved the old Radio 2, just another death of what made Britain so excellent a place to be, where the public subsidised what was not mass popular, but enjoyed by a minority. WTF happened to the comedy that used to be on R2?

If I win Lotto my dream is to start a station based on the same format as Radio 2...a station that was listened to by so every age group.

I remember Desmond presenting 'Album Time' on Radio 2 in the early seventies. Obviously on Emergency Ward 10 in the the sixties too!

Friday night 🌙 is music night

Radio 2 should have stuck to what it good at - relaxing middle of the road music and easy listening programmes NOT youth related stuff and young people's interests, that should stay with Radio 1

What is this? Radio2 trying to cover up the fact that it's now nothing but a bunch of safe crap hosted by former Z-list tv personalities? All the interesting niche programmes have been axed. The station is now a 24/7 snooze-fest aimed at the brainless, and its a disgrace.

A lovely programme. So nice to see the must missed Desmond Carrington. I only wish it had covered Malcolm Laycock as well.

What a fantastic television show

Radio 2 have never been one to leave a winning formula,culling well liked presenters,in favour of the next big thing,the only trouble is there are very few presenters I care for anymore I'm now a radio 4 man

What happened? Like the other BBC channels, it became narrowly focused as the BBC sought to appeal to specific 'demographics'.

Radio 2 is now dreadful, it used to be so good

that pub just sounds perfect! very jealous

Im not old enough yet for radio 4

Blimey, I miss The Organist Entertains.

21:50 shutters are closing

The feeling was there was a big gap between Madonna & mantovani & Radio 2 had to change too. . but now it seams a rest home for radio one djs, most told Matthew Bannister to f-off.

21:57 fully fully shut

21:52 screw shutters shut

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ok

Radio 4 yawn

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