we should all boycott 1xtra

**djdeamer** · 10-10-2002, 06:01 PM

cos the BBC paid off the DTI to bust more pirates so that they could have more control over the urban music radio scene.

thats why a lot of stations have gone down recently

Boycott them, boycott them!

**missc** · 10-10-2002, 06:04 PM

do u really believe that? LOL

**djdeamer** · 10-10-2002, 06:10 PM

i hate the BBC so anything which get me something to hold against them!!

**missc** · 10-10-2002, 06:14 PM

before anyone starts a boycott let's see hard evidence cause i know a lot of people have been speculating re: this, however i do not believe it for one second.

in many ways u could argue pirates are a fundamental instrument to 1xtra's success. where else do they find out what's hot? not enough people check 1xtra to listen let alone check for trends!

But lol at u trying to start beef anyway

**djdeamer** · 10-10-2002, 06:17 PM

lol, sorry

**missc** · 10-10-2002, 06:22 PM

y do u hate the BBC out of interest?

**djdeamer** · 10-10-2002, 06:24 PM

ok, i dont HATE them but they just annoy me trying to be the big shots of the media world, trying to take over everything. maybe they should just accept that they dont do some things as good as others

**MC Makka** · 10-10-2002, 06:44 PM

tru burv

**IMPOS** · 10-10-2002, 06:59 PM

What I don't get is the fuss over BBC paying £8m for a bunch of films...

When it pays £30m a year in order to use the words repetoire of music for it's own programs. And that's standard procedure.

PS. Harry Potter sucked my díck.

DC · 10-10-2002, 11:59 PM

Alot of the pirates are going down because there main source of income (club adverts) has seriously slowed down, BBC don't lock off pirates, but major corporate radio networks to fund the DTI, ena'bling' them to lock off pirates, but $$$$ it, if pirate radio stations were smart, which alot are doing, they are focusing on online broadcasting, it's going to revolution worldwide pirate broadcasting once broadband becomes industry standard

**Trilogy** · 11-10-2002, 12:25 AM

What, in 5 years time? 99% of people would never tune into pirate radio over the internet, because believe it or not, your average listener finds the convinience of turning your radio on and being able to hear something straight away far greater than logging on the internet and going thru that malarky. It's complete bullsh.it that the internet will "revolutionise" pirate radio - all it will do is give it a smaller and different radio base, leaving those who actually listen in the cold.

DC · 11-10-2002, 12:41 AM

see the bigger picture mate, think bigger

**crazyfoo** · 11-10-2002, 06:27 AM

internet radio in your car?

long way away....

**concretebeats** · 11-10-2002, 08:38 AM

internet radio is a lon ting when i am driving in my car i am not hookin up my laptop and anyway the future is digital radio not no internet radio which we have far to much of anyway

**missc** · 11-10-2002, 09:36 AM

when fm/am is gone and digital is the only way or there is another way i can listen to these stations on the road then cool, but i am with trilogy on this one at the moment - it's such a long ting. i cannot be doing with the hassle of listening online.

jO · 11-10-2002, 09:37 AM

I don't like the 1xtra advert

Garage is NOT black music. Apart from purely advertising reasons, I don't see how they can get away with saying that.

ITS URBAN MUSIC NOT BLACK MUSIC FOR FUUCCKKSSS SSAAAKKEE!

**Harley** · 11-10-2002, 09:56 AM

LOL @ BBC paying off DTI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

As if that would ever ever ever ever happen. BBC ain't no gangsta firm, DTI would need MILLIONS and MILLIONS to be paid off.

True that recently a lot of events linked to pirate radio have been locked off though. And a lot of South stations have been hit.

2-Bob stations are getting hit, which is good. The less 2-Bob stations about, the better for the scene - anyone can get on radio nowadays, I've been appalled at the standard of mixing / chatting on some stations recently.

There was once a day when people would look up to you as a minor celeb if you were on a pirate - nowadays nobody would bat an eyelid.

**missc** · 11-10-2002, 10:00 AM

totally agree harley!

**Harley** · 11-10-2002, 10:25 AM

!

Nice meeting you at forward the other night by the way MissC !

I got smashed in the end !!! Never a bad night a Forward

**oochie** · 11-10-2002, 10:39 AM

im feelin 1xtra cos all the stations in my area have been busted and i haven't got a pc to listen to other pirates on line, 1xtra keeps me up too date with all my fav genres of music eg garage,d'n'b, hip-hop etc, informs me of titles of tunes, labes etc,

So in my eyes big up 1xtra!