The Future
I always talk to taxi drivers. They listen to more radio than most people and are never shy of offering an opinion. But they can be predictable. When they find out I work for Â鶹Éç Radio Scotland they ask one of two questions..
1. When is the Â鶹Éç moving to that new building on the banks of the Clyde?
2. When are you going to sack Jim Traynor?
Oh, how Jim laughed when I told him about this second question. Actually, I think he was laughing. I was running away from him at the time.
As for our new building, well, we take ownership of it in the summer of 2006 and then begin to install all the new high-tech digital equipment we'll need. It'll be like the starship Enterprise by the time we move in the following year.
So what else for Â鶹Éç Radio Scotland in 2006?
January...a new series from Lesley Riddoch and a Big Day of Live Music
February..a campaign to support listeners who want to write a book
March.... loads of new comedy recorded at the Glasgow international comedy festival..and coverage of the Commonwealth Games
April... the launch of our new summer music schedule...including a new show presented by Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan
Just a taster of things to come...and, of course, Jim Traynor going from strength to strength on Saturday afternoons. No wonder I can never get a taxi.
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