Radio 1 at 50, but can they find it?

Why oh dear?
Why would they need to know how to turn a radio?

These kind of things annoy me. Trying to make young people look silly because the period they were born in means they are not exposed to dying technologies.

"Ha, look how stupid young people are!"

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Malt_Vinegar said:
Why oh dear?
Why would they need to know how to turn a radio?

These kind of things annoy me. Trying to make young people look silly because the period they were born in means they are not exposed to dying technologies.

"Ha, look how stupid young people are!"

:rolleyes:
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Agreed. Some do it for amusement which is light hearted and funny (like the one where they give some kids a cassette that was floating around recently) but implying that kids are stupid just makes you look a bit of a tit tbh.
 
I watched it this morning, it’s a sign of how far technology has developed. There’ll be a similar segment in a few decades’ time where the young are expected to drive a car.
 
Shows more lack of analysing skills, trial and error, lack of an engineering and problem solving mind.

Is a power switch, knob and a metal rod too difficult to work out the function?
 
You kind of forget how things like radio frequencies have kind of been forgotten these days. Even on any FM/AM radio from the last 10/15 years you've probably got auto tuning to do most of the work.

Do Radio stations even advertise the frequencies in their jingles now? Don't think I've heard any on the BBC stations for years. Was always 97-99FM BBC Radio 1 back in the 90's! 909/693MW for Radio 5, 1089/1053MW Talksport. They're still on those frequencies but no one has to bother remembering them now!
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
Why oh dear?
Why would they need to know how to turn a radio?

These kind of things annoy me. Trying to make young people look silly because the period they were born in means they are not exposed to dying technologies.

"Ha, look how stupid young people are!"

:rolleyes:
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Diddums said:
Agreed. Some do it for amusement which is light hearted and funny (like the one where they give some kids a cassette that was floating around recently) but implying that kids are stupid just makes you look a bit of a tit tbh.
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I'm not saying that they're stupid, I'm clearly more surprised by the fact that they weren't able to, apart from the one guy who did.

Clearly it is a generation thing and I suppose with most radios now being DAB, which once they've done their scan you don't need to actually tune it but just go up & down through the stations it had found.
 
Psycho Ned said:
You kind of forget how things like radio frequencies have kind of been forgotten these days. Even on any FM/AM radio from the last 10/15 years you've probably got auto tuning to do most of the work.

Do Radio stations even advertise the frequencies in their jingles now? Don't think I've heard any on the BBC stations for years. Was always 97-99FM BBC Radio 1 back in the 90's! 909/693MW for Radio 5, 1089/1053MW Talksport. They're still on those frequencies but no one has to bother remembering them now!
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I think some still advertise them, all though this might be fewer and fewer. The BBC does in a way, on some of their stations by the number to use for either texting or calling. Example Radio 2 "88291" to send them a text and they broadcast on 88 to 91 FM. If memory serves Radio 1 does the same.
 
I am fairly sure that I have never seen anyone under the age of 30 use a DAB radio anywhere other than in a car.

I expect, even in the car, younger people use their mobile devices to play music more than anything else.

Radio (as an entertainment delivery system) is dead by anything other than name to anyone under 30. On demand delivery of a tailored music type is the norm for young people.
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
Radio (as an entertainment delivery system) is dead by anything other than name to anyone under 30. On demand delivery of a tailored music type is the norm for young people.
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pretty much this, why would i listen to the same 5 "pop" songs on a loop day in day out when i can stream music i actually like to my car stereo.

it might be mildly amusing to present people with an obsolete bit of tech and watch them figure it out, guess it's the reverse of kids laughing at their parents for not understanding how to work smartphones etc.
 
Just goes to prove how dumb some millennials really are. It's a simple ******* radio for God's sake, not the controls of a nuclear reactor. Stick me in front of a steam engine and I'd happily figure it out and get it going.
 
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Malevolence said:
Just goes to prove how dumb some millennials really are. It's a simple ******* radio for God's sake, not the controls of a nuclear reactor. Stick me in front of a steam engine and I'd happily figure it and get it going.
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If it makes you feel better about yourself, go with it :)

It's not like the sample provided was statically significant, oh and I'm sure selective editing had nothing to do with it ;)
 
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