BBC Radio pres: October 2021 onwards

[thomalex]

https://twitter.com/chrismasonbbc/status...5hQqhyNXIA

New logo now in use in the Radio 4 studio

[AxiosBrit67]

https://twitter.com/chrismasonbbc/status...5hQqhyNXIA

New logo now in use in the Radio 4 studio

Also for Radios 2 and 3. New Radio 3 logo even appeared at After Dark Festival stage curtain.
https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/status/150...2242307073

[Cusack]

No matter what they name it, I will always call them Radio 5 and Radio 5 Extra. I also call it Radio 6, not 6 Music. Each to their own I guess.

Whereas I've never called Radio 6, when I talk about it, it's always 6 Music.

[VMPhil]

Yes that's an odd comment because it's never ever been officially called "Radio 6". For the first five years the official name was BBC 6 Music, they only added "Radio" to 6 and 7 in 2007 when they introduced the uniform station logos.

[Moz]

https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/status/150...2242307073

That black on orange for Radio 2 looks very sophisticated there.

[Joe]

Do you mean orange on black?

[Moz]

Do you mean orange on black?

No. Black 2 on an orange disk.

[Joe]

I see. I agree it looks nice.

[thomalex]

Sounds on Fire TV has been updated with a new intro (BBC Sounds logo sans icon with animated orange/black gradient), top centred BBC blocks on the home Screen and the Sounds icon now appears in the side bar. The icon for the actual app however remains unchanged.

[BBI45]

https://twitter.com/RobRoseTweets/status...aRvWw&s=19

[LargelyALurker]

Yes that's an odd comment because it's never ever been officially called "Radio 6". For the first five years the official name was BBC 6 Music, they only added "Radio" to 6 and 7 in 2007 when they introduced the uniform station logos.

Initially it was called ‘6 Music from the BBC’ on air.

The stranger one was perhaps BBC7, which sounded like a TV channel, but was a radio station (now BBC Radio 4 Extra’).

[VMPhil]

Yes that's an odd comment because it's never ever been officially called "Radio 6". For the first five years the official name was BBC 6 Music, they only added "Radio" to 6 and 7 in 2007 when they introduced the uniform station logos.

Initially it was called ‘6 Music from the BBC’ on air.

The stranger one was perhaps BBC7, which sounded like a TV channel, but was a radio station (now BBC Radio 4 Extra’).

I'd forgotten about that but I do remember "1Xtra from the BBC".

I assume there was some strategic decision around not using the word "radio" in the then-new digital only stations.

[thomalex]

Yes that's an odd comment because it's never ever been officially called "Radio 6". For the first five years the official name was BBC 6 Music, they only added "Radio" to 6 and 7 in 2007 when they introduced the uniform station logos.

Initially it was called ‘6 Music from the BBC’ on air.

The stranger one was perhaps BBC7, which sounded like a TV channel, but was a radio station (now BBC Radio 4 Extra’).

I'd forgotten about that but I do remember "1Xtra from the BBC".

I assume there was some strategic decision around not using the word "radio" in the then-new digital only stations.

Indeed. The idea was these stations were not on traditional radio but on the internet and DAB.

[Spencer]

And meanwhile you’ve got services like Spotify and Sonos labelling as ‘radio’ what are essentially themed streaming jukeboxes because the term is seen as so valuable and desirable. I think the BBC was wise to row back on this policy.

[TVNerd]

The new BBC Sounds iOS app has launched, featuring the new blocks but still uses the old station logos

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