Where Worlds Collide » The BBC http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:33:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 The BBC and Festivals http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/the-bbc-and-festivals/ http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/the-bbc-and-festivals/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:23:50 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=7717 Continue reading →]]> Since it’s that time of the year again, it’s time to ask that same old question. Why does the BBC always give blanket television coverage to the indie-dominated Glastonbury and Reading Festivals, yet completely ignores festivals like Download, Cropredy or High Voltage? Do they never realise that rock, metal and folk fans are TV licence payers as well?

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