Bob Draper wrote:

>In response to Classic FM the BBC's Radio Three has been accused of
>'dumbing down' its schedule to attract listeners.

Is this the same Radio Three that I was once alerted at

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/realplayer/index.html

If so, I must confess to feeling sheepish and humbled on learning that
its programming, which I had thought imaginative and innovative, might
actually be an example of "dumbing down".  Maybe, because of the time zone
difference I would wind up listening when its broadcasts were different
from those by which its local listeners would judge it, but as one who
thought himself familiar w/ most classical "war horses", "chestnuts", and
"top 40s, 50s, or 100s) I discovered a large number of new and unfamiliar
works being broadcast.

Walter Meyer