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C4 Radio bid: getting the pitch right.
As well as securing partnerships and the likes of former Radio Two controller Jim Moir, a key plank of Channel 4's strategy in the run-up to this licence application has been the creation of a website (www.channel4radio.com) where it has been able to showcase exactly the kind of programming it can offer.
Among the range of shows that visitors to the site can stream are 4Music specials with acts including Bloc Party, programmes hosted by John Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft and a radio version of Channel 4's very first music offering, The Tube.
Schwarz notes, "It's taught us a lot and that's why we set up channel4radio.com back in June last year, for precisely that reason. And we asked our listeners to register, so they could give us their direct feedback so we could monitor what works, what doesn't work, what people want more of, want less of, tone of voice, style, diversity range ...
- Bloc Party.(Concert review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Sprague, David October 5, 2007 700+ words
...from its "Silent Alarm" album, Bloc Party hit all the fight post-punk notes...Okereke, a fascinating character who channels a singular sort of dislocation...joyful noise via hedonism alone. Bloc Party performs Saturday at the L.A...
- Bloc Party connects; Fan challenge is getting a ticket.(WASHINGTON...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times June 16, 2005 700+ words
...WASHINGTON TIMES If the four friends in Bloc Party are dreaming, don't wake them up...during each consecutive tour. Locally, Bloc Party sold out the Black Cat in April. On...Merriweather Post Pavilion. Tonight Bloc Party visits the 9:30 Club, which sold its...
- Intimate Bloc Party moments
- Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland Liam Rudden Arts and October 2, 2009 700+ words
BLOC PARTY's drummer Matt Tong knows what it is...Released in January, the album saw Bloc Party explore yet another new avenue. "I...with it," explains Tong. Intimacy is Bloc Party's third album. Their debut, Silent...
- Bloc Party celebrates with crisp post-punk.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Laban, Linda April 7, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Linda Laban Bloc Party, at the Paradise, Boston, Tuesday night. Bloc Party is cleaning up. Wild praise in the English...shows on its first American tour, including Bloc Party's stop at the Paradise on Tuesday night...
- Bloc Party: once again, British music is coming on strong. Here are the leaders...
- Magazine article from: Interview Diehl, Matt March 1, 2005 700+ words
Are Bloc Party the only new band that matters? On the...the answer is definitely maybe. Bloc Party are perhaps the most anticipated British...Franz Ferdinand, who helped author the Bloc Party success story by famously giving the...
- BLOC PARTY KICKS OFF ITS WORLD TOUR WITH A BASH.(Life and Arts)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Telford, Shawn March 13, 2007 700+ words
...Special to the P-I For a moment in 2005, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke became the voice...album. Nor was it a continuation of Bloc Party's jaunty debut, "Silent Alarm...greatness among long and overwritten verses. Bloc Party began its world tour Sunday night at...
- Here's one Bloc Party worth attending.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Laban, Linda September 10, 2005 700+ words
Byline: LINDA LABAN Bloc Party, with the Kills and the Noisettes, at Avalon, Boston, Thursday night. Bloc Party is often compared to pithy British...Certainly there's bass and space in Bloc Party's songs, and angular guitar too...
- Fed: Bloc Party play intimate show in Sydney
- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) July 28, 2009 700+ words
...News (Australia) 07-28-2009 Fed: Bloc Party play intimate show in Sydney By Alyssa...SYDNEY, July 28 AAP - British group Bloc Party turned Sydney's Museum of Contemporary...by Sydney-based Perth duo Canyons, Bloc Party took to the stage among the marble columns...
