Talk:Classic FM (UK)

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"Classic FM" is a very common name for a radio station or a radio program. Search in Google and you will find it is in use in many countries. Therefore there is no particular justification for using it for just the UK station. --Zero 12:43, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

However, Classic FM in the UK was the first radio station of this name and particular format (although a station called Classique FM existed in Lyon in France about a year before Classic FM UK started in 1992). Classic FM UK subsequently opened a series of franchised or joint venture stations under the same name and using the same music library, scheduling system and station branding including Classic FM in the Netherlands, South Africa, Finland and as one of the Sony-Warner (SW) network of stations in the USA (Robin Ray, Classic FM's music programmer, successfully sued the station for breach of copyright of his 'star rating' system for clasasical music when the system was used by the overseas versions of the station). Other "Classic FM" stations are copies of the original UK station, either in style or name, therefore Classic FM should be rightly attributed to the UK station. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.64.192.103 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I've just been through the links to Classic FM and disambiguated them. Out of the 26, 25 of them were referring to the UK station. Therefore I feel this page should be at Classic FM, with a toplink to Classic FM (disambiguation). JRawle (Talk) 13:51, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism?

The article has very little in the way of comment on the style of the radio station. I am not suggesting that it becomes too POV, but that the fact that there are dissenting voices should be mentioned, I believe. The pick-and-mix of the daily output, and the sometimes over-sugared voices annoy many afficiniados of classical music. Not that I am one of them, I hasten to add! Peter Shearan 06:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)