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BBC License Fee

PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
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Your thoughts on the BBC license fee ?

BBC License Fee 69 votes

I am happy to pay the BBC license Fee
55%
Bee witchedsteephillCebePosyBobTheGardenerSherwoodArrow[Deleted User]Singing Gardenera1154B3LoxleyherbaceousLG_Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolSlumJohn36Anna33Bright starraisingirlTheGreenMan 38 votes
Should be subscription based like Netflix
20%
Beaus MumPerkiNanny BeachSkandidebs64Dirty HarryBig Blue SkyValley GardenerUnqualifiedErgatesGearóid_Nicolas_thevictorianUff 14 votes
No I don't want to pay for any BBC services
11%
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Other
13%
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
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    I think BBC radio should have adverts to raise money.
    You don't need a license to listen to radio.
    Devon.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I am happy to pay the BBC license Fee
    Nooooooooo!  No adverts please or my last refuge from re-hashed pop songs and badly spelled sound bites will have disappeared. I am happy to pay for commerce free listening.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I am happy to pay the BBC license Fee
    I'd rather pay a licence fee to avoid adverts, especially on the radio - I frequently retune my radio back to BBC stations to avoid that We Buy Any Car ad!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2022
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    I am happy to pay a licence fee … but I think it needs a bit of re-jigging. I think that it should be free for folk on benefits and Pension Credit. If the licence fee has to go up somehow to cover it so be it. It does seem wrong that folk struggling to pay their household bills should have to pay the same as those earning over £100,000 a year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
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    herbaceous said:
    Nooooooooo!  No adverts please or my last refuge from re-hashed pop songs and badly spelled sound bites will have disappeared. I am happy to pay for commerce free listening.
    Plantminded said:
    I'd rather pay a licence fee to avoid adverts, especially on the radio - I frequently retune my radio back to BBC stations to avoid that We Buy Any Car ad!
    but one DOESN'T have to pay a penny to listen to BBC radio, that's my point. So who should be paying for  it to be produced?
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I am happy to pay the BBC license Fee
    us
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
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    Fire said:
    us
    but those who don't, for whatever reason, pay the TV license are getting BBC Radio free because WE pay . Is that fair?
    Devon.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I am happy to pay the BBC license Fee
    I will pay @Hostafan1 as I said I am very happy to pay for ad free radio, like Pansyface I enjoy Radio4 and the World Service and would be devastated if Crowd Science was interrupted with information about some slimming drink or whatever.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Should be subscription based like Netflix
    I don't listen to BBC radio went off it years ago I prefer heart / smooth and others now . Other than GW - bit of the News -  David Attenborough programs and Wimbledon which it will probably lose to one of the big boys and that's it for TV for me , not good value for the £159 for myself and probably younger viewers, a lot of my friends don't watch TV / BBC its all streamed now from Netflix and co. I wouldn't mind dipping in and out on a subscription service or not bother at all , I'd be a bit sad to miss GW but like Carol Klien on C5 and can always watch programs else where .
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited January 2022
    I am happy to pay the BBC license Fee
    @Hostafan1, yes, you are right, you don't need a licence to listen to BBC radio but if they introduced adverts, I'd rather pay one to avoid them!  Some commercial radio stations already offer this facility as a premium service - you pay a premium to avoid the ads! (Eg Scala radio).
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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