I'm persevering although I use the word advisedly.  I'm not turning it off, but I'm having to grit my teeth a lot of the time to stay loyal. 

R3 wakes us up in the morning and is on for me all day while I'm working or if I just want to sit and really concentrate on something special.  I also have it on in the car.

I hardly ever watch tv - I'm very choosy and have never watched a "soap" of any description.  My general knowledge has suffered greatly as a result  - I've noticed when I've tried to do quizzes and they always have questions on soap celebs I've never heard of.

R3 has definitely been compromised to a very great degree in what I think will be a vain attempt to appeal to the masses.  It's very disappointing but I'm personally hoping that realisation will eventually dawn on them and we may go back to how things used to be.

I agree with Milly. While I may not actually switch the radio off, mentally I find that I am `tuning out`. Often because of the `blather`, then I realise that I haven`t tuned back in to what is being played. It looks as though R3 is rapidly becoming more about wallpaper music, than music to actually listen to, never mind actually learning about it.

Having said that, Burnside was excellent this week, but mainly because Mark Elder was the guest. More guests of that quality would be very welcome.

I think the new R3 is still evolving; I detect subtle ongoing changes as the weeks go by.

I like Rob Cowan at Breakfast time, but his delivery has changed even since the beginning. At first his introductions were more like on the old Cowan Collection or CD Masters (albeit in slightly truncated form) whereas now I think he has become more concise in giving out the information, with a bit less opinion. I'm OK with that, myself. There are far too many time checks creeping in, on all programmes.

As I said on the Afternoon on Three thread, I don't have a problem with the format there, mainly because I don't really expect (or require) a concert format at that time of day.

Burnside is a great disappointment in terms of the chat and the guests. This week was actually very good with Mark Elder talking aboutthe music itself, but usually it's a big turn-off for me. Iain Burnside could do much better than that; his previous programme, Voices, was a far better use of his talents.

I have probably spent as much, if not more, time listening to R3 post-19th Feb; my hackles have risen many times in consequence. I have just posted my thoughts re Afternoon on Three (basically, content good, random ordering bad); I've commented on Sarah Walker (favourable so long as she is not inviting us to email her); In Tune seems much as it always was - ie for me, acceptable in small doses - hate the 7pm concert without an interval, but prefer the later Late Junction; haven't heard much of Rob Cowan or Iain Burnside., but wish Voices was still with us, and (sorry, I know I'm in a minority here) have never really taken to Rob C anyway - preferred Jonathan Swain. CoTW - long may it continue.

No, my biggest complaint is the amount of time (0700 - 1200, some of 1700 - 1900) spent on playing CDs, the absence of live broadcasts, and the bizarre choice of new music deemed worth of BBC support. I don't like the dumbing down of presentation, but I like the dumbing down of content even less.

I am more selective but it is pretty hard to beat the evening schedule compared to what is available on other medias.

I, too, have to grit my teeth. Many times I just can't take it and have to tune it out (with a CD).
I tried to do a count of post 1900 (ish) to pre 1900 and, although not a scientific result, most times it pre 1900  - 2 to post 1900 8. It's just a shame that over a thousand years of music gets just 20% while 100 years gets 80%. More especially when much of it has so many discords that it hurts.
I'm not sure R3 is "Classic music" any more. It's more "Contemporary music"

Pardon me while I join you in the same; laughter or no laughter, this ritual side-splitting could have physically dangerous consequences on quite an alarming scale if too many others find themselves to be similarly inclined in their response here...

Best,

Alistair