rik,
Just to interpose for a moment; it looks as if you're reading Reiner's comments as a personal attack on your musical tastes, whereas I think you'll find it's not so much the programme as its presenter which is the issue here, and incidentally at the Beeb 3 board too, where things are a touch more explicit....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio3/F7497566?thread=4785317Mr Hazelwood hasn't exactly endeared himself to a fair number of Radio3 listeners, (or BBC4 Proms watchers come to that) and has been the subject of quite a few comments here. I'd hazzard a guess that Reiner would very happily listen to the programme, just as long as the links were removed, and would point out that Charlie is far from being the only presenter on R3 receiving brickbats from posters here and at The Other Place. I have to admit, too, that there are certain programmes I tend to avoid on several channels simply because the presenter annoys me, even though there may be material therein which I'd find appealing: indeed I often record them and edit out the talk before listening.
