Many say radio 1 wasn't a public service as it was made purely for entertainment and the 24/7 pop music taught nothing to the young generation. Gerard Mansell in his 1981 podcast explained that Many asked “why should license money be used for this?” and “It should be done on commercial radios”. They're logic behind this is that since Radio 1 allegedly didn’t act as a public service there should be no reason for people who will probably never listen to Radio 1 to have to pay for it. On the other hand I agree with David Hatch's podcast from 1995 where he argued that Radio 1 should count as a public service. He said that Radio 1 added a 15 minute segment giving out important information on drug abuse, alcohol abuse and other popular issues at prime time. This would allow the teenagers to access the information. Due to the fact that Radio 1 was a trusted radio for teenagers they might actually listen to what it says. David Hatch further argued that Radio 1 was even more important public service that Radio 3 and 4 as he stated that “public service should be told to people who don’t know about this, rather than experts”. This way he argued that Radio 1 is trying to educate the young who would be taught this by anyone and should therefore not be canceled as they would lose a major audience, who needs their help. Nowadays Even now there is a constant debate over whether Radio 1 and now Radio 2 should be considered a public service. They Critise Radio 1 for having a too wide audience range and Radio 3 has recently has been attacked by commercial rivals.
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