Typically public servant's way of doing things: let's draw some arbitrary lines like the age limit instead of testing it for 1 week and check how the audience responds.
You know why politicians don't like closing down factories? Every laid off worker is going to convince like 10 persons to not vote for the politician who put the workers on the chopping block. You could be the next one.
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No, but the BBC is a worldwide corporation. There's BBC America and all sorts. It's 93 years old.
A few hundred Madonna fans (at most, and this is a stretch) boycotting BBCR1 isn't going to kill them.
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It isn't just Madonna and Kylie. Beyonce, P!nk, Britney, Katy,... could be next one. It's time to convince people to change radio stations.
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So that means only 4 years left for Katy? Is that rule unbreakable?  |
Indeed, it would cast a shadow on 10 years of Katy. Therefore I'm not going to use that radio station next time I drive on the UK.
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Originally posted by RihannasVeryOwn
pop stars have shelf lives, thats just how it is.
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At least it isn't the 6 to 10 years shelf life in the US.
Since Madonna figured this one out, every female singer in the US is scrambling to cross the Atlantic. If you can't hold ground in Europe, you're gone.
15+ years careers have 1 thing in common: strong presence in Continental Europe.
Of course she's relevant to us, we're pop stans on a pop forum. Unfortunately for madonna, neither of us are representative of the general public. 
They should have at least given the song a chance before they stopped playing it
Nothing. It'll be fine because it's relevant and in demand by Radio 1's audience. Regardless of age just like BBC said to begin with. (the article is dumb don't read it)
It's ridiculous. Everyone deserves a fair chance, especially big legends like Madonna. Plus it's not like Madonna is making Celine Dion-style music - she's still in the pop game. They're just making radio boring with this bs reason.