Bring back Raw Talent to BBC Radio Leeds Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/bring-back-raw-talent-to-bbc-radio-leeds.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:21 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Paul Morricone [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606518?utm_medium=rss This program is essential listening for anyone wishing to discover and enjoy new music from a wide variety of genres. Surely that is 'public service broadcasting' personified - something the BBC are famous for. So why axe it from Radio Leeds?

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:50:53 UTC 2606518 Penny Broadhurst [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604831?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:24:54 UTC 2604831 MR Scott Thurlbeck [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604057?utm_medium=rss Come on, lets do a good thing, listen to the people, and keep this alive!

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:50:31 UTC 2604057 Pascal Morrison [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604003?utm_medium=rss what a horrible waste of encouraging creativity in our region if it goes

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:24:25 UTC 2604003 Mr Seb Greenfield [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2603898?utm_medium=rss Why oh why oh why is a sheer quality production being axed???????

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:44:24 UTC 2603898 Mr Anonymous [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2603827?utm_medium=rss An essential show for Leeds. It must be put on air.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:12:45 UTC 2603827 Mr Daz Xi [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2603826?utm_medium=rss Please understand the importance of this show to artists. It's enough of a struggle to get material heard as it is without the one major radio outlet we have being taken away. Please reconsider this decision and get Mr Alan Raw and his outstanding hat back on BBC Radio Leeds.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:12:38 UTC 2603826 mr Ben wilson [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2603041?utm_medium=rss are you nuts! don't stop that show!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:35:59 UTC 2603041 Ms Kate Riley [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2602564?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:19:17 UTC 2602564 Anonymous [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2600133?utm_medium=rss I've discovered many a new band thanks to Alan at the team at Raw Talent, and as a musician I'm very sorry to see the show taken off the air. There is now nowhere on the radio I can listen to local unsigned bands as the RealPlayer streaming of the programme is usually unreliable and unlistenable. PLEASE BRING BACK RAW TALENT ON RADIO LEEDS!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:24:45 UTC 2600133 Mr Bob Spencer [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599645?utm_medium=rss There aren't enough of these shows. Why axe one that genuinely seeks out new music and tries to educate people beyond the charts? Bring it back!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:25:02 UTC 2599645 Mr Graham Jones [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599626?utm_medium=rss How can pulling a show off the major broadcasting FM and DAB channels which has helped so many young musicians be considered "public service broadcasting" - Especially when the show relies on good sound quality which internet streaming can't deliver? This is a disgusting move by the BBC.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:21:08 UTC 2599626 Mr Ed Dawson [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599495?utm_medium=rss Get it back, stop fucking around.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:51:21 UTC 2599495 Mr James Williams [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599418?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:29:24 UTC 2599418 Mr Peter Mottram [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599367?utm_medium=rss Losing this show is a huge blow to the music scene of West Yorkshire. What's more, Raw Talent was the sole reason for me buying a DAB radio - what am I going to use it for now ?!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:17:27 UTC 2599367 Tim Canfer [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599349?utm_medium=rss Raw talent - the only decent thing on the radio in Leeds - PLEASE! bring it back!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:11:21 UTC 2599349 Mr Ady Mace [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599237?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:48:05 UTC 2599237 Mr Daniel Carr [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599219?utm_medium=rss You are depriving local acts of an audience and an audience of some great music that they may never normally hear. What happened to the BBC promoting new talent? You are taking something from the people who bankroll your organisation. Music is there to be experienced, played and enjoyed by everyone. This seems to be further evidence of a public corporation who seem to want to alienate and frustrate their audience with a lack of quality, substance and variety in their transmissions.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:44:11 UTC 2599219 Mr Costa Dyer [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599198?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:39:19 UTC 2599198 mr dave fairbrother [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599193?utm_medium=rss It will be a massive loss to unsigned bands and listeners from the Leeds and West Yorkshire area now that this show has disappeared from our airwaves.

BRING IT BACK PLEASE!!!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:37:49 UTC 2599193 Mr Ben Winbolt-Lewis [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599161?utm_medium=rss Raw Talent is a great way to give exposure to local bands, and to find out about new talent. As Leeds has such a growing music scene, it is very important such a quality programme plays in this city!!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:28:50 UTC 2599161 Simon Hollingworth [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599127?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:16:04 UTC 2599127 Mr Ben Greaves [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599047?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:58:17 UTC 2599047 John Rennie (Pushbike Army) [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2599036?utm_medium=rss A place to be heard for independent music that will sorely missed. If this city wants to continue producing chart topping artists like The Pigeon Detectives, Corrinne Bailey Ray and the Kaiser Chiefs it needs a show like raw talent to inspire young minds. JR

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:56:29 UTC 2599036 Mr Greatful Dead [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598951?utm_medium=rss Signed

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:38:38 UTC 2598951 MR MARK CROSSLEY [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598944?utm_medium=rss WHY WOULDN'T ANYONE WANT THIS FOR THE PROGRESSION OF THIS CITY'S CULTURAL SCENE.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:37:17 UTC 2598944 Mr Arvind Teeroovengadum [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598894?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:23:39 UTC 2598894 Mr Glyn Bailey [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598638?utm_medium=rss The BBC is funded by licence payers. It should play far less music put out by large record labels, because by doing so the BBC provides free promotion for the labels' prioducts. the BBC would not do the same for soap powder, why do it for music? The BBC should rather broadcast more music by 'independent' artists - Raw tament of one way of doing this. Cancelling the show is a retrograde step.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:49:39 UTC 2598638 Mr Jon Speight [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598591?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:35:51 UTC 2598591 Mr Stuart Hudson [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598431?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:37:28 UTC 2598431 Mr Martin Stoddart [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598430?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:36:54 UTC 2598430 Mr Simon Glacken [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598429?utm_medium=rss have a word with yourself BBC

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:36:37 UTC 2598429 Mr Kev Bellwood [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598415?utm_medium=rss This is an important cause to support .... after Just playing on Raw Talent this weekend .. and seeing what the team do for live and unsigned music in the area ... I feel this should be available for the listeners of Leeds and on DAB

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:31:22 UTC 2598415 Mr Jim Bower [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598324?utm_medium=rss The BBC is a public service broadcaster, and pop music is the major cultural export of the region. To neglect it is a criminal neglect of your primary purpose.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:57:03 UTC 2598324 Mr Ryan Mulhern [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2598215?utm_medium=rss Bring it back

We want to be on there

myspace.com/theriversband

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:11:13 UTC 2598215 Mr Adam Benbow-Browne [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2597370?utm_medium=rss What needs to be said? It is obviously a ludicrous error that should be rectified pronto.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:43:02 UTC 2597370 Mr Paul Cave [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596673?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:12:22 UTC 2596673 mr matthew dempsey [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596649?utm_medium=rss sort it out!

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:04:54 UTC 2596649 Mr Mark Shahid [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596633?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:59:19 UTC 2596633 Mr Alex Greaves [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596622?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:54:53 UTC 2596622 Miss Fran Rodgers [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596579?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:40:40 UTC 2596579 Miss J Harrison [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596570?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:37:16 UTC 2596570 Mr Tom Brooke [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596532?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:27:20 UTC 2596532 Miss Mercia Drift Mercia Drift [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596521?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:24:53 UTC 2596521 Mr. Rob Paul Chapman [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596510?utm_medium=rss It is a paradox that, at a time where Leeds has never had more cultural impact, those emerging talents leading this influence have had to go to Hull in order to get heard. Now all effective, mainstream ways of communicating this back to Leeds have been cut off. Good work the visionary suits of Leeds BBC. You are a public service broadcaster; you are not just a lowest common denominator supporting, risk-adverse, cop-out. Support your region and get Alan Raw back on air.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:22:17 UTC 2596510 Claire Gibbons [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596501?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:20:48 UTC 2596501 Joe Williams [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596433?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:03:14 UTC 2596433 Mr Roger Tyers [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2596146?utm_medium=rss leeds should have its own show of this kind as it has the best music scene in the North. If that can't be done then broadcasting the Hull show (which showcases many Leeds bands anyway) in decent quality is a an obvious substitute. bring it back!!

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:30:52 UTC 2596146 Bill Richards [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595847?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:47:41 UTC 2595847 Mr Michael Quarry [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595827?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:41:12 UTC 2595827 KAVA KAVA [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595789?utm_medium=rss we miss it already

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:21:15 UTC 2595789 Mr CHOCOLATE FIREGUARD RECORDS [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595784?utm_medium=rss Bring it back please

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:19:57 UTC 2595784 Mr TIMELESS MUSIC PROJECT [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595780?utm_medium=rss Bring it back. This is a big loss

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:18:03 UTC 2595780 Mr Pat Fulgoni [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595771?utm_medium=rss Losing such a fantastic (and rare) opportunity for the region's artists is a severe blow to local bands, labels and music lovers.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:15:11 UTC 2595771 Mr Mark Sturdy [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595696?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:47:01 UTC 2595696 Mr Dave Procter [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595635?utm_medium=rss we need more show like Raw Talent, not less.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:19:02 UTC 2595635 Mr Christy Sherry [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595424?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:47:09 UTC 2595424 Mr Jonathan Saunders Jnr [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595412?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:39:46 UTC 2595412 mr Philip Kenyon [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595368?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:27:40 UTC 2595368 Mr Sammy Thomson [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595304?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:56:52 UTC 2595304 Mrs Sheila Sugden [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595282?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:43:56 UTC 2595282 Sam Greenwood [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595185?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:57:34 UTC 2595185 Xi band [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595146?utm_medium=rss Raw Talent has been so valuable to us!! - It's not just the exposure - but the experience of working in a professional live broadcast setting with true professionals like Alan and Katie. How can BBC Leeds be so completely blind to the importance of live, local and original popular music in the cultural life of our city!

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:32:41 UTC 2595146 jon gomm [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595127?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:21:19 UTC 2595127 Miss Kate Wellham [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595106?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:06:57 UTC 2595106 Mr James Brown [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595094?utm_medium=rss Leeds is a vibrant and original city for music at the moment and this just seems like a stupid mistake.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:59:21 UTC 2595094 Mr Andy Dykes [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595054?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:34:16 UTC 2595054 Steve Kind [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2595010?utm_medium=rss I have always believed that part of the very reason for BBC local broadcasting was to serve local communities. How can you continue to ignore something as central to the Leeds community as it's thriving and vibrant original music scene?

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:03:29 UTC 2595010 Zoe Segal [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2594915?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:12:54 UTC 2594915 Mr Albert Freeman [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2594858?utm_medium=rss I present a new music show on community radio in Bradford (BCB 106.6FM) and I KNOW there is a demand for the sort of show Alan Raw does.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:31:22 UTC 2594858 Mr Tom Warren [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593902?utm_medium=rss Director General Mark Thompson..

Cut the rubbish TV shows like BBC3 & BBC4 that no one watches!!

]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:03:09 UTC 2593902 Mr Nathan Clark [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593764?utm_medium=rss I feel this is a disgrace, leeds has no bbc backed unsigned local focus on music.
A radio station for the people, is it a joke?
You are alienating another viewer sector, get it back!

]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:53:16 UTC 2593764 Miss Jennifer Neal [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593454?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:00:26 UTC 2593454 Emily Beardall [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593279?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:06:23 UTC 2593279 Sam Leach [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593258?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:58:36 UTC 2593258 ms Marian Rowe [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593242?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:51:03 UTC 2593242 Dave Sugden [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593207?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:34:54 UTC 2593207 Rhubarb Bomb [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593125?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:57:56 UTC 2593125 Louder Than Bombs Records [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593120?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:56:26 UTC 2593120 Mr Neil Hanson [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593119?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:55:52 UTC 2593119 Eleanor Wakeling [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2593051?utm_medium=rss Such a shame to have to listen to the sterling work on the dodgy internet! We'd like it back please on FM & DAB just like Hull does. Thanks.

]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:28:04 UTC 2593051 Mr Jon Watson [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2592988?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:03:18 UTC 2592988 Mr Sam Saunders [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2592886?utm_medium=rss I have been encouraged by people within the Leeds music community to create this petition on their behalf. I believe that there is still untapped potential for a large audience, given the size and dynamism of Leeds and its surrounding towns. Bring Raw Talent back to Leeds as a digital braodcast!

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