Decline and Fall

Here's a tweet that puts it well:

Emily Kate: In the space of about 25 years, R4 has gone from a radio station full of sparkling, brilliant people you'd feel incredibly privileged to meet, to a radio station full of the most boring people at the most boring gathering you have ever been to in your life. I know I'm always tweeting about how awful R4 is now, but I just cannot get over what has happened to it. I will never stop being shocked at its total collapse, its descent from the dizzying heights of an enlightened elite broadcaster to dreary third-rate university podcast.