article_snippet.sent: The controller of BBC Radio 3 has branded audiences ignorant and claims broadcasting classical music has become more challenging as a result.
article_snippet.sent: Alan Davey said: 'If you look back at the Third Programme (the original name for Radio 3), they were bringing high culture to a relatively mass audience but they could assume that they audience knew everything. '
article_snippet.sent: The station has been accused of 'dumbing down' in the past, especially after a drive in 2011 to make The station more 'accessible' to a broader audience.
article_snippet.sent: With just two million listeners, Radio 3 is the least listened-to of the BBC's main stations.