Cheep and cheerful - the new radio hit

Apparently an old recording of birdsong played on a loop on the old Oneword channel is causing a stir with tens of thousands of listeners flocking to it! In "cheep and cheerful" Elisabeth Mahoney writes in The Guardian:

"When digital radio station Oneword closed last month, it seemed that things couldn't get any worse for the broadcaster. But indeed they could. Gallingly, the temporary replacement on the old Oneword channel - a 1992 recording of birdsong, played on a loop - is causing more of a stir than its predecessor ever managed, with tens of thousands of listeners flocking to it.

"The warbling and tweeting is proving an unlikely hit with urbanites apparently hankering for the soundtrack of a rural idyll. Online radio and bird-watching forums are full of chirrupy comments. 'It is a lot more enjoyable than some of the rubbish on air these days,' trills one happy listener, 'and definitely better than phone-in shows full of 'oiks' shouting at each other.'"