On 21/10/2023 10:20, Scott wrote:
Or to be really radical, what about closing BBC Local Radio in the
evenings and inviting community stations to make use of the frequencies?
Probably would not save much money, any community station would have to
be supervised and the people doing the overnight programmes are probably
not paid much and it gives a progression for people to move on to grown
up radio.
Don't they use speech based Five Live overnight. 6 Music seems to use >pre-recorded programmes overnight but never listened to it at night. I
don't tend to listen much to Radio 2 overnight - don't like Phil
Williams and can't stand the camp Welsh presenter.
Or to be really radical, what about closing BBC Local Radio in the
evenings and inviting community stations to make use of the frequencies?
On 21/10/2023 10:20, Scott wrote:
Or to be really radical, what about closing BBC Local Radio in the
evenings and inviting community stations to make use of the
frequencies?
I seem to recall BBC Radio Bristol did just that for a while ?
When I said 'night' I did not make it very clear that I was referring to
the 10-12 slot to be hosted by Dotun Adebayo: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/10/dotun-adebayo-to-host-new-show-across-bbc-local-radio-network/
Or to be really radical, what about closing BBC Local Radio in the
evenings and inviting community stations to make use of the
frequencies?
I don't really see that many savings having one all over the uk programme, against having 5 or six regional ones as they had before. They now have no doubt a lot of empty not being used studios in the evenings, and no local traffic or news at the very times when folk might have time to listen.
Brian
On 21/10/2023 12:02, Brian Gaff wrote:
The empty studios don't need to be staffed or powered up, which saves a
fair bit.
As for traffic news, at the times they are running the combined service,
they haven't been doing traffic reports anyway. BBC local radio news seems
to only work office hours.
I don't really see that many savings having one all over the uk
programme,
against having 5 or six regional ones as they had before. They now have
no
doubt a lot of empty not being used studios in the evenings, and no local
traffic or news at the very times when folk might have time to listen.
Brian
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