📻 BBC bosses will rethink plans to axe local radio programmes and create shared shows across “super regions” after MPs accused the broadcaster of “ripping the heart out” of a vital service for listeners
and create shared shows across “super regions” after MPs accused the broadcaster of “ripping the heart out” of a vital service for listeners.cuts to English local radio servicesBut he said plans for afternoon regional shows to be shared across 39 stations will be reviewed after listeners complained that the programmes would have little relevance to their locality.: “Is the exact model [proposed by the BBC] the one we implement? I doubt it. You live and learn.
However, he said that he didn’t expect to reverse the overall proposal for 18 regional shows to be shared across 39 regional networks from 2pm to 6pm on weekdays. Region-wide programming will also replace local shows at weekends with a single “all-England” service running in late evening. The BBC would be “managing the decline” of its local radio network if it didn’t switch money from parts of the schedule that had a low listenership into improving the quality of its online local news. “Do we need 39 afternoon radio programmes? No we don’t,” Davies said.
“This is fundamentally not about a reduction in services. It is about making sure our portfolio of local services that we deliver across radio, television and online keep pace with the way audiences are changing.” Ofcom has threatened to rewrite the BBC’s operating licence if cuts to local radio deprive listeners of news.
Local sports coverage, which often takes over the evening and weekend schedules, will be unaffected, and hourly news bulletins are also to remain local.
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