BBC Local Stations Get Daytime Networking
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Yes, it's happening folks.
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Is this another start of the end for 'local' programming ?
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Is this another start of the end for 'local' programming ?
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That said, some of the shite the license fee is going on does need to be looked at - why are we still one of the main four contributors to the Eurovision Song Contest, for example, when we haven't a cat-in-Hell's chance of ever winning it?
My only concern is Kent's output will be diluted with trying to cover an area from Dartford to Aldershot.
Although they are a little early with that, they are far from wrong for the future.
Guess this means Liz Green will be leaving her Lunchtime phone in on Radio Leeds.
Liz is obvioulsly a very experienced presenter / journalist, though I do find her patronising at times with callers who are not falling towards the opinion which I believe she would like them too be.
For an afternoon network presenter, it would have been nice to hear Alex Belfield. He presented a network show a few Friday's ago when the Journalist union strike was on.
This was the first time I had heard a full show from him and found his style friendly and fresh.
Obviously we dont know for sure what is going to happen with the current afternoon presenters. I'm sure Russell Walker from BBC York will be a bit miffed and Paulette Edwards from BBC Sheffield who has not been in that position very long.
EDIT: apologies for no southern station opinions, I'm from Yorkshire.
Ladner moves to lunchtimes.
But shouldn't they be working to provide a better service at drivetime for Surrey and Sussex itself - not weakening the service offered in Kent?
Both BBC LR's in Surrey and Sussex should be improved, however with the BBC cuts, they need to provide the best service they can using the minimum of resources.
Radio Kent is based with the regional news programme South East Today in Tunbridge Wells which gathers news from all three BBC LR station areas, so we might actually see an improvement in news gathering on Sussex and Surrey which currently relies on a lot of national filler.
The irony in all this is that listeners in parts of East Sussex will get their 'local' drivetime show from closer to home than from Brighton which is further away.
Not that far wrong - Radio York are broadcasting from Leeds while their studios in York are being refurbished.
I guess all three schedules will get a shake up to get the afternoon show slots to match
He comes across as an arrogant pillock on some occasions, cf http://radiofail.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/gardening-guest-awkwardness
Ironically Russell Walker's show is the only daily programme on Radio York actually coming from North Yorkshire as he broadcasts out of Scarborough! As a former presenter of the networked late show he's known to listeners of all three stations.
I'm surprised they haven't gone for the option of putting somebody more newsy on Radio Sheffield breakfast and having a networked Toby Foster show in the afternoons, to be honest.
But wouldn't it make better sense for Surrey and Sussex to do the same as the Yorkshire stations, and share an afternoon show and re-deploy the resources for the drive time show? Early afternoons are a perfect time for shared programmes - the content is less news heavy.
Perhaps Surrey and Sussex have less local news because they already cover a large area - maybe they don't want to put people off with stories that aren't relevant to them. This will only make things worse.
I think for Radio Kent at least, it's better to have a stronger local afternoon line-up than drive. It's not perfect, but I think it's the best solution for Sussex and Surrey to share drive with Kent.
I wonder what role Simon Furber will have in December once he's redeployed?
I give it a couple of years and I think all three stations will rebrand as BBC South East with only local opts for Breakfast.
Interesting.
Has anyone told Minister FM that they'll be needing some new imaging from January?
"Yorkshire's Capital Hits", "Yorkshire's Capital Breakfast", "Yorkshire's Capital Weekend" are a great way to promote your bigger, richer, slicker rival's new name!
(Sorry - I'm way off topic. Apologies.)
iPlayer claims Radio Kent takes Julia Moore from 5.30-6.30am which started on Monday.
Pat's a legendary presenter in Kent, although I fear he may be too 'local' sounding for a listener in Aldershot, Chichester or Guildford.
Dominic King is an excellent presenter and hopefully it'll improve what has been a ropey slot on S&S's schedule.
1) I didnt know this, obviously a temp measure.
2) The BBC locals, at least these anyway, do seem to suffer some regular movement. I remember a few complaints to BBC York at the amount of times presenters were shuffeled around the schedule.
3) Yes, now you mention it, I had heard that before. Maybe he was on his best behaviour on the day I heard his full show.
4) True!
5) I remember Toby when he started on afternoons. This for me was his best period. The older folk were up in arms with his cutting edge humour (well, cutting edge for a BBC local), but he was very very good and with his producer side kick Jamie Campbell they made a great double act.
That would be one network show I would most welcome to afternoons in Yorkshire and would be realistic competition to the commercial stations too with a fine balance of regional news, views, silly competitions and a music variety just like he did a few years ago.
Sadly, this would be like wishing for Mark & Lard back on Radio 1. Something we want, that never happens.
I'd like to see Global fight for that. As the Minster-dents are stating at the moment, obviously in prep for Galaxy's rebranding, they have been playing "Yorkshire's Capital Hits" since 1992.
So another station changes it's name and wants to claim the strap line? I doubt it some how.
BBC London is the odd one out as it provides a 24/7 local service, although the content overnight could easily be replaced by Up All Night as LBC provide a decent overnight speech service which has more listeners.
There are probably examples like this across the whole of the network, so I would rather see savings made here first, before they start hacking away at the weekday daytime schedules.
Sorry forgot about BBC London. Odd though how BBC Sussex and Surrey will soon only have about 10 hours a day local programming, while on weekdays Radio Cumbria has 21.