A turn off for me after breakfast then.

Any word yet on the evening/night/weekend programming?

I'm guessing the local weekend hours required for Suffolk/Essex and Norfolk will remain separate (4 hours Sat and Sun), and are there any changes to the full programming (although I believe that this is entirely automated?)

Joff stays on (voicetracked) evenings AFAIK, and little change to nights & weekends. Yes, each station gets 4 hours "local" on Sat & Sun.

Things may have changed but I'm not sure they have the technical capability of doing live networked shows across all stations, hence why most of the weekend is VT'd.

Amazing, the talent they are getting rid of and/or taking off air, and they keep the awful VT evening show and presenter. The changes just seem to have been rushed without any proper thought. I still think the changes are being made to improve the figures on the P&L for a future purchaser.

Oddly, though, Geoff Hillyer mentioned at the end of his final daytime show that he will be on air with "Early Breakfast" at 4am from Monday. Presumably VT'd?

That's good for Geoff but a little odd adding an additional show when surely the aim was to cut costs. I suppose it could be live but I very much doubt it.

From what he's said on twitter it doesn't seem as if that early show is permanent, he also says that yesterday was his last live show.