13-08-2021, 10:59 AM
Mouseboy33 post_id=34000 time= user_id=1168 Wrote:fusionlad post_id=33972 time= user_id=1099 Wrote:Where is the nearest correspondent to Plymouth nowadays?
Just thinking in relation to the serious situation in the city right now. And more generally, if a correspondent is miles away, would Sky try and find a freelance or speak to a local radio station to try and get some live updates on air.
Mark White doing an excellent job of compiling and reporting on the situation, but from his home in West London.
I always thought this is where the local channels could have really made an impact. Allowing their reporters to report for the London based news channels. Having some sort of news share agreement. Signing off their reports by saying something like: "This is John Smith Made in XXXX for Sky News". Just a random thought. But alas none of that will ever happen for a variety of reasons. Sad. oh well
Sadly, Plymouth never got a local TV channel, cos nobody bid for it. Nobody wanted either Plymouth or Barnstaple in their local TV portfolios, so we missed out on seeing the decline of local TV in our own area. Maybe that's a good thing, but I would have loved to have had a local TV station serving our area.