26-05-2022, 01:06 PM
BBC Four closing is never going to save anywhere near enough money, unless they also axe one of the children's channels to free up the bandwidth (which I don't think is a good idea!) - but I guess it gets headlines and makes the right people sit up and realise the BBC has to make big changes to react to such a cut in funding.
The BBC Local Radio in England sharing more shows seemed very inevitable from the moment they tidied up the structure of the show times at the start of the pandemic. Everyone on the same slots of 6-10a, 10-2, 2-6p, 6-10, 10-1 means it's very simple to neighbour up stations without too much mess for a listener. I'm surprised we haven't seen more of it already....
(is there a reason BBC Radio London managed to avoid this? Or have they simply retained an Early Breakfast show because Vanessa is not available till 7am?)
The BBC Local Radio in England sharing more shows seemed very inevitable from the moment they tidied up the structure of the show times at the start of the pandemic. Everyone on the same slots of 6-10a, 10-2, 2-6p, 6-10, 10-1 means it's very simple to neighbour up stations without too much mess for a listener. I'm surprised we haven't seen more of it already....
(is there a reason BBC Radio London managed to avoid this? Or have they simply retained an Early Breakfast show because Vanessa is not available till 7am?)