(27-07-2022, 08:33 PM)Kojak Wrote: Are we sure that the five senior presenters that stay on are all going to be used on weekdays? I would have thought that if they're cutting back, it would make sense to spread the main five across the whole week, and have them do longer on-air shifts (so four hours a piece, or maybe even five, rather than three).
I'd be very surprised if they used their senior presenters on the weekend. There is just less news and fewer viewers. Fundamentally, other than the odd thing like a Sunday political, there is a reason that news channels put their bigger names on during the week.
I did consider four-hour shifts a possibility, but I just think it's too long for a rolling news shift. The last time the BBC had four-hour shifts, they were when World did half-an-hour on, half-an-hour off and when the News channel was double-headed. Presenters on a news channel need to stay briefed on the stories they are covering, this is more difficult on an international channel with a gradually shifting news focus throughout the day.