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RE: BBC Local Radio - Technologist - 23-11-2022

This is what was said at Voice of listener and viewer yesterday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/speeches/2022/the-bbc-at-the-heart-of-the-digital-age 

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RE: BBC Local Radio - Steve in Pudsey - 28-11-2022

Radio York came from BBC Leeds for an extended period while they were having a refit a few years ago

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RE: BBC Local Radio - Keith - 28-11-2022

(22-11-2022, 06:00 PM)Jon Wrote:  

(22-11-2022, 05:39 PM)Rijowhi Wrote:  As far as I know the BBC Local Radio can come from a Studio outside the area similar to the likes of Heart, Capital, Smooth and Free.  I’m shocked this isn’t being looked at to be honest.

It would make sense to reduce building sizes of local stations to just an office for news gathering and have the remaining local breakfast and mid morning presented from the nearest regional hub. I’m sure it’s being considered although not proposed as of yet. 

I imagine doing that might potentially be politically sensitive, as it might be seen as the 'thin end of the wedge' for axing local radio. Also, I seem to recall quite a few local radio stations have (or had) a DTL interview position for TV news.

That said it's quite possible that many local radio stations may now be oversized and/or could be relocated to cheaper premises. I imagine in some cases the local radio station may no longer require 2 studios, or if still justified designing/refreshing them so that they can double up for any DTL interviews.

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RE: BBC Local Radio - Technologist - 28-11-2022

Whilst Technically a BBC Local Radio station can come from outside its area
- after all the bulk of the technical equipment is in one / both datacentres (ViLoR)
and its output is at a Duplicated Portal for distribution by to radio transmitters  by Satellite , fibre etc and on the DTT platform and in  "Sounds"....

Editorially the BBC is very strong on being in the High Street
- and embedded in the local communities...
al the more so as other radio are now regional or wider
and Local Print media  has declined (although the BBC Pays for 145 Print Journos)

Also as part of a news gathering operation - Local staff and offices are essential
hence using the BBC IP network to feed stories to the newsrooms and doing DTLs etc.
over the years there has been much cutting down of Local Radio accommodation
- there are no district offices now - but its moved to people homes perhaps.
Moving incurs a cost - and the 20/20 vision that put Local Radio in the the High street is seen to be a good thing... and the NAO does not seem to worried about the costs of being there.
ViLoR means that it easier to move the kit and you don't need very specialised spaces....
But with increasing removal of funding from the BBC as a whole  ... every part may have to give something up.... 

But local journalism/ content  in the BBC all be it not just in Radio but also on line and TV is very much here to stay

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RE: BBC Local Radio - m_in_m - 30-11-2022

I can't recall the finer details of ViLoR but I thought the two studios operated via different BBC datacentres to provide resilience. Removing one studio might reduce that resilience - though the configuration may allow either to operate out of wither datacentre.

The other element of resilience they would lose is in another pandemic. A single studio with back to back programmes might not be possible - unless they were to suddenly swap which programmes were networked or regional Vs local.

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RE: BBC Local Radio - Steve in Pudsey - 01-12-2022

The current proposals allegedly don't affect live sport coverage, which often takes up considerable resources at the studio end, often with split frequency programming for the whole of Saturday afternoon. I imagine that alone, plus the need for resilience, justifies keeping the existing facilities.

I get the impression that the cuts being imposed here are all things that can be backed out from should the political wind change.

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RE: BBC Local Radio - TJTSW - 22-12-2022

I was listening to the local radio this evening and instead of the local radio jingle for our area we had a jingle for bbc local radio, with a presenter I didn’t know Aaron somebody.
I’m guessing this was a one night only thing maybe local radios night off for Xmas party?! or have the cuts already taken place ?!

Either way wasn’t impressed as the presenter kept referring to things he mention on Monday night programme, when I’m pretty sure Monday night we had football on, so was a bit jarring when he kept going on about Mondays show.

If this is what’s to come… it’s a bad attempt at as what the commercial radios stations already do just on the bbc

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RE: BBC Local Radio - Steve in Pudsey - 22-12-2022

Arun Verma who appears to be from Radio Nottingham. There's always a lot of off-peak sharing around Christmas but this year it seems to be national rather than regional. They're being more blatant about it in the online listings rather than billing as "BBC Radio Countyshire Special" so it looks like a local programme.

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RE: BBC Local Radio - Steve in Pudsey - 06-01-2023

I've just found "Anything But Coldplay" on BBC Sounds, a comedy panel show recorded in a theatre, in front of an audience by BBC Three Counties.

It looks like it used to be a regular show pre-pandemic and they have been able to do the occasional special since.

I'm amazed that a BBC Local is managing to do something like this at the moment, and it makes me wonder have any of the other stations managed to slip out gems over the Christmas period?

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RE: BBC Local Radio - TJTSW - 17-01-2023

Today BBC Radio devon & cornwall celebrated 40 years, where there any other stations that celebrated today?

On radio devon was nice to hear the sounds of Judi Spiers in some clips

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