11-02-2023, 06:48 PM
The World & NC joint service weekend shifts do seem very unbalanced at the moment. Today, Martine was on 1000 - 1230 and did the 1300 BBC 1 bulletin, with Lewis Vaughan Jones doing a marathon 6 hour afternoon shift 1300 - 1900, yet in recent weeks there's been two evening shifts; 1900 - 2200 and 2200 - 0100 also for a 6 hour period.
(Of course weekend overnights have always been a marathon, I remember back in the late 2000s the great Alistair Yates doing midnight until 6am on most Saturday overnights.)
After the formal merger, maybe weekend shifts will be evened out a bit with the two evening shifts each starting earlier so the current afternoon shift isn't so much of a marathon.
(Of course weekend overnights have always been a marathon, I remember back in the late 2000s the great Alistair Yates doing midnight until 6am on most Saturday overnights.)
After the formal merger, maybe weekend shifts will be evened out a bit with the two evening shifts each starting earlier so the current afternoon shift isn't so much of a marathon.