06-03-2023, 03:54 PM
(06-03-2023, 03:45 PM)bakamann Wrote:(06-03-2023, 03:33 PM)Chud Wrote: For some reason I didn’t know WBR had a separate presenter. I assumed they were all presented like the 5.30am one. Suddenly seems like a luxury.
From what I recall, BBC World News business bulletin at 05:30am was previously World Business Report. Did they scrap those during the pandemic or before that?
Before 2017, the 5AM hour consists of a generic bulletin from 0500-0530, World Business Report from 0530-0545, and then "In The Papers" (a paper review) from 0545-0600. "In the Papers" is double-headed by the bulletin presenter and WBR presenter together.
After 2017, as part of budget cuts, a business shift is cut in the mornings, and "The Briefing" was launched, presented by Sally Bundock. It was "The Briefing" from 0500-0530, "Business Briefing" from 0530-0545, and then "News Briefing" (a paper review) from 0545-0600.
Since 2020, the "News Briefing" is cut due to Covid, and the 5AM hour became 2 generic bulletins (0500-0530/0530-0600). The second bulletin is more business oriented. Sometime later the second bulletin was renamed "World Business Report" on the EPG but it is still branded as a generic bulletin with more business news.
I guess they haven't renamed the programme back to WBR yet as they don't have plans to reintroduce the news paper review segments from 0545-0600... probably due to budget cuts.