11-03-2023, 11:38 PM
(11-03-2023, 11:22 PM)Radio_man Wrote: To all those saying this merger is a disaster and World News & the UK News Channel must be immediately un-merged:I think most people here know that World and the NC won't be 'un-merged' - but there could certainly be better ways of doing things than what has gone out this week. Earlier I posted a rough idea for an alternative schedule that uses the same number of presenters as now, and crucially, adds more UK-specific content:
1) Where's the money coming from to do this?
2) Where are the staff - journalists, presenters, producers, gallery teams, researchers, coming from to do this? Many staff have already left or are leaving at the end of this month, either through retirement or redundancy. We've all seen the tweets of long serving producers & staff who are leaving. We still don't know who the 8 presenter/reporters will be.
The reality is, we are now too deep into the merger process for it to be reversed. The BBC is starved of funding and the new merged channel is happening no matter what this forum thinks.
(Current schedule at the top, proposed schedule underneath)
The staff and studios are there - so why not use them?