[RhysJR]

I know it was said that, outside of 6am-2pm on weekdays, "live sports programmes" will be protected to also remain local for each station.

Aside from live matchday coverage, BBC Radio Bristol also has 1-hour magazine programmes for fans of local football & rugby teams at 6pm on certain weeknights as follows:

Mon: "The Sound of the City" (Bristol City FC).
Tues: "The Scrum" (Bristol Bears & Bath Rugby).
Thurs: "Having a Gas" (Bristol Rovers FC).

I suspect that some/many/most other BBC Local Radio stations may also have equivalent programmes to the above. It is unclear to me whether the protected "live sports programmes" after the cuts will include the above, or whether it's literally only live matchday coverage that will survive whilst these magazines are axed.

Can't answer for certain, but a similar show on Radio York and Radio Humberside is set to have a new host. So maybe they will stay, unless this ends with the cutbacks at the end of the cricket season in the Autumn?

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