[Ash101]

I think we’re at the point, sadly, where having a single daily local/regional programme on an otherwise nationally networked schedule is pointless.

I just feel they’ve gone this far, so they might as well go the whole hog now and allow all programmes to be networked. It’s sad that it’s come to this, but they aren’t local radio stations anymore, so it’s time to ditch any pretence that they are.

Yeah I think this is sadly true.

It’s a shame the local Breakfast + another 3 hours rule (as it was) couldn’t have stayed in place. Far from perfect, but at least it meant every local Heart / Capital etc all had 7 hours of local content a day. The Breakfast shows were especially great at portraying a local era as there’s space for more speech.

To me, it just felt like a happy medium between unprofitable fully local services & what we have now.