29-09-2022, 07:38 PM
It's nice to see the plaudits the BBC local radio presenters who got to interview Liz Truss this morning are getting. A lot of people who were predicting cozy chats and posting Alan Partridge GIFs on Twitter have had to eat their words.
I have said it before but that role of local radio as a talent incubator for the rest of the BBC is something that those looking for budget cuts overlook at their peril. Hopefully this morning's output will have
Rima Ahmed of Radio Leeds was particularly impressive, she's a former solicitor who won the BBC New Voices talent search competition in 2019, did afternoons for a couple of years and only took over the Breakfast show three weeks ago. She should go far.
I have said it before but that role of local radio as a talent incubator for the rest of the BBC is something that those looking for budget cuts overlook at their peril. Hopefully this morning's output will have
Rima Ahmed of Radio Leeds was particularly impressive, she's a former solicitor who won the BBC New Voices talent search competition in 2019, did afternoons for a couple of years and only took over the Breakfast show three weeks ago. She should go far.