18-04-2023, 10:56 AM
The Nicky Campbell programme has the same issues with the Victoria Derbyshire programme back in the TVF days... being too inflexible for breaking news... Eventually VD was more keen to drop segments for breaking news mentions towards its late days but still you wouldn't get actual coverage till Newsroom Live at 11AM.
A way to improve the Nicky Campbell programme is to extend the length of news bulletins to about 5-6 minutes... utilize the duty UK opt presenter and present the bulletins from the balcony, adopting the format similar to VD - with 1-2 packages for the top stories, and short recorded weather bulletins before handing off back to Nicky. The VD format offered a better balance IMO. The radio format is wayyy too short, and doesn't suit the news channel much...
Here's a recap of Joanna Gosling presenting the VD news bulletin from the balcony with the "sweaty and dirty" look. I miss the old days of TVF members freaking out over VD and the "axe VD!" discussions...
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A way to improve the Nicky Campbell programme is to extend the length of news bulletins to about 5-6 minutes... utilize the duty UK opt presenter and present the bulletins from the balcony, adopting the format similar to VD - with 1-2 packages for the top stories, and short recorded weather bulletins before handing off back to Nicky. The VD format offered a better balance IMO. The radio format is wayyy too short, and doesn't suit the news channel much...
Here's a recap of Joanna Gosling presenting the VD news bulletin from the balcony with the "sweaty and dirty" look. I miss the old days of TVF members freaking out over VD and the "axe VD!" discussions...
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