23-07-2023, 08:18 PM
(23-07-2023, 04:54 PM)Radio_man Wrote: If this happens, I suspect next September & October we'll have the international channel getting the 'professional' presentation from the studio, with the UK stream stuck on a noisy balcony in front of a dull background for two months, to handle the inevitable opt outs that will be needed to cover campaign announcements, speeches & other UK specific election developments, whilst the international channel is focussed on the US election.Since the merger, the channel has spent multiple days leading with each of the highly UK-centric Lineker, Schofield and Edwards stories. It has covered every major UK political story, often as lead during core UK hours without opt-outs. Last week, they utilised the Millbank team to produce a full proper by-election night programme for the first time in years. The idea that the channel is somehow going to be shy in covering the UK election is absurd. Yes, they'll cover the US election as well, but this continued pessimism about things like this is just really unfounded. There are many things to complain about the new channel, but, in terms of the UK-World news balance, it's basically what most of the people on here wanted short of a continued separate channel.
Plus, with Nicky Campbell, for its many faults, an election campaign is when I could see it having genuine purpose. It could serve as a replacement for Election Call/Ask... and covering live campaign events (i.e., speeches) is hardly difficult for visualised radio.