31-08-2023, 01:17 PM
(31-08-2023, 09:10 AM)leewilliams Wrote: Some more frustration at running orders this AM:
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Although I have to think some of the blame here lies with the 5 Live team (or their strategy), honestly. Irrespective of whether the programme is being broadcast on the News Channel and BBC Two, it makes no sense to me that on a busy morning of breaking news they insist on sticking with their hour-long phone-in topic. It’s not the model for how most 5 Live programmes work - Breakfast, Drive, Nihal etc. all adjust their running orders to covering significant/breaking stories - and it’s also not how LBC, where single-topic hours are common during the day, operates either.
And if you’re going to simulcast 5Live for an hour to get in an extra dose of UK ‘news’, surely simulcasting the first hour of Drive would make more sense?
ETA: Or simulcast PM on Radio 4 in that 5pm hour. At least then you’re broadcasting news-worthy interviews and analysis.