06-06-2023, 07:31 AM
Going back to the idea of moving news out of London. While they are different broadcasters and in countries with different circumstances, would it be useful to compare and contrast the BBC with Australia's ABC?
The ABC looks very decentralized. On the main channel, News Breakfast is from Melbourne on weekdays (Sydney on weekends). Lunchtime news (a simulcast of the news channel) is from Sydney. 7pm bulletins are from the capitals followed by "7:30" from Sydney. The late night news is from Melbourne and Perth depending on the time zone. The Sunday morning politics program is bizarrely from Melbourne instead of Canberra though the daily politics program on the news channel is in the Australian capital.
Part of this can be explained by the capital and financial centre aren't the same and more than one time zones though Sydney and Melbourne are in the same time zone. None of their on-air staff regularly move around like BBC ones moving between London and Salford for obvious reasons.
On the news channel, sports news is regularly presented from Sydney or Melbourne but sometimes Brisbane. Weather is completely from Melbourne. Last weekend, their daytime bulletins came from Melbourne and Canberra instead of Sydney for some reason.
The ABC looks very decentralized. On the main channel, News Breakfast is from Melbourne on weekdays (Sydney on weekends). Lunchtime news (a simulcast of the news channel) is from Sydney. 7pm bulletins are from the capitals followed by "7:30" from Sydney. The late night news is from Melbourne and Perth depending on the time zone. The Sunday morning politics program is bizarrely from Melbourne instead of Canberra though the daily politics program on the news channel is in the Australian capital.
Part of this can be explained by the capital and financial centre aren't the same and more than one time zones though Sydney and Melbourne are in the same time zone. None of their on-air staff regularly move around like BBC ones moving between London and Salford for obvious reasons.
On the news channel, sports news is regularly presented from Sydney or Melbourne but sometimes Brisbane. Weather is completely from Melbourne. Last weekend, their daytime bulletins came from Melbourne and Canberra instead of Sydney for some reason.