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Still a fault of regulation though - arguably if the commercial sector hadn't been able to significantly reduce local output then the BBC wouldn't have followed either. Both benefit from the other being stronger, and I do wish rather than going for 43 hours to 15 that the commercial broadcasters had been forced to maintain another 3 hour daily show to offer a minimum of 30 hours a week, but with the ability to vacate the breakfast slot to allow the flagship London shows a nationwide airing.


I do think the biggest problem BBC Local Radio has is it is always going to struggle to bring in that younger audience that's never listened to it. At 40 outside of sport I've probably only turned to Radio Wales in the last couple of years, but that's only in the car and only when I'm avoiding Jeremy Vine really - and even then I go to R1 or Capital first.