BBC to move more roles outwith London

Are there any similarities between the switch to 16:9 which basically seemed to be if they moved premises or were a new service they switched to widescreen, then upgrades were piecemeal region by region based on equipment dying off (not counting sub-opts, I think Look Newcastle was the last to switch in around 2006/7? NWT were also quite late, despite being a network centre as well with the switch happening 2005/6).

Yes the business unit to Salford is a bit of an odd choice but then does it really matter where they go? It's not as if the CEOs of companies or others they have on as guests ever come into the studio in W1 now. Could really be anywhere.

Also consider that a lot of its output is on 5 Live and Breakfast, both Salford based. I'm not sure where Wake Up To Money comes from nowadays, think its Salford.

Radio 3 there is a bit of an odd one. They never said that it's moving totally to Salford, like 6 Music it'll be based there, there'll still be a lot of programmes coming from London.

Salford does seem an odd choice until you remember that the Philharmonic are based there so it isn't as random as it sounds at firsf

The most significant point of Radio 3 moving seems to be to encourage The Proms to be less London centric in future.

Can't see the Proms fully moving to another location, it's a big money spinner for the Royal Albert Hall, perhaps have spin off concerts at the Lowry or another venue elsewhere but moving it wholesale isn't likely.

Indeed I can't see it leaving London entirely but more concerts outside of London surely will be on the cards.

I think it's begun on Today. Nick Robinson is in Newcastle, and Mishal Husain is in London.
Sounds like a bit of a mouthful for Mishal to say.

(although I think Nick lives somewhere up North anyways, he was in one of the cities when broadcasting from home)

Nick is presenting the BBC One Lockdown One Year On programme this evening which is coming from Newcastle I think.

Yep-It's with him and Naga Muchetty from 7:00pm tonight on BBC1 which is why i'm a tad surprised the News Channel is not showing it (at least they weren't the last time the NC listings.)

Is it not only the BBC World Service radio business that is moving to Salford, not the entire business unit, as you’re implying, which frankly makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Of all the units to be moved to Salford, why the World Service? Surely that's the one department where a "London-centric" bias is more important?
"Live from Salford" doesn't really seem to hold the same authority as "Live from London"..

The business news on Today on Radio 4 will also move to Salford, and Today is losing its own dedicated business reporter Dominic O'Connell.

It seems completely unnecessary to split up programme teams and as morning business news in particular is driven by the official announcements to the stock exchange, I don't see what moving to Salford will add.

Probably better to move it to Amsterdam or Frankfurt !