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Not all regions - BBC North (Leeds) has a live forecast from Lisa Gallagher (although she was on the later shift today covering for Paul Hudson so we had the London pre-record as you describe)
James Vertigan posted:
Well you may or may not know this but all the regional forecasts in front of the CSO screen during Breakfast (during the regional news opt) actually come from London! It's the same weather forecaster all over the country... but they do individual forecasts for each region (must take a while to record them all!)
Not all regions - BBC North (Leeds) has a live forecast from Lisa Gallagher (although she was on the later shift today covering for Paul Hudson so we had the London pre-record as you describe)
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It's because the local weather is sponsored and they can't broadcast the regional sponsor nationally. If it went out on NC then the sponsor of London Weather would have to pay for th whole country to see its sponsorship sting
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Mr_Strawsons_Sheep posted:
Could this be a contractual issue with the Met Office, or something in the T&Cs of the forcasters themselves. Something like if a regional forcast went out on a national channel, then the forcasters would have to be paid a higher rate?.
It's because the local weather is sponsored and they can't broadcast the regional sponsor nationally. If it went out on NC then the sponsor of London Weather would have to pay for th whole country to see its sponsorship sting
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Yes, they are recorded at about 4-5 am and then sent out to all the regions at 5:45ish. The playout of all of the broadcasts takes up less than 30 minutes.
A former member
James Vertigan posted:
Well you may or may not know this but all the regional forecasts in front of the CSO screen during Breakfast (during the regional news opt) actually come from London! It's the same weather forecaster all over the country... but they do individual forecasts for each region (must take a while to record them all!)
Yes, they are recorded at about 4-5 am and then sent out to all the regions at 5:45ish. The playout of all of the broadcasts takes up less than 30 minutes.