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BBC News: Nations & Regions

(April 2008)

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Markymark
LONDON posted:

Does anyone else think this announcement could see some of the sub regions such as BBC Oxford get there own complete service?


More of a problem would be finding enough material every day, in an area that small, to fill a 25 minute programme every night.
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Steve in Pudsey
Anne MacKenzie Fan posted:
Slightly off topic, but are most of the BBC English Regions evening news programmes double headed?


Add Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (aka Hull) to your list
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DVB Cornwall
Interesting comment about Dorset, that's historically been poorly served, Doesn't help being split between BBC South and BBC South West.

NOW
The transmitter network seems incapable of offering an optout structure that'd be acceptable too. Opting Stockland would mean Exeter being removed from the South West. and there's no way Rowridge could be sacrificed.

SOLUTION?
One possibility would be to significantly increase the EIRP of the totally new DSO DTT High powered Budleigh Salterton relay (it's to be fed from Beacon Hill) and use that to feed the Exeter area and it's relays, then Stockland could be sacrificed to a Dorset opt. Some re allocation of the western Rowridge relays to Stockland could then be contemplated.
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countyboy
DVB Cornwall posted:
Interesting comment about Dorset, that's historically been poorly served, Doesn't help being split between BBC South and BBC South West.

NOW
The transmitter network seems incapable of offering an optout structure that'd be acceptable too. Opting Stockland would mean Exeter being removed from the South West. and there's no way Rowridge could be sacrificed.

SOLUTION?
One possibility would be to significantly increase the EIRP of the totally new DSO DTT High powered Budleigh Salterton relay (it's to be fed from Beacon Hill) and use that to feed the Exeter area and it's relays, then Stockland could be sacrificed to a Dorset opt. Some re allocation of the western Rowridge relays to Stockland could then be contemplated.


Don't forget that parts of north Dorset are served by Mendip, including the Cerne Abbas relay...but I guess the relay could possibly be fed off Stockland Hill?
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onsky
I like the BBC News branding, but I don't like how everything is coming under BBC News.

Its like BBC London, they are trying their best to stay as they are, but BBC is dismantling it, and making it all part of BBC News.

BBC London 94.9 sounds different to BBC London TV News, and looks different to bbc.co.uk/london, but BBC London is trying to make all services come under one brand.

I think this obsession with BBC News on everything is becoming stupid.
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nwtv2003
onsky posted:
I like the BBC News branding, but I don't like how everything is coming under BBC News.

Its like BBC London, they are trying their best to stay as they are, but BBC is dismantling it, and making it all part of BBC News.

BBC London 94.9 sounds different to BBC London TV News, and looks different to bbc.co.uk/london, but BBC London is trying to make all services come under one brand.

I think this obsession with BBC News on everything is becoming stupid.


I think there it's just a clash more than anything. When I say this I mean that since the creation of BBC London in 2001, they have constantly promoted themselves with the 'On TV, On Radio, Online' tag, to make sure their viewers and listeners know what they're getting from a tri-media service, probably the only Region to do so. Where as since April 2008 all BBC News programmes on TV prefer to be under the BBC News umbrella, and BBC London has come under this for the first time, since the days of Newsroom South East.

Although all BBC Regions to like to promote their Local Radio services and websites during their Regional News programmes/slots, BBC London seem to take more pride than any other region.
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Seb
nwtv2003 posted:
onsky posted:
I like the BBC News branding, but I don't like how everything is coming under BBC News.

Its like BBC London, they are trying their best to stay as they are, but BBC is dismantling it, and making it all part of BBC News.

BBC London 94.9 sounds different to BBC London TV News, and looks different to bbc.co.uk/london, but BBC London is trying to make all services come under one brand.

I think this obsession with BBC News on everything is becoming stupid.


I think there it's just a clash more than anything. When I say this I mean that since the creation of BBC London in 2001, they have constantly promoted themselves with the 'On TV, On Radio, Online' tag, to make sure their viewers and listeners know what they're getting from a tri-media service, probably the only Region to do so. Where as since April 2008 all BBC News programmes on TV prefer to be under the BBC News umbrella, and BBC London has come under this for the first time, since the days of Newsroom South East.

Although all BBC Regions to like to promote their Local Radio services and websites during their Regional News programmes/slots, BBC London seem to take more pride than any other region.


However London have tinkered with their title end board and added "ON TV ON RADIO ONLINE" in grey under BBC LONDON Wink

22 days later

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Jonny
Look North NE&C playing time machine again by digging out the '99 soundtrack. Mistake?
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peterrocket Founding member
Jonny posted:
Look North NE&C playing time machine again by digging out the '99 soundtrack. Mistake?


Nope, that's the tune it was going to be until it was changed slightly at the last minute. Most of the regions and indeed nations were changed to include more 'beeps' at London's request...
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Spencer
Jonny posted:
Look North NE&C playing time machine again by digging out the '99 soundtrack. Mistake?


Must be a continuing theme. At Breakfast yesterday morning the old Breakfast logo was back on the big projector screen.
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excel99
Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but did the whole country get the BBC London headlines at 8pm tonight? I should have got the Look North Hull headlines (and actually wanted to watch them tonight)
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David
excel99 posted:
Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but did the whole country get the BBC London headlines at 8pm tonight? I should have got the Look North Hull headlines (and actually wanted to watch them tonight)


South East was fine.

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