Just saw a tweet about the new look newswheel. I'm not near a tv right now, so was wondering if it was any different?
Since Monday, the 8pm hour has been two full half-hour bulletins of news, Instead of the "wheel" format.
A good decision, makes the schedule pretty much identical across all hours. Another wrong of years gone by being put right by the management.
the same management who implemented it in the first place
also makes it pointless bringing in a separate newsreader for that one hour. I can see the 9pm presenter taking it over before long
I always thought that bringing a newsreader in for that 8pm hour, even more so now That the 10pm presenter now does the 9pm! Personally, I would either;
Keep Jeremy (the 5pm-7pm presenter) on to present it or
Move Jeff Randall Live to 8pm and create a 3 hour show with Jeremy.
Well only a year ago that sort of story would have been ignored, or only mentioned in passing. Sky News have come quite a long way in seperating themselves from NI since last summer.