ST
We never really found out what happened to Helen F - one day she was presenting with Uncle Peter then next day she had gone!
BA
As much as you prattle on about hating Peter Levy, it'd be a bit cramped in there with two presenters. Not to mention the fact he's fine on his own.
To be honest, Look North Hull could really do with becoming double headed - it was a much better programme when it wasn't the Peter Levy Show.
As much as you prattle on about hating Peter Levy, it'd be a bit cramped in there with two presenters. Not to mention the fact he's fine on his own.
TR
I think most people know the problems with Peter Levy's 'style' its been done to death on here - no journalistic talent but a presenter which appeals to some. I agree that the studio would be cramped with two presenters but it was built with double headers in mind and overall is the fault of the idiot who decided that style should get 90% of the budget over substance when setting up BBC Hull. Far more attention and money was spent on silly orange and yellow/green lumps on supporting columns & expensive lighting systems in the now pointless empty open centre. If only a fraction of the £24 million had been spent on content then this non region just might have worked.
SH
An unusual transition from the Tea-time national bulletin to Look North this evening (Saturday) with a few seconds of blank screen and no audio then a couple of lines of subtitles (which we have on permanently) about the lead story from London and then finally Phil Bodmer introducing the local lead story.
RA
Totally agreed. Liverpool doesn't have a separate service does it, yet is cramped in with the full Manchester/Lancashire news on both BBC NW and Granada. Why the hell did Hull get the thumbs up to have all this money spent there? It's crazy and even crazier to have a show that appeals to a subsect of the audience and no one else. It is Alan Partridge come alive, just a 100 miles or so further North.
I think most people know the problems with Peter Levy's 'style' its been done to death on here - no journalistic talent but a presenter which appeals to some. I agree that the studio would be cramped with two presenters but it was built with double headers in mind and overall is the fault of the idiot who decided that style should get 90% of the budget over substance when setting up BBC Hull. Far more attention and money was spent on silly orange and yellow/green lumps on supporting columns & expensive lighting systems in the now pointless empty open centre. If only a fraction of the £24 million had been spent on content then this non region just might have worked.
Totally agreed. Liverpool doesn't have a separate service does it, yet is cramped in with the full Manchester/Lancashire news on both BBC NW and Granada. Why the hell did Hull get the thumbs up to have all this money spent there? It's crazy and even crazier to have a show that appeals to a subsect of the audience and no one else. It is Alan Partridge come alive, just a 100 miles or so further North.
RA
From memory, a statement was made a day or so later, with Peter looking gleeful that he was there "on his own". His show, see.
I'm sure if he ever decided to leave they would close it all down rather than replace him.
We never really found out what happened to Helen F - one day she was presenting with Uncle Peter then next day she had gone!
From memory, a statement was made a day or so later, with Peter looking gleeful that he was there "on his own". His show, see.
I'm sure if he ever decided to leave they would close it all down rather than replace him.
RA
From memory, a statement was made a day or so later, with Peter looking gleeful that he was there "on his own". His show, see.
I'm sure if he ever decided to leave they would close it all down rather than replace him.
We never really found out what happened to Helen F - one day she was presenting with Uncle Peter then next day she had gone!
From memory, a statement was made a day or so later, with Peter looking gleeful that he was there "on his own". His show, see.
I'm sure if he ever decided to leave they would close it all down rather than replace him.
MA
Because the entire North west region is served from same main transmitter, at Winter Hill (just outside Bolton)
so covering the two cities with different programmes would require use of extra frequencies,(which are in even shorter supply since DSO).
Humberside and Lincs is served by Belmont, West and South Yorks from Emley Moor, so it was cheap and easy
to create a new region, though not much notice was taken by the fact Belmont is used deep inside South Yorkshire by some folk.
Liverpool doesn't have a separate service does it, yet is cramped in with the full Manchester/Lancashire news on both BBC NW and Granada. Why the hell did Hull get the thumbs up to have all this money spent there? .
Because the entire North west region is served from same main transmitter, at Winter Hill (just outside Bolton)
so covering the two cities with different programmes would require use of extra frequencies,(which are in even shorter supply since DSO).
Humberside and Lincs is served by Belmont, West and South Yorks from Emley Moor, so it was cheap and easy
to create a new region, though not much notice was taken by the fact Belmont is used deep inside South Yorkshire by some folk.
MA
Ha, no, OK, but no extra transmission equipment, extra frequencies etc at the transmitters or advance publicity to get the punters to retune etc.
When Meridian formed the Thames Valley sub region in 1993, they had to build no less than three relay transmitter sites, to restore the south coast sub region for folk in parts of Winchester, Eastleigh and Hythe, (in fact there was a fourth one planned for Cowes on the IOW, but it never happened)
Might have been easy Mark but it certainly wasn't cheap!
Ha, no, OK, but no extra transmission equipment, extra frequencies etc at the transmitters or advance publicity to get the punters to retune etc.
When Meridian formed the Thames Valley sub region in 1993, they had to build no less than three relay transmitter sites, to restore the south coast sub region for folk in parts of Winchester, Eastleigh and Hythe, (in fact there was a fourth one planned for Cowes on the IOW, but it never happened)
TR
Because the entire North west region is served from same main transmitter, at Winter Hill (just outside Bolton)
so covering the two cities with different programmes would require use of extra frequencies,(which are in even shorter supply since DSO).
Humberside and Lincs is served by Belmont, West and South Yorks from Emley Moor, so it was cheap and easy
to create a new region, though not much notice was taken by the fact Belmont is used deep inside South Yorkshire by some folk.
There is no such place as Humberside - its use in East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire is severely punished.
Only the BBC insist on propagating the myth - nothing surprising there as they are so out of touch with the audience.
Liverpool doesn't have a separate service does it, yet is cramped in with the full Manchester/Lancashire news on both BBC NW and Granada. Why the hell did Hull get the thumbs up to have all this money spent there? .
Because the entire North west region is served from same main transmitter, at Winter Hill (just outside Bolton)
so covering the two cities with different programmes would require use of extra frequencies,(which are in even shorter supply since DSO).
Humberside and Lincs is served by Belmont, West and South Yorks from Emley Moor, so it was cheap and easy
to create a new region, though not much notice was taken by the fact Belmont is used deep inside South Yorkshire by some folk.
There is no such place as Humberside - its use in East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire is severely punished.
Only the BBC insist on propagating the myth - nothing surprising there as they are so out of touch with the audience.