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The BBC Strike

(May 2005)

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ED
edward
anorak moment, but did anyone recognise the old breakfast theme?
PE
Pete Founding member
juice posted:
With Chris Rogers presenting the news on Five Live, that's gotta be hurting his credability with ithers in the industry, surely he would be in the NUJ?


his credibility?
GE
thegeek Founding member
BBC One just opted out of News 24 with a slide saying "The next News is on BBC One at 1.00pm". We also had a Scotland-branded trail for Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, and somewhere in there, a timing cock-up which chopped off the top of the announcement into To Buy or Not To Buy.

They're still expecting to do City Hospital live.
LO
Londoner
juice posted:
With Chris Rogers presenting the news on Five Live, that's gotta be hurting his credability with ithers in the industry, surely he would be in the NUJ?

Chris is also presenting the breakfast sequence on the ITV News Channel this morning
JU
juice
I noticed that Chris was on ITV NC. So both him, and this Ahktar fella on News24 have done effectively all-nighters on air in some form or other!
IS
Inspector Sands
DAS posted:

It's difficult enough regaining control when it switches to emergency DAT - so getting it back during a BBC strike at 2 in the morning could have been very interesting!


Probably not, the people who man the main control rooms are employees of Siemens (what was BBC Technology) the strike isn't affecting them.

Quote:

Is there not some sort of rule in radio that you should not pull a song from playing once its already started?


There certainly isn't a blanket rule, obviouisly if you realise after putting it n that it contains the word 'F**k' then you should pull it off air! Laughing
JE
Jenny Founding member
The Jeremy Vine show is currently not going out on Radio 2. Dunno why, it's not like there's usually anything that would pass for journalism on it...
BA
Bail Moderator
I've put my song request in though Razz
JU
juice
Is it just automation on Radio2 for now then??
AS
Aston
Jenny posted:
The Jeremy Vine show is currently not going out on Radio 2. Dunno why, it's not like there's usually anything that would pass for journalism on it...


A common misconception, all news outlets have thusfar failed to say that there are programme makers on strike too.
JU
juice
Radio 2 is airing 'A to Z of music with Mark Goodier'
MN
MarkN Founding member
Working Lunch is not on today... replaced with "The Egg"

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