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Dedicated Midlands Editon going? (July 2007)

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BBC Scotland
While we are on a Radio Times theme...

Why do they still refer to "BBC1", "BBC2", "BBC3" and "BBC4"?

The correct format, according to the guidelines on the Commissioning site are:

BBC One
BBC TWO
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR

All seems very messy...
JR
jrothwell97
Actually, if I'm right, they should all (since BBC2's February rebrand) be referred to as BBCs One, Two, Three etc. regardless of what appears in the box. The RT uses the numbers, though (BBC1, BBC2 etc).

Also, for some odd reason, BBC1 is still called BBC ONE on some trailers.
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
Andrew posted:
Looking at the London/Anglia/Midlands edition, there is a lot of regional news programmes to fit in, but why are they listing South Today? Surely if you live in this area you get the South/West/South West version?

I assume South Today is included for Oxfordshire viewers who receive ITV Central? What I don't understand is why South East Today is listed when the equivalent Meridian programme isn't (though that's been the way since London & Anglia were merged). (Incidentally, why is our edition called London/Anglia/Midlands - shouldn't it be either London/East/Midlands or London/Anglia/Central?)

Andrew posted:
On the radio pages, it actually makes sense for London/Anglia listeners as they have stopped listing all the South West stations in their edition. All they've done is take the usual Midlands spread and added 4 extra channels (Essex, Kent, London 94.9 and Suffolk), all the others were duplicated anyway

Berkshire is there as well, was that previously in the Midlands edition?

Incidentally (this is probably of no interest to anyone outside of Surrey and Sussex!) I've received quick e-mail replies from both Radio Times and Southern Counties Radio, and apparently the removal of the station from the London etc edition is an 'oversight' and SCR will be restored in the next couple of weeks - though goodness knows how they'll squeeze it in!

8 days later

JO
John40dalek
collect old copies of Radio Times
I have some old copies and some Bounds
LA
Lanarkian
BBC Southern Counties Radio has been restored in the current London/Anglia/Midlands Edition.
PE
Pete Founding member
John40dalek posted:
collect old copies of Radio Times
I have some old copies and some Bounds


are you writing your posts on safari for windows? half your messages always appear to be missing
JO
John40dalek
anyone who would like to know what is TV Listings in the past?
from 1969 to 1979 (BBC1, BBC2)
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
John40dalek posted:
anyone who would like to know what is TV Listings in the past?

Would probably go to Vintage Radio Times.

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