South Today Oxford becomes the second sub-opt to get a full time 1830 bulletin after Look East West in 2019.
Not sure whether you're being serious or tongue-in-cheek?
Some years ago there was a full Oxford 1830 edition every Friday, which tended to scrape-the-bottom-of-the-barrel for content so eventually was (sensibly) pared back to just a partial opt like on Mon - Thurs.
Now they very occasionally have the odd full 1830 Oxford edition if there's a sufficiently major story in the Oxon/Bucks/Swindon sub-region.
There definitely isn't enough news in the area for that, as there are a lot of rural areas and Oxford city isn't that big compared to many others. It isn't a big/important enough area to warrant a full programme of its own.
(Despite the current BBC South and Meridian regions being far too big and diverse to be relevant to most viewers most of the time!)
Bring back the itv mid morning national and regional news?
Actually with an extra 30 minutes to fill on This Morning was wondering if that might be considered.
I am hoping they use the time for more newsy 'items', rather than silly light hearted throwaway ones. However, although Eamonn and Ruth are great at news, Phillip and Holly excel at silly... so it's more than likely that it'll just be extra make-up tips or competition adverts, etc.
Or they could give extra time to the daily phone-ins, so they get to hear from more than just 2 callers...
Last edited by Meridian AM on 18 December 2019 11:10pm - 2 times in total