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Rhodri Talfan Davies talks about local BBC output
BBC Director of Nations Rhodri Talfan Davies has been speaking at Westminster Media Forum about BBC’s plan for its
biggest transformation in decades and what it means for local and regional broadcasting.
He touched on the subject of local radio, mentioning “up to” six peak time local services will launch, as previously mentioned, but still did not disclose where these would be, other to confirm they will return in Bradford, Sunderland and Wolverhampton.
He also mentioned the local radio Make a Difference campaign and the importance of local news.
Here’s the speech in full:
Updated: April 28, 2021, 6:50 pm
The broadcaster will also offer on-demand news bulletins tailored to listeners’ local areas through its BBC Sounds platform (Ian West/PA)
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The BBC is launching up to six peak-time BBC local radio services in areas including Bradford, Sunderland and Wolverhampton.
The broadcaster will also offer on-demand news bulletins tailored to listeners’ local areas through its BBC Sounds platform.
BBC director of nations Rhodri Talfan Davies detailed the plans during the Westminster Media Forum on Wednesday.
He suggested the BBC should use this resource to concentrate on investigations and stories of national and regional importance on its website, leaving local news and soft features to commercial titles.
“In my view with that level of dedicated journalism resource in Scotland the BBC has everything it needs to produce major investigations, in-depth news analysis, high-level quality news output, and that’s what it should be judged on and that’s where I see its future lying,” he said at a virtual Westminster Media Forum event on the future of the BBC on 23 February.
Martin (pictured in the Herald newsroom) added: “There should be a greater concentration on quality news, inside analysis and investigations pertinent to Scotland but there needs to be an awareness of the extent of its online coverage on commercial competitors.”
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