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(August 2004)

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TR
TROGGLES
Think we must have jinxed it Very Happy

'Radio Humberside off air after fault causes fire alarm to go off'

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/radio-humberside-air-after-fault-687852
JA
JAS84
Andrew posted:
They won't get rid of Hull due to the fact that there is only one studio in Leeds, no room to expand and prerecording news isn't the done thing on the BBC

They also wouldn't return to a pan regional service as there is no way they would except ITV offering a more localised service than they do.

I assume the Internet cafe or whatever isn't open anymore?
No way they'd accept ITV having a more local service? Tell that to Scotland. Two ITV regions served by the same BBC one.



I'm sure they still have the computers, but the rest of the Open Centre facilities are long gone, the web page is archived.
MA
Markymark
JAS84 posted:
Andrew posted:
They won't get rid of Hull due to the fact that there is only one studio in Leeds, no room to expand and prerecording news isn't the done thing on the BBC

They also wouldn't return to a pan regional service as there is no way they would except ITV offering a more localised service than they do.

I assume the Internet cafe or whatever isn't open anymore?
No way they'd accept ITV having a more local service? Tell that to Scotland. Two ITV regions served by the same BBC one.


You can't easily do a like for like comparison. For starters in the BBC's world, regions only exist in England.
Scotland has three ITV regions (one of them legacy in name)
AN
Andrew Founding member
They wouldn't axe a service that makes them worse than ITV. Not having it in the first place is different altogether.

All the stuff the BBC get rid of is always just behind when ITV do so, such as kids TV in afternoons, Kids TV on a Saturday, downgrading the news channel, substantial new programming after 10:30pm etc
RA
radiolistener
Won't return to a pan regional service?
They already have at Breakfast, perhaps the very time when you DO need a specific service in your area for travel and weather.
RA
radiolistener
TROGGLES posted:
Inspector Sands posted:
Wasn't the Hull thing all to do with some sort of connected TV/Internet service based around Hulls unique telecommunications setup?

I seem to remember it was going to be a model that would hopefully be rolled out across the country, but for various reasons didn't

Yes £35 million spent on the whole project which was an abject failure. It never worked properly and the place was full of useless kit for ages. There was supposed to be some sort of local news aspect (as opposed to regional) with a service for East Yorkshire separate from the one from Hull. The best they managed was Levy perched on a desk in the office reading copy from Radio Hummerside[sic]

They needed a new building quickly so they hastily signed up to Queens Court before it was finished and converted the retail space into a TV & Radio studios. It was a totally unsuitable building which is why the TV studio is a funny sort of triangle shape.


Troggles, I've heard rumours that Humberside could become a hub for BBC Lincolnshire with all their showss and studios moving there (similar to Compass moving to Lincs FM) - closing down Radion Buildings which are no longer fit for purpose - and never were.
RA
radiolistener
Andrew posted:
They won't get rid of Hull due to the fact that there is only one studio in Leeds, no room to expand and prerecording news isn't the done thing on the BBC

They also wouldn't return to a pan regional service as there is no way they would except ITV offering a more localised service than they do.

I assume the Internet cafe or whatever isn't open anymore?



The BBC in London can't keep open the cafe in the media cafe (managed by a third party that are very unreliable), let alone cafes around the country that none of the bigwigs really see!
SP
Steve in Pudsey
radiolistener posted:
Won't return to a pan regional service?
They already have at Breakfast, perhaps the very time when you DO need a specific service in your area for travel and weather.

Maybe they ought to go back to the way the travel used to be done via graphics that are on-screen throughout the bulletin so they could cover more of the region than if the presenter has to read it?

With a bit of thought and reconfiguring it might even be possible to feed different graphics to the Leeds region via an M/E bank, or even a separate pre-rec weather forecast in the same way Studio A at NBH does the 8.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
radiolistener posted:
TROGGLES posted:
Inspector Sands posted:
Wasn't the Hull thing all to do with some sort of connected TV/Internet service based around Hulls unique telecommunications setup?

I seem to remember it was going to be a model that would hopefully be rolled out across the country, but for various reasons didn't

Yes £35 million spent on the whole project which was an abject failure. It never worked properly and the place was full of useless kit for ages. There was supposed to be some sort of local news aspect (as opposed to regional) with a service for East Yorkshire separate from the one from Hull. The best they managed was Levy perched on a desk in the office reading copy from Radio Hummerside[sic]

They needed a new building quickly so they hastily signed up to Queens Court before it was finished and converted the retail space into a TV & Radio studios. It was a totally unsuitable building which is why the TV studio is a funny sort of triangle shape.


Troggles, I've heard rumours that Humberside could become a hub for BBC Lincolnshire with all their showss and studios moving there (similar to Compass moving to Lincs FM) - closing down Radion Buildings which are no longer fit for purpose - and never were.


Would that work? They would still need a newsgathering presence in Lincolnshire, and with ViLoR the cost of putting a couple of studios in that facility rather than in Hull is surely minimal.
JA
JAS84
Yeah, and if they're based in Hull, their reporters would need to pay the Humber Bridge toll every time they commute. That'll add up.
WL
W1LL
JAS84 posted:
Yeah, and if they're based in Hull, their reporters would need to pay the Humber Bridge toll every time they commute. That'll add up.

Could keep a little office in Lincoln, like Radio Humberside's Grimsby studio (if that still exists). Speaking of Radio Blunderside's satellite studios, they still have the sign with the 1980 (pre slanted blocks) RH logo on in their (ex) Brid Office.

Not sure if the BBC would do this though, there's not any other BBC local radio stations that are broadcast from entirely out of their area, is there?
SP
Spencer
Saw this today which made me laugh...


I am not from UK, bilky asko and Steve in Pudsey gave kudos

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