Radio Foyle is to broadcast a half-hour breakfast information programme to switch the present two-hour breakfast programme.
It’s considered one of a lot of Radio Foyle and Radio Ulster schedule and programme adjustments introduced by BBC NI.
Though Radio Foyle will lose the complete lunchtime half-hour programme, it would proceed to broadcast hourly radio information bulletins.
Proposed cuts to jobs and programmes on the station had attracted protests from some politicians and group leaders.
In a press release, BBC Northern Eire stated it now “anticipated the present headcount in Foyle will probably be retained” however was unable to provide additional particulars at current.
From 24 April, Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster programme will probably be aired on Radio Foyle till 08:30 on weekdays after which Radio Foyle could have its personal devoted information programme for half an hour.
BBC Northern Eire stated that programme would “have an unique deal with tales from and concerning the North West.”
Some meeting members had beforehand expressed issues that cuts to programmes on Foyle would flip it into “BBC Better Belfast.”
Uncle Hugo
Different schedule adjustments within the station embrace the Mark Patterson present shifting to the sooner 12:00 to 13:30 slot.
That signifies that BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback is not going to be broadcast on Radio Foyle, however will probably be obtainable on BBC Sounds and digital radio.
Hugo Duncan’s weekday programme from 13:30 to fifteen:00 will probably be broadcast on each Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle however will probably be introduced and produced from the Foyle studios in Londonderry.
BBC Northern Eire additionally stated that there can be an enhanced digital information service reporting information from the north-west.
A few of the night and weekend schedules on Radio Foyle and Radio Ulster may also change from 24 April.
That features a new 90-minute programme introduced by Vinny Hurrell and Cate Conway from 18:00 – 19:30 from Monday to Thursday.
Present Radio Ulster night programmes, together with these introduced by Ralph McLean and Eve Blair, will probably be broadcast from Radio Foyle’s studios.
In a press release, the BBC Northern Eire interim director Adam Smyth stated the adjustments “mirror our dedication to Foyle as a manufacturing centre for native and region-wide output”.
“Information will stay a core a part of its work, focussing on tales and points affecting BBC audiences throughout the entire of the north west,” he added.
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