Date set for networked BBC evening show

18/07/2012 - 12:52 | 31 Replies More

BBC Commissioning has released tender details of the new all-local radio evening programme, which is set to start on January 7th 2013.

The speech-led show, to be broadcast on all 39 local radio stations in England, will air from 7pm till 10pm.

Applications are invited from all independent production companies who can clearly demonstrate relevant experience and expertise, the BBC says. All offers should reach them by 12 noon on August 23rd 2012, with decisions made by September 14th. The winning proposal will then just over three months to arrange the new show.

The contract on offer will be for an initial 12 month period, with an option to extend by up to a further 24 months by mutual agreement and will be worth around £150,000. The presenter or presenters will be paid separately by the BBC.

This programme forms part of the outcome of the Delivering Quality First process and follows the review of the BBC Local Radio service licence carried out by the BBC Trust. It will reach 17.4 per cent of adults (7.3m), the majority of which is over 50 years old.

Local Radio stations will still opt-out for major local breaking news stories, and scheduled sports coverage.


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  • http://www.musicradiocreative.com/ Mike Russell

    I’ll be interested to hear the winning candidate. There are some excellent independent production companies out there producing amazing content. I wonder if Blue Revolution has entered the running? They make great radio shows!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jodash60 Brian Collins

    sad time for radio,Local radio is good for the community,and for my local station there is a very good “real” DJ out of work

  • http://twitter.com/mab1971 Mike Brailsford

    If I wanted to listen to national programmes, I’d listen to Radios 1 to 4. Then you have the issues of opt outs for local football coverage, so that could take up 3 days out a week, if this show is happening 5 days a week.

  • Gordon Astley

    if it’s networked it’s not local. Mentorn tried it years ago…I was the presenter….after 1 year they told the Beeb to stuff it.

  • David L

    Sad sad loss to lose Roger Day here in the south

  • http://www.facebook.com/craig.butler.94 Craig Butler

    this is just the start of bbc network progs weekend likely to follow then !! does that mean we get reduction in the licence fee then?? hi to gordon well said nice to here ex collegue from mercia days hope ur well

  • http://www.facebook.com/brianwinteruk Brian Christopher Winter

    I would agree this is a sad day for local radio. But let us not forget that the beeb have gone down this route before in cost savings and then, as things have improved have gone back to local output. I do wonder why they picked 1900-2200 to network as opposed to the 2200-0100 slot given the number of times that stations in larger conibations will drop the network show in favour of soccer and rugby coverage?

  • Simon @ FGM

    It’s bitter-sweet news I guess, I’m all for uniformity in the brand, it may help to gain share having a personality with the ability for a good ‘ol chin-wag to take to the air on the locals … some clever networking could make it a worthy listen, money saving is inevitable sadly … mind you I wonder where the network hub would be ? and please gawd NOT Vanessa for the show !!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/spencer.payne.336 Spencer Payne

    why bother? Just relay 6music

    • david

      Surely they should relay 5 Live. Then the stations would opt out of national sport for local sport.

  • Martin Rosen

    Maybe someone wants it to fail. 7pm – 10pm is peak tv time, so perhaps they will then argue there were (relatively) hardly any listeners.

    As Mike Bralisford said we already have the national services, where would this differ?

    What will happen is when they switch to the national network, everybody will go to the pub and a major local news story maybe missed!

  • Danny Saga

    I wnt to a local BBC station not so long since and the presenter said the BBC will be losing money rather than getting more money, as listners are not going to realise the BBC stations are going to be back as a local or regional shows from 10pm.

  • Dave Wiggy Wiggins

    BBC Radio Bristol Keith Warmington Do The Network Evening Show On BBC Radio Gloucestershire And On BBC Radio Wiltshire And On BBC Radio Somerset Sound And On BBC Radio Bristol Live From Five Past 7 Pm Till Ten Pm In Weekdays It Is True Just Look Now On BBC Radio Gloucestershire Web Page Or BBC Radio Wiltshire Or On BBC Radio Somerset Web Page Or On BBC Radio Bristol Web Page You Will Soon See

  • WestwardTelecom

    I like the idea of this, it will be the only broadcast aimed at an England-wide/exclusive audience in the whole of the broadcasting industry. No other broadcast of any kind make a programme just for England.

  • Rita

    This will be a disaster. Local radio listeners want their own LOCAL presenters fronting their own local shows. Best thing local listeners can do is SWITCH OFF and then maybe the BBC will see sense – but this is the BBC, which we are all “shareholders” of via the licence – who do not listen to what local listeners want – and it is about time they did!

  • Tony Smith

    What is the point of “local” radio if you remove the “local” content? The present stations and their popular presenters have built up a loyal local following over the years, who will desert these stations in droves if the BBC persists with a move that nobody wants. What will happen then to the Beeb’s precious “ratings” figures?

  • John

    I wonder how you can get a national local radio network in the evening. Is it national or is it local? Bit of emperor’s clothes here I think. I wonder what the logic behind this thinking is. I listen to local radio only because it is local. I wouldn’t bother to listen to a national station in the evening. I love the quirky evening shows, the presenters and the listeners. That is what makes it good listening. Certainly better than the bland output of most of the media nowadays. I hope the BBC has a rethink and uses it’s common sense…..maybe not.

    • Rupert K

      maybe it’ll help people find their community radio stations – or set more up! That’s local!

  • http://twitter.com/TrevorHarveyArt Trevor

    Well, I already have an alternative radio station lined up to replace Radio Kent. A sad day for local radio

  • Keith Payne

    Radio like this becomes faceless Radio 1 2 3 etc I rather thought ( stupidly) as it turns out that the licence payer funded this stuff The campaign certainly continues to dave The BBC Radio Kent Roger Day show – it is liked – it is wanted and as usual the BBC are not listening and we are being dictated to . Absolutely shameful and there is silence from the top despite many people writing- good job they are not voted in , and out by the fundees.

    New game reality show lets vote to keep or expel BBC Brass.

  • Disgusted

    What a shame to replace the best evening show in the south with another like 6 music. Just more of the same! not for me it will be the off button.

  • Steve

    This is not quality, and is definitely NOT an improvement. Hopefully no-one will apply, forcing the BBC to reassess their decision and leave the existing structure of local evening programs as they are…

  • Gravy train watchdog

    I have a better idea: get rid of the overpaid BBC brass (and all the waste that goes with it) who made this decision and use the money to maintain local content. Are these same folks who have wasted £600 million moving to Salford? Bottom line is this: the BBC WASTES £3.5 BILLION A YEAR. With a budget like that there is no reason for networked anything.

  • http://www.facebook.com/richard.phillips.982845 Richard Phillips

    Now playing on Radio
    4 Extra” Radio Active” a comedy radio
    series had a tag line

    “Britain’s first
    national local radio station” …fiction
    no longer?

  • Gavin

    Far too much talk on the radio, what about new local music?

  • Chris Rogers

    Now you know why a lot of people are listening to Internet Radio, Sadly there is no personality radio shows any more, its all bland, A phone in show with a contraversial radio jock would work between 7pm and 10pm, but there are only 2 that i can think off that can pull it off

  • bob

    Does it really cost that much to have a regional show at that time?

  • Ron

    With 60% speech content this is going to be a yawn. Do we really need yet more yap yap yap – BBC locals are full of it from morning onwards – and now a bit of a laugh and some specialist music in the evenings bites the dust. Apparently they pass the blame for this new brief to the BBC Trust. Typical of the BBC – never take any notice of listeners.

  • Dj weech

    Maybe a slot for Chris moyles to go to once leaving radio one

  • adrian

    sad loss to sandie dunleavy on bbc radio york mon to thur and jeramey buxton on a fri nite and fill in guy ross dickinson .

  • bootneck02

    It will hardly a Local Radio evening show if it is broadcast Nationally will it. Here in Kent we want the Roger Day Evening Show to continue as it is a great show and NOT a national chat show lacking in personality and not LOCAL. We the License payers should have a say or at least be consulted before evening local radio are made a bland NATIONAL conglomeration with no appeal to local listeners, we might as well listen to Radio 2. So what will happen Local Radio listeners will ether will switch to Local commercial radio or Radio 2 resulting in the BBC switching off Local Radio at 7pm and leading to the eventual demise of BBC Local Radio. What a cock up!!!!

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