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26/01/2010
Radio Foyle Changes 'Will Enhance Service'
Listeners in the North West are set to receive a 'refreshed' schedule on the local BBC Radio Foyle.
Aimed at enhancing the impact and benefits of the station for audiences, the plans, announced at the Nerve Centre in Londonderry, are also intended to develop the station's role as a production base for the BBC Northern Ireland–wide services while delivering value for money to licence fee payers.
The plans which are to be phased in over time include:
He said BBC Northern Ireland was both proud of and fully committed to the service and its contribution to community and cultural life in the North West adding: "It remains our ambition to secure BBC Radio Foyle's future and to find ways of fully exploring its potential.
"That has always been our strategic intent. We have conducted a review of BBC Radio Foyle's output, informed by insights from audience research and have planned some developments to the current schedule which I am confident will better serve the audience," he said.
Full story: Plans Will 'Refresh Radio Foyle'
Aimed at enhancing the impact and benefits of the station for audiences, the plans, announced at the Nerve Centre in Londonderry, are also intended to develop the station's role as a production base for the BBC Northern Ireland–wide services while delivering value for money to licence fee payers.
The plans which are to be phased in over time include:
- A morning peak-time Foyle Breakfast Show with a focus on news and speech
- An extended lunchtime magazine programme in peak to include news at 1.00pm
- An extension of local news bulletins beyond 4.00pm to 6.00pm
- A new afternoon entertainment show
- More NI radio content from Radio Foyle for BBC Radio Ulster including a new weekly Arts Extra programme and a Sunday afternoon music programme
- More shared Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle content. Saturday Sportsound will now be available in the North West including better coverage of sports fixtures in the region
He said BBC Northern Ireland was both proud of and fully committed to the service and its contribution to community and cultural life in the North West adding: "It remains our ambition to secure BBC Radio Foyle's future and to find ways of fully exploring its potential.
"That has always been our strategic intent. We have conducted a review of BBC Radio Foyle's output, informed by insights from audience research and have planned some developments to the current schedule which I am confident will better serve the audience," he said.
Full story: Plans Will 'Refresh Radio Foyle'
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