Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with BBC director general over local radio cuts, says MP
The debate on the BBC's role in local radio was led by the DUP's East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell
"The very programme that the BBC is seeking to axe was able to carry information live to listeners in the catchment area that will be affected by the road closures, the school closures in live time so that people could take action." But he said there was a fear that there would be a "centralisation" of the BBC in "the centre of Belfast"."While I would support a cost-effective decision making process it should not be done at the cost of locally based reporting and locally based knowledge," he said.
During the debate the SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said that Tim Davie should come to Derry to see "the impact of these cuts, which in my view will end up closing the station".He said that without local broadcasters, "we won't be able to have the same connection to the BBC and the same valuable public service broadcasting."
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