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Politicians call for meeting with BBC to avert strike

written by cassoscoop May 17, 2023
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Political representatives from the North West have called for an urgent meeting with the BBC Northern Ireland Director Adam Smyth in an attempt to avert the strike action planned for this Friday by local NUJ members opposed to recent cuts to services and programmes at BBC Radio Foyle.

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy, Foyle MP Colum Eastwood and East Derry MP Gregory Campbell have written a joint letter to Mr Smyth seeking an urgent meeting.

Earlier this year all three of the politicians met with the BBC in London to discuss the proposed cuts at the station and threat to jobs.

In the letter to the BBC director, the elected representatives said: “We are hugely concerned that if the strike action goes ahead this week it will have a detrimental impact on the reporting of local democracy in the North West.

“The loss of the flagship Breakfast Show programme and its replacement of a 30-minute news slot is insufficient to meet the needs of the region and we will be urging the BBC to rethink their decision and reinstate the Breakfast programme in full or to at least extend it to an hour-long broadcast.”

Calling for an urgent multi-political meeting, the local elected representatives said they were keen to find out from the BBC what their plans are to mitigate for the Election Count in the North West and would also be seeking reassurances from them about the future stability of the station.

The BBC NI strike will start at 12.15 pm on Friday, May 19 and end at 12.15 pm on Saturday, May 20 at 12.15 pm.

Politicians call for meeting with BBC to avert strike was last modified: May 17th, 2023 by cassoscoop

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