David Lloyd

You have to hand it to the BBC. Having been abused in the House of Commons, criticised by Government, convicted of 'systemic failure' by its own Complaints Unit following crazy changes in local radio, attracting over 1000 complaints and decimating audiences by 27%, they return to Ofcom to ask for more freedoms! The BBC claims it: “wants to do more local programming when more people are listening”. Actually, it really doesn't. It is struggling to meet the localness quota it si

I don’t know anyone who does not like or rate Tim Davie. From all I know and have heard, he’s a very decent chap who has tried to do the best he can. I hope he manages, very soon, to put his feet up at last. I cannot even begin to imagine the pressure of that job when no moment is your own and just about every weekend is disturbed by a text bluntly signalling another random major crisis. The challenges he has faced are utterly unprecedented. He is not the first to resign amid

As unrest hit UK streets last August, citizens were worried. Certain cities hit flashpoint. That’s when local media comes into its own -...

Is it time for the BBC Trust to return - to ensure the BBC delivers distinctive high quality content in the bets possible environment?

“I understand how you feel, because it's a little bit like I've come into your living room and I've rearranged the furniture, and I need...

A BBC which realises that maybe a defensible shift to a ‘Mood Mums’ target audience for Radio 2 will disadvantage older listeners...

Three people. That's how many individuals wrote to Ofcom about its Modernising the BBC's Operating Licence consultation and mentioned BBC...

I've despatched quite a few tetchy missives about the BBC's local radio changes, including to members of the BBC Board. You'll recall...

This is not the most interesting blog post but I wish to place this letter on record. I have today written to Ofcom asking that its...

I’ve had another cut and paste letter back from Ofcom. Deep breath. Its ‘Interim Group Director of Ofcom’s Broadcasting & Media Group’...

There’s something more seriously worrying about the BBC than the fact that it is choosing the wrong course for local radio. It is that it...

A few years ago, whilst jobbing one sunny day on a BBC local station outside my area, I arrived for my programme to be greeted by a...

Through gritted teeth, DCMS makes clear once more its frustration at the BBC’s plans for local radio. “We continue to be concerned over...

"The changes to local programming will be detrimental to you the listener." "You remove these community ambassadors and all those...

Keri Jones and his other half were savouring breakfast at their favourite café in beautiful Shaftesbury. A woman came over, touched...

I live in Nottingham. I was born here. Don’t get me started on how I feel about my City. It frustrates me. I care almost too much about...

People are now getting their news online - so we are shifting cash from local radio to online to better serve our licence fee payers,...

The BBC suggests it needs to invest more in local online news services and it can only do this by saving money from local radio. It...

I doubt I’ll be on Rhodri’s Christmas card list. As BBC Director of Nations, Rhodri Talfan Davies dared to make himself available for a...

Today, we learn of a drop in BBC local radio weekly audiences of over a third of a million listeners - and compared to this time last...