David Lloyd
Clinging to the wreckage
Through gritted teeth, DCMS makes clear once more its frustration at the BBC’s plans for local radio. “We continue to be concerned over...
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David Lloyd
- Jul 17
- 5 min
What's the latest on BBC local radio?
"The changes to local programming will be detrimental to you the listener." "You remove these community ambassadors and all those...
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David Lloyd
- Jul 6
- 8 min
A shining example of local radio
Keri Jones and his other half were savouring breakfast at their favourite café in beautiful Shaftesbury. A woman came over, touched...
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David Lloyd
- Jun 25
- 6 min
Some very peculiar neighbours
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...
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David Lloyd
- Jun 22
- 5 min
Why radio matters
People are now getting their news online - so we are shifting cash from local radio to online to better serve our licence fee payers,...
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David Lloyd
- Jun 8
- 13 min
BBC Local Radio changes - state of play
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...
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David Lloyd
- May 30
- 9 min
“I think we’ve run a very fair process”
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...
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David Lloyd
- May 18
- 4 min
What's happened to BBC local radio's audience?
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...
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David Lloyd
- May 12
- 6 min
How well is the BBC's local online resource being managed now?
The objective for the current BBC local plan is understandable. However much we love radio and can wax lyrically about its beautiful...
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David Lloyd
- May 10
- 7 min
How well is Ofcom regulating BBC local radio?
We pay for the BBC. We pay for it to produce the very best, distinctive programming under its Charter. Who makes sure it does? The BBC...
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David Lloyd
- May 8
- 6 min
How well can the BBC deliver its local radio plan?
There is a risk the BBC is about to funnel funds out of local radio - which it appears not to be managing too well - into areas it’s also...
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David Lloyd
- May 5
- 7 min
Another day - another BBC exec defends its local radio position
Today, Rhodri Talfan Davies was called to account by listeners in the Radio 4 Feedback programme. I’m not sure how many local radio...
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David Lloyd
- May 4
- 4 min
BBC Local Radio seeks to explain itself
On the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning, Jason Horton, Director of Production at BBC Local, had the difficult job of defending...
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David Lloyd
- May 2
- 9 min
The funeral of local radio
I can understand how DG Davie got to this place with local radio. An expensive local radio network is costing a huge amount per listener...
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David Lloyd
- Apr 9
- 3 min
What is the Magic of Paul O'Grady?
It was the Yule log and flip-flops that did it. In Paul O’Grady’s Christmas Day show, repeated today on Boom Radio in a novel Easter...
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David Lloyd
- Mar 24
- 6 min
Is the BBC now equipped for the job of local radio?
BBC local radio will still be required to broadcast an all-speech breakfast show, despite its wish to get some Dua Lipa between the...
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David Lloyd
- Dec 17, 2022
- 4 min
Every night's a First-Night for someone...
I used to dream about standing on stage at the Radio 1 Roadshow, the crowds clambering on each other’s shoulders just to witness me...
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David Lloyd
- Nov 1, 2022
- 8 min
Is this the right move for BBC Local Radio
It’s no fun having the rug pulled from under you. My sympathies are with those at risk from the proposed BBC local radio changes....
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David Lloyd
- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
How can the BBC reach another Centenary?
It’s not the Corporation’s hundredth birthday, of course. The candles come out for that in 2027. This is the centenary of the original...
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David Lloyd
- Aug 4, 2022
- 7 min
High on Emotion
There’s a beautiful conviction of youth. You know what you want; and are blissfully unaware how challenging it may be to achieve. Such is...
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