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If local news isn’t local You do have to question the point. Maybe it would be better for the beeb to make a much bigger statement to the government about funding. Maybe something that would be apolitical but much more informative. Maybe a fact check show on the politics of the day with a segment on each political party with a representative at the commons.

…………Waits for all the Boris fans to do a no but response.
 
Can you still get Black and white tv licences?……..asking for a friend.
 
Who the F has a B&W TV these days!?

Do they sell B&W digital TV's? Analogue has gone!
 
Where I live (in the middle of Bedford/MK/Northampton) we get Look East on the BBC. Up until now the region has been split into two with the eastern part of the region (Norwich, Peterborough etc) getting one lot of local news and the western part (MK, Bedford, Cambridge etc) getting another. That's now going and we will all get the news from Norwich. Not very useful at all really. And of course BBC 4 (with all of the interesting documentaries and music) is being shut down as well.

The BBC is still decent value for money when you take into account all of the radio stations (including 6Music and Radio Oxford especially!) and the remaining TV channels (although why on earth the dismal BBC 3 was spared the axe, who knows!). But it's being whittled away.
 
Leysboy said:
Bring back them old tv’s with Ceefax, frantically looking on page 300 for football, then 302 when we were in the old Div 2.
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The interminable wait for pages to change on transfer deadline day or the live scores page on matchday. You could almost guarantee the page you wanted will have just gone through when you'd just opened it up so you had to wait for it to go all the way through again. Glorious days.
 
ZeroTheHero said:
Where I live (in the middle of Bedford/MK/Northampton) we get Look East on the BBC. Up until now the region has been split into two with the eastern part of the region (Norwich, Peterborough etc) getting one lot of local news and the western part (MK, Bedford, Cambridge etc) getting another. That's now going and we will all get the news from Norwich. Not very useful at all really. And of course BBC 4 (with all of the interesting documentaries and music) is being shut down as well.

The BBC is still decent value for money when you take into account all of the radio stations (including 6Music and Radio Oxford especially!) and the remaining TV channels (although why on earth the dismal BBC 3 was spared the axe, who knows!). But it's being whittled away.
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for now .... how long before mad Nad architects 'streamlining' of local BBC radio?

We used to have excellent local tv magazine/news programmes

BBC Oxford- broadcast from Summertown

ITV Central South - Broadcast from Abingdon

now we have unrelated 'local' news from BBC South from Southampton.... with f*****g tide times etc( a lot of good that it in the shire!) and now the (week) daily 10-12 min slot, that actually has relevance 'locally' , from BBC Oxford being axed

ITV Meridian seems to cover the whole south coast more or less, and sport wise have an obsession with Pompey, Southampton, Bournemouth & Brighton - the plastics occasionally get a mention, oufc rarely get much 'coverage' ( their recent tribute to Joey was half decent though) , creepy crawley get as much if not more!

neither BBC or ITV in recent years have any idea(it seems) where Oxford is located judging by their ( lack of) local coverage , over recent years
 
Marked Ox said:
The interminable wait for pages to change on transfer deadline day or the live scores page on matchday. You could almost guarantee the page you wanted will have just gone through when you'd just opened it up so you had to wait for it to go all the way through again. Glorious days.
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I watched us beat Charlton in the League Cup on penalties via Ceefax. A penalty would be taken, then the page would scroll off and you'd have to wait for it to cycle back round again... it was really nervewracking!
 
Sarge said:
for now .... how long before mad Nad architects 'streamlining' of local BBC radio?

We used to have excellent local tv magazine/news programmes

BBC Oxford- broadcast from Summertown

ITV Central South - Broadcast from Abingdon

now we have unrelated 'local' news from BBC South from Southampton.... with f*****g tide times etc( a lot of good that it in the shire!) and now the (week) daily 10-12 min slot, that actually has relevance 'locally' , from BBC Oxford being axed

ITV Meridian seems to cover the whole south coast more or less, and sport wise have an obsession with Pompey, Southampton, Bournemouth & Brighton - the plastics occasionally get a mention, oufc rarely get much 'coverage' ( their recent tribute to Joey was half decent though) , creepy crawley get as much if not more!

neither BBC or ITV in recent years have any idea(it seems) where Oxford is located judging by their ( lack of) local coverage , over recent years
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In terms of local Radio, Fox FM/Heart FM was broadcast from Pony Road. Now is a huge region.

JackFM - Is in Eynsham, do they still have presenters though?

What was the other station to launch in the late 90's, was it Oxygen FM?
 
eaststandboy said:
In terms of local Radio, Fox FM/Heart FM was broadcast from Pony Road. Now is a huge region.

JackFM - Is in Eynsham, do they still have presenters though?

What was the other station to launch in the late 90's, was it Oxygen FM?
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there was one oxford/ local radio station that was (for a time) based in the old Westgate centre - cant remember which one it was?, though 20 years or so ago that would be
 
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SteMerritt said:
I watched us beat Charlton in the League Cup on penalties via Ceefax. A penalty would be taken, then the page would scroll off and you'd have to wait for it to cycle back round again... it was really nervewracking!
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The J Lo one? If so, that was a brilliant night and amusing walking over the railway bridge afterwards and seeing the Oxford fans on one platform happily chanting at the Charlton fans on the other platform who looked miserable.
 
Marked Ox said:
The J Lo one? If so, that was a brilliant night and amusing walking over the railway bridge afterwards and seeing the Oxford fans on one platform happily chanting at the Charlton fans on the other platform who looked miserable.
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Yep, that's the one.
 
eaststandboy said:
In terms of local Radio, Fox FM/Heart FM was broadcast from Pony Road. Now is a huge region.

JackFM - Is in Eynsham, do they still have presenters though?

What was the other station to launch in the late 90's, was it Oxygen FM?
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I thought Fox FM was on the Woodstock road?
 
eaststandboy said:
That was Jack FM and maybe oxygen FM before?
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there was a 'local' (cable) Television station based on Woodstock road too ... did the TV set upbased there share premises/ studio(s) with one of those radio stations?
 
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