[Community Radio] BBC puts all regional radio online

[Michelle McGuire]

BBC puts all regional radio online
Michael Rosser
16 April 2004 08:58


The BBC is putting all 40 of its regional radio stations online to 
service what it sees as the growing community of people who want to 
listen to local radio on their office computers.

Currently only six of the corporations regional stations are online 
including BBC London, BBC Radio Scotland, Gaelic service Radio Nan 
Gaidheal, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and Radio Ulster.

But the BBC is planning to stream the other 36 stations, which include 
BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Regional East onto the internet by the end 
of the year.

The new regional services will be phased in on the BBC’s Where I Live 
regional news, entertainment and discussion portal, which is accessible 
through the BBC’s main website.

"More and more people are listening to the radio through the internet, 
especially through their office desktops," said BBC English Regions 
controller Andy Griffee.

The move follows the BBC’s decision last year to broadcast all the 
national and regional variations of BBC One on the digital satellite 
platform.

Source: broadcastnow.co.uk



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