Mark Forrest to present BBC Local Radio Evening programme

Square Eyes · Thu 04 Oct, 2012 22.32

Surprised to see nothing on here about this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... rrest.html

A 39-station 'local radio' BBC evening programme. What a dreadful idea, I'm outraged.

James L H · Thu 04 Oct, 2012 22.44

Square Eyes wrote:Surprised to see nothing on here about this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... rrest.html

A 39-station 'local radio' BBC evening programme. What a dreadful idea, I'm outraged.

Wow - 39 stations yet still described as local. At this rate can we call Radio Luxembourg an RSL station?

Nick Harvey · Thu 04 Oct, 2012 23.06

I was hoping Roger Day would get the gig, personally.

Inspector Sands · Tue 09 Oct, 2012 23.01

James L H wrote: Wow - 39 stations yet still described as local. At this rate can we call Radio Luxembourg an RSL station?

The programme itself isn't being described as local, it's just on local radio.

BBC local Radio has had non-local programmes for ages, though never national (except occasionally). This sounds like it's going to be a One Show or Nationwide style look around the country