A round-up of the week’s stories and observations.
- MON 17TH DEC (6.45PM)
Move to new BBC Birmingham HQ delayed by a year - MON 17TH DEC (10.30PM)
BBC Radio Sussex programming disrupted - THU 21ST DEC (7PM)
Start of BBC London affected by technical issues
Monday 18th December
6.45pm Move to new BBC Birmingham HQ delayed by a year
The BBC’s new Birmingham headquarters is likely to open a year later than planned, the corporation has revealed.
Plans for the site, called The Tea Factory, were approved by councillors in March, with bosses saying staff would move in by 2026.
But BBC Nations director Rhodri Talfan Davies said this was now likely to be pushed back by a year.
EXTERNAL LINK: BBC Birmingham’s HQ move faces year delay.
10.30pm BBC Radio Sussex programming disrupted
BBC Radio Sussex’s early evening schedule was disrupted for just under forty minutes.
The 6pm news was followed by ninety seconds of dead air. An emergency music tape then kicked in and played for almost forty minutes before abruptly cutting out to a brief period of silence before we crashed back to normal programming.
The cause of the technical fault is unclear.
Thursday 21st December
7pm Start of BBC London affected by technical issues
The first minutes of this evening’s edition of BBC London were hit by camera automation and sound issues.
The 6.30pm edition of BBC London shares its studio with the BBC News at Six. The problems started immediately prior to the transition between the two programmes.
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Acknowledgements
PICTURED: technical issues at the start of an edition of BBC London. COPYRIGHT: BBC.