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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
An example of a schedule with a considerable amount of local programming could look like this:
6am
Regional magazine programme (updated from previous evening)
7am
Traffic and Travel
7.10am
Coming Up (highlighting programmes coming later today)
7.15am Money talks
Financial and consumer tips and shopping bargains
7.45pm
Local news summary
7.55am
Traffic and Travel
8am
National News from the BBC
8.30am
Keeping fit (sponsored programme)
9am
Top 10 music videos (sponsored programme)
10am Agenda
Politicians debate the national issues of the day (from London Live)
12 noon
Regional magazine programme (yesterday’s news and updates)
1pm
TV Heaven (local people talking about last night’s telly)
1.30pm
Politics Today
A look at local issues being debated by councils and the House of Commons
2pm
Gadgets and Where To Find Them (repeat of last evening’s programme)
3pm
Travel update
3.10pm
Life and Surviving (health, lifestyle and local NHS services)
4pm
Afternoon debate
Featuring questions and answers on national and local issues
5pm
Regional magazine programme (content provided by the BBC and local channel resources)
6pm
Viewpoint (prominent local campaigners and politicians are interviewed for their views on local issues)
6.30pm
Local consultations (a briefing on a selected consultation being carried out by local councils, with residents giving their views).
7pm
Out and About (visits to local towns, villages and attractions and talking to residents, business owners, etc)
7.30pm
Sodbury Borough Council Meeting (live coverage)
9.30pm
Regional news magazine (updated from 5pm)
10.30pm
Top 10 music videos (sponsored programme)
11pm
Book of the day (sponsored programme)
11.30pm
Regional news magazine (as 9.30pm)
That's just off the top of my head, and local channels could use a lot of retired people to lend their expertise for nominal fees. As for content, part of the licence fee is supposed to fund that, and this arrangement needs to be extended. The remaining funding would come from sponsorshipped programming and advertisements.
There are also plenty of people in my neck of the woods who wouldn't mind sounding off on local TV!
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Your example schedule just about sums up why people are not watching local to channels
Highlight of the day - 2 hours coverage of a borough council meeting (at peak viewing hours) - I would rather stick pins in my eyes! Muses the be riveting viewing.
Your last comment rings true, always people willing to spund off just to be on tv even if only a few hundred people will watch it.