What’s happening in Midland today?
Local news program “Central Today” suffered an unexpected outage on July 20. The show goes off the air during its regular time slots of 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm. According to Birmingham network sources, the chaos was caused by some staff working on the hit show choosing to join a picket line by BBC WM journalists.
The decision by staff to go on strike comes in solidarity with union members at BBC Radio WM, who are taking industrial action to protest against proposed cuts to local BBC broadcasting services.
BBC local radio stations including Coventry and Warwickshire, as well as TV news programs, have been affected by the strike and picketing outside the BBC studios in Birmingham city centre.
The BBC TV program schedule shows that the sports review program “Sportsday” has replaced the usual “Midlands Today” program and is scheduled to be broadcast at 1.30 pm, which is also the “Midlands Today” program. Lan” usually airs.
The development affected viewers who had hoped to tune in to the local news programme, but strike action and staff solidarity led to the show being taken off air.
Where is BBC Midlands Today?
BBC Midlands Today is not airing on its normal schedule due to strike action taking place at BBC Local. The flagship local news program, which normally airs every weekday evening at 6:30pm, is no longer on the air.
The local news program was no longer shown on the television schedules and was replaced by another program, Garden Rescue. The strike is the result of BBC WM Radio and BBC Midlands Today reporters showing solidarity with BBC WM journalists protesting against proposed cuts to local broadcast services.
Strike action has had a significant impact on local output, affecting radio and television news programmes. Viewers will be unable to watch BBC Midlands Today during the strike action as it has been temporarily suspended.
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Where is Midland today?
Due to the ongoing strike action by the BBC locally, the local flagship news program “Central Today” is currently unable to broadcast normally. The show is off air due to the strike and viewers will not be able to watch it during its usual time slot (6:30pm every weekday).
Instead, during the strike, the TV schedule had been replaced by another show, Garden Rescue. The strike was called by journalists from BBC Radio WM and BBC Midlands Today, who stood in solidarity with their BBC WM colleagues.
BBC WM journalists are on strike to protest against proposed cuts to local broadcast services. As a result of this collective action and picket line demonstration, Midland Today has been affected and viewers are currently unable to watch local news programming.
Why isn’t East Midlands Today on air?
Due to the ongoing BBC local strike action on July 20, “East Midlands Today” was not broadcast in its normal time slot. The strike action was initiated by BBC local radio journalists, including staff from BBC Midland Today, who expressed solidarity with their BBC colleagues WM.
The strike comes in response to planned cuts to local broadcasting services, which have raised concerns about job security, potential compulsory redundancies and changes to job roles and rotas.
A number of staff who normally work at East Midlands Today joined BBC WM reporters on the picket line as a result of the strike. This collective action led to the disruption of television news broadcasts. TV schedules show East Midlands Today is not being aired on the show and has been replaced by other content.
The strike action has had a significant impact on BBC local radio stations (including BBC WM) and their regular programming. Notably, main hosts Kathryn Stanczyszyn and Paul Franks were off the air during the strike.
The ongoing strike action is part of a wider dispute within the BBC over changes to programming and funding allocations. As negotiations between the BBC and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) continue, there may be further changes to daily programming for viewers and listeners until a resolution is reached.
Midland Today Overview
BBC Midlands Today is a daily news program produced by BBC Midlands and broadcast on BBC One. The program is based at BBC Studios at Mailbox, Birmingham, and has reporters based in newsrooms in Coventry, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Worcester and Gloucester.
The show was first broadcast on 28 September 1964 from a small room in Birmingham Register Office, before moving to the custom-built Pebble Mill Broadcasting Center in Edgbaston on 10 November 1971.
In 2004, BBC Birmingham operations moved to their current studios, The Mailbox, where Midlands Today continues to be produced. The program originally served the West and East Midlands and now focuses on news from the West Midlands including Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hereford County, Worcestershire and North Gloucestershire.
Although Gloucestershire is technically part of the South West of England, it is also covered by BBC Points West. The program is transmitted from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in the West Midlands and can be viewed on Sky and Freesat across the UK.
In addition, it can be accessed from the rest of Europe via Astra 2E at 28.2° East (10788V 22000 5/6). Viewers can also watch the latest version on the Midlands Today website and BBC iPlayer.
On February 6, 2023, a new studio upgrade was unveiled, which includes enhancements such as modernized studio presentations, improved graphics, and additional presentation locations within the studio. The upgrade gives the studio full HD capabilities for the first time.
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