Prominent black and Asian Britons warn against BBC local radio cuts plan

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Prominent black and Asian Britons have warned that the BBC’s local radio cuts could result in the loss of airtime for shows aimed at BAME audiences.signed the open letter in the Voice

Rhodri Talfan Davies, who runs the BBC’s regional output, told MPs on Thursday he was committed to ensuring diverse local radio, including extra online programmes and promoting staff to prominent positions on mainstream programmes. However, BBC bosses categorically denied a claim in the Voice that the plan was to replace all the shows with a single podcast on BBC Sounds.

Under the plan each station would retain its own breakfast and mid-morning show, along with sport and news coverage. Other shows would be regionalised across wider parts of the country.

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