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'Stealth shutdown of Radio Foyle cannot proceed' - Eastwood

What he described as the "attempt to close BBC Radio Foyle by stealth" cannot be allowed to proceed, according to Foyle MP Colum Eastwood. The SDLP leader was speaking following the BBC announcement of the axing of the Radio Foyle Breakfast Show and ...

29 Nov 2022 at 13:15

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Radio Foyle's 'News at One' fails to air

BBC Radio Foyle's lunchtime news programme 'The News at One' failed to air today. No afternoon news bulletins were broadcast from Radio Foyle today either. In a requested statement, a BBC spokesperson told Derry Now: "The News at One wasn’t ...

07 Dec 2022 at 22:41

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"The North West will not be silenced"

Many local councillors, community figures, members of the public and MLAs from all Foyle parties stood together at today's protest (March 10) against proposed cuts to BBC Radio Foyle. The Save Radio Foyle Campaign organised the protest ...

10 Mar 2023 at 15:44

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Foyle MP elected Vice-Chair of BBC All-Party Parliamentary Group in Westminster

Foyle MP and SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has been elected Vice-Chair of the BBC All-Party Parliamentary Group in Westminster and has vowed to continue the fight against the planned cuts to BBC Radio Foyle. Colum Eastwood MP said: "I ...

12 Jan 2023 at 14:51

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Foyle cuts 'attack on very essence of public service broadcasting'

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the decision to end the BBC Radio Foyle Breakfast Show as "an attack on the very essence of public service broadcasting". In a statement on the BBC's plans to cut news output in ...

29 Nov 2022 at 13:03

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Breakfast Show and eight jobs scrapped at Radio Foyle

There has been immediate and widespread support for the staff at BBC Radio Foyle in the city, following the announcement, BBC NI is planning to close 36 posts, in an attempt to save £2.3m. Derry Now understands, as many as eight ...

29 Nov 2022 at 12:36

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Proposed Radio Foyle cuts 'devastating for local area' - Eóin Tennyson MLA

Upper Bann Alliance party MLA, Eóin Tennyson, said the BBC’s proposed cuts to Radio Foyle would be devastating for the local area and across the North. Late last year, BBC Northern Ireland announced planned cuts to the ...

20 Jan 2023 at 10:30

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NUJ declares solidarity with Radio Foyle journalists

The Derry North West Ireland Branch of the National Union of Journalists has declared its solidarity with fellow-union members in BBC Radio Foyle and across the BBC in Northern Ireland. It follow's Tuesday's ...

29 Nov 2022 at 20:38

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BBC Radio Foyle cuts are a "painful saving" says BBC Director General

It was announced last November that eight news staff are at risk of redundancy at BBC Radio Foyle, as plans to axe the Foyle Breakfast Show as well as local news bulletins, came to light. It is part of ...

12 Jan 2023 at 16:30

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Radio Foyle: Derry Mayor to meet BBC chiefs in London in bid to reverse proposed cuts

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council Cllr Sandra Duffy will travel to London this week to meet with BBC chiefs to discuss concerns regarding the proposed cuts at BBC Radio Foyle. ...

23 Jan 2023 at 13:30

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Mayor urges public to continue to oppose Radio Foyle cuts

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy said the large numbers of people who attended the public meeting to oppose proposed cuts at BBC Radio Foyle, is ...

05 Jan 2023 at 15:51

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McLaughlin slams BBC failure to invest in Derry

The failure of the BBC to invest in Derry while it spent £48 million on a revamp of its Belfast headquarters, has been slammed by Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin (SDLP). BBC NI Director ...

21 Apr 2023 at 14:30

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