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Family launch website in honour of Derry broadcasting legend Gerry Anderson

The family of Derry broadcasting legend Gerry Anderson lave prompted to launch a dedicated website featuring Gerry’s work at GeraldMichaelAnderson.com after a tweet by journalist Paul O’Kane linking an animation from BBC'S 'On The Air' series, went ...

02 Oct 2022 at 18:18

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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 am proud to ...

12 Jan 2023 at 14:51

Derry News

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 testament to the level of support there is for the station ...

05 Jan 2023 at 15:51

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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 wider plans announced to close 36 posts ...

12 Jan 2023 at 16:30

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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 of the ...

29 Nov 2022 at 12:36

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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 ...

29 Nov 2022 at 13:15

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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 ...

29 Nov 2022 at 13:03

Derry News

"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 ...

10 Mar 2023 at 15:44

Northern Ireland

Mayor and MPs meet BBC chiefs to voice opposition to Radio Foyle cutbacks

BBC chiefs were warned that proposed cuts to Radio Foyle are “totally unacceptable” as they were challenged about the plan at a meeting in London. The Mayor of Derry and Strabane Sandra Duffy and local MPs Colum Eastwood and ...

25 Jan 2023 at 16:58

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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. Following the announcement by ...

23 Jan 2023 at 13:30

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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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Mayor tells BBC chiefs that Radio Foyle services must be retained

The Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Councillor Sandra Duffy, met with BBC chiefs in London today to reiterate her strong opposition to proposed cuts at BBC Radio Foyle and to reinstate her invitation to them to visit ...

25 Jan 2023 at 12:37

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