Few snippets of an anniversary documentary.
I’ve just got this from punch records and while it might not be _your_ niche Asian Network is an important part of the BBC’s output in Brum and I think you should have the chance for a read (and if you’re in a more sweary or indie mood — Derek and Clive try to save 6Music this is not suitable for the prudish): Why The BBC Asian Network Still Scratches My Niche. Please sign the petition: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/BBCcuts?source=homepage#petition The UK Asian radio & Media marketplace is thriving. Zee, TV Asia, Star and a galaxy of local stations like Sunrise & XL are still loud and proud; jostling for advertiser revenue. So why, you ask, is the one British Asian media giant that doesn’t have to worry about sponsorship bailing out in a bull market? How has the Asian Network gone from hyped powerhouse to the BBC’s most expensive listen? The answers are simple. On the air, the station has a clear line up of winners, all setting the pace for UK Asian music culture. In the back office, the BBC management has no clue what the station is for and partitions its airtime from above like Mountbatten in 1947. When...
A BBC/BMAG project to identify ten items that tell the history of the World with some Brum connection.
In the slow news week between Christmas and New Years the BBC decided that it would be newsworthy to point out how shit Wolverhampton was. My first reaction was ‘have these people never been to Coventry?’ I mean our sister site, Wolverhampton: it doesn’t suck dog shit from the treads of a zombie’s hush puppies probably wont mind me saying that Wolvo is a bland wasteland of chain shops, a middlingly terrible football team with England’s most soulless and dispiriting ground and only a decent sized music venue to redeem it. But compared to the seventh ring of concrete hell that is Coventry, Wolverhampton is a mythical Shangri-La where lemonade runs from the taps and tramps vomit rainbows. Its also not the first time Lonely Planet has had a pop at Wolverhampton or the Midlands in general. It seems we are the Lonely Planet’s go-to guys if they need quick bit of publicity. A bit like the Express resorting to anything Diana related when their figures dip, but instead of placing us on an impossible plinth, they piss all over our chips, our arms, and our hair. Transit Trio, Wolverhampton, 1980., originally uploaded by Lady Wulfrun. These polls are...
Back from 1998 much of this is still completely relevant: More Meades (and currently doing a series about Scotland on BBC Four).
Louise Brierley gets a look inside how the Dome is being re-done. All we get are pretty odd CGI artists impressions tho'.
The swine flu series Survivors is coming to town and on Sunday 14th June – 6.30am to 6.30pm – they're doing a huge operation, which includes: "the complete closure of Newhall St from Colmore Row down to Great Charles Queensway for the whole this day… the complete closure of Edmund Street from Livery Street up to the corner where it joins Margaret Street… the suspension of all of the parking bays along Newhall St between Great Charles St and Colmore Row, and also along Edmund St from the Saturday for filming and continuity purposes. They will also be carrying out filming on the top floor of Livery St car park and have requested the closure of the top floor of the car park for their sole use on this date." 'citing, just like living in New York or something. See the full SP on the Retail Birmingham site:
Tony Butler leaves BBC WM: "Outspoken Butler said: “I think it’s embarrassing for the BBC to be employing a 74-year-old when they are cutting here and there, but that’s perfectly reasonable."
Something to do with Hustle supposedly coming to Brum to film, he said: "my wife said 'you've got to find out where I'm going to live!' So tonight after the signings I'm going down to the Rotunda in the Bullring, which is apparently the best place for apartment-type living."
