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Network News

  • 22-05-2013 5:18pm
    #1
    heybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭


    Just throwing it out there, is network news a good thing from the point of view of news content and variety? Many local stations around the country don't have their own off peak news services so rely on syndicated news from Utv or Newstalk but this means two news outlets are setting the news agenda for much of the country's local radio stations, is this a good thing?


Comments

  • #2
    gavindowd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭gavindowd


    There was the INN service which left the airwaves in 2008 as far as I know, It's a good idea to have an un-biased network news provider. But then again when I tuned into my local station at midnight last Sat night/Sun morning , there was absolutely no need for a bullettin (which came from Communicorp).


  • #3
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,142 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Blame the BAI's ridiculous content rules for why stations even bother with carrying effectively the same bulletin all night. Only advantage to news overnight is when there's something major occuring; or to make people on the night shift feel less lonely (been there, done that).


  • #4
    Chris 80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭Chris 80


    MYOB wrote: »
    Blame the BAI's ridiculous content rules for why stations even bother with carrying effectively the same bulletin all night. Only advantage to news overnight is when there's something major occuring; or to make people on the night shift feel less lonely (been there, done that).

    The BAI agree to anything nowadays. I'm starting to think they never had any power / influence etc. Shame really. Guess they're just a figurehead like RTE now (


  • #5
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    Local stations have their own newsroom that do a great job of focussing on local stories

    Where the likes of UTV and Newstalk come into play is for the national stuff, the politics, the demos etc, most of which mainly happen in Dublin.


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