Thursday, October 11, 2007

BBC Radio 4 newsreaders join protest


John Plunkett
Thursday October 11, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk

Some of BBC Radio 4's most familiar voices, including Charlotte Green and Peter Donaldson, have joined a protest at impending cuts to the BBC's radio news operation.
Staff fear the BBC radio newsroom, which employs around 80 people, could be cut in half because of budget cutbacks and plans mooted by Radio Five Live to take its news summaries in-house.

Radio 2's Ricky Salmon and Fenella Fudge are among the latest newsreaders, along with Green and Donaldson, o sign an open letter of protest, which will be sent to Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, this week.
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