Station announcement

Here's an extract from the formal Church of England response to the BBC's Delivering Quality First cuts. It's written by the Bishop of Norwich (home of BBC Radio Norfolk), Graham James.  Born in Cornwall (where there's a BBC local station) he studied first at Lancaster (served by Radio Lancashire), training for ordination in Oxford, (etc), working in Peterborough (Radio Cambridge patch) and then Welwyn Garden City (BBC Three Counties), and Westminster (Radio London). He's got the message...

"It is noted that some of the 'Crown Jewels' of the BBC are being protected in these cuts, namely BBC1, Radio 4 and The Proms. It is the conviction of many of those we have consulted that local radio is also one of the 'Crown Jewels' of the BBC but one which tends to be seriously undervalued. There is a widespread feeling that the elements of the current BBC output which have been protected from cuts are those most focussed on metropolitan areas and the South East of England. This feeling increases in the more remote and rural areas, e.g. Herefordshire and Cumbria".