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A correspondent in Northern Ireland notes one uncomfortable consequence of Radio Ulster's new autumn schedule. The station now rebroadcasts Radio Five Live from midnight, to make savings under Delivering Quality First. This means today listeners get an hour and a half of Stephen Nolan from 0903 to 1030, then, on Fridays, joy of joys, the final hour of Stephen Nolan on Five Live, from the witching hour to 0100.  And he's as bright as a button, I'm sure, at either end of the day.