A marginally entertaining sidebar from the Ofcom Report on diversity in the radio industry; oldies dominate at the BBC.
64% of employees in BBC radio are over 40, compared with 49% in the population at large, and 40% in the commercial sector. By gender, 61% of women in BBC radio are over 40, compared with 50% in the population and 36% in commercial radio; 66% of male employees in BBC radio are over 40, compared with 47% in the UK population, and 41% in commercial radio.
Here's a stat that doesn't quite compute for me: only 6% of BBC radio employees are lesbian/gay/bisexual.
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Methinks you're allowed to keep LGBTXYZ info private whereas age isn't.
ReplyDeleteUnsurprised oldie and femail percentages so high as Beeb was positively discriminating not so long ago.
Just saying.