It's cheaper to play records.
The news squeeze at the BBC means an end to The Big Debate/Phone-in show, a fixture on The Asian Network since its emergence as a National DAB network in 2002. The new longer 'news, music and entertainment' programme will also replace Asian Network Reports; the twice daily news programme was taken off air at the start of the pandemic and won't return.
I'm sure the BBC has checked with Ofcom that this is ok - their Operating Licence for the station says "the BBC must ensure that in each week at least 24 hours are allocated to news and current affairs programming.
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