The BBC's wavering attitude to 'site management' has resulted in a new, part-time job for Heidi Dawson, Controller of Radio 5Live. She's been declared 'Head of Salford' , described as an 'internal figurehead' as part of the BBC's Across the UK initiative.
“I’ve worked at our Salford base since it opened in 2011 and it’s still just as exciting to me,” says Heidi, "There’s a special North West energy, creativity and authenticity that drives the teams here and I am looking forward to seeing how we harness that further to work even better together.”
In 2019, the BBC scrapped the title Director of the North role, held first by Peter Salmon-without-ever-moving-there, and then Alice Webb. At the time it said that it was because Helen Thomas, BBC Director, England was based in the North.
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