September

A pretty dry set of minutes from the BBC Board meeting in September, held without the presence of Sir Robbie Gibb and Muriel Gray.

The Board gave the go-ahead to Radio Cymru 2, 60 hours a week of pop-led Welsh broadcasting. It noted a difficulty or two with its planned new base in Digbeth, as Birmingham City Council declared itself bankrupt.  The Board asked for a future update on Across The UK, and agreed to put more money into Everyone TV than they used to put into Freeview. 

New Northern Ireland non-executive Michael Smyth, a lawyer born in Belfast, was invited to extend his experience to cover Wales as well.