How can the BBC justify sending radio Sheffield presenters out to Spain and Portugal

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  1. SuperTyke

    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    #1 SuperTyke, Jul 17, 2023
    To cover the two Dee dars clubs summer training? What a waste of licence payers money. Free holiday for the presenters all paid for by us.
     
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    #2 Dyson, Jul 17, 2023
    How does any content business justify what they do? Because it draws in eyes & clicks both at home & abroad.
     
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    #3 Durkar Red, Jul 17, 2023
    There’s a clue in the radio stations name
     
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    #4 SuperTyke, Jul 17, 2023
    The BBC isn't there to chase the ratings though. It's not a commercial busoness
     
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    #5 BarnsleyReds, Jul 17, 2023
    Clearly they've determined their presenters being there will make better content for the people they're making it for. Can't say I could argue with that?
     
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    #6 Dyson, Jul 17, 2023
    It's there to compete with commercial businesses for your time. If they didn't create content people wanted, nobody would watch/listen/read & ultimately it would cease to exist.

    It'll be costing c£10k max to send someone out to get exclusive content, images, interviews etc to inform & entertain a large proportion of their audience.
     
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    #7 Airon c redscue, Jul 17, 2023
    It is not exclusively a Sheffield radio station. It is supposed to cover all South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. It is paid for out of our Television Licence therefore it is duty bound to cover all of its area.
     
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    #8 orsenkaht, Jul 17, 2023
    Seriously?

    Both Sheffield clubs promoted and starting a league higher? There must be great excitement around Hillsborough and Bramall Lane.

    And there's a station called Radio Sheffield?

    I'd have another go if I were you ST! :D
     
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    #9 Tilertoes, Jul 17, 2023
    Who gives a ****. I can't think of any reason to listen to the amateurish turd they churn out.
     
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    #10 Dyson, Jul 17, 2023
    I'm pretty sure if we'd been promoted to the Premier League or had a fan base the equivalent of Wednesday then they'd follow us to Spain, too.

    In your argument, why aren't they covering Barnsley Ladies? Or giving Sheffield Eagles the same airtime as us?
     
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    #11 icer, Jul 17, 2023
    They came to feature Barnsley too but left when no-one answered the door
     
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    #12 Durkar Red, Jul 17, 2023
    Someone once told me that the stations justification for covering Sheffield issues disproportionately to the rest of South Yorkshire was the population size of the city as opposed to them being t.wats
     
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    #13 Redhelen, Jul 17, 2023
    They might cover ours if it wasn't all cancelled or behind closed doors!
     
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    #14 Acido Tyke, Jul 17, 2023
    In fairness, it does call itself Radio Pigpoo. o_O
    So you would expect them to push the boat out whenever one or both of 'their' clubs have won promotion.
    However, it's still unprofessional and ignorant of them to show hardly any interest in the other local clubs.
     
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    #15 AthersleyRed, Jul 18, 2023
    I'll never forget their fanboy attitude in 2016 when we got into the Play Offs, after overcoming probably the biggest points deficit from Christmas, and winning it. Oh wait... now i remember, we embarrassed Sheffield Untied to get there plus the blue Fritzls lost their Play Off campaign. Silly me
     
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    #16 sadbrewer, Jul 18, 2023
    Which they could do on Teams/Zoom etc FOC... local radio is allegedly strapped for cash.
     
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    #17 BreweryStander, Jul 18, 2023
    It's their last hurrah before local radio goes the same way as local television and becomes Leeds based.
     
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    #18 Nardiello, Jul 18, 2023
    I don’t see a problem with this at all. They’re there to cover Wednesday and United and it won’t have cost much.
     
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    #19 Nardiello, Jul 18, 2023
    Then it becomes amateur level coverage that youtubers will do just as well, if not better. The difference local radio and news outlets have is their access and professional quality.
     
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    #20 Old Goat, Jul 18, 2023
    Why send players overseas to train in the first place? And in a heatwave?? o_O
     
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