tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post2003297648366270135..comments2023-11-03T23:18:25.999+00:00Comments on BIGNEWS MARGATE: GOODBYE TO LOCAL NEWS?Tony Flaighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212662248741515725noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-42812241367640333582008-10-03T12:45:00.000+01:002008-10-03T12:45:00.000+01:00Sadly we in the south east have been passed over f...Sadly we in the south east have been passed over for years for local news.<BR/><BR/>If you look at our television and radio coverage, only the BBC have made a real effort to provide a 'Local' service. For a short while we had TLR, but now this is part of a county wide service.(a small part). Southern TV only had a small studio at dover, TVS closed that, Meridien look set to close maidstone.<BR/><BR/>Interestngly there looks like a challange to KMFM for the local franchise. One thing TLR did was to provide a focus for local identity, somethng Thanet sorely needs.<BR/><BR/>I have been castigated for being anti KM, I am not anti KM, I am anti bad employers, If they were to treat their staff with a little respect I may be a little more laid back about the situation!!Ken Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129320142361162837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-82128256846295194312008-10-02T09:55:00.000+01:002008-10-02T09:55:00.000+01:00One can hardly call the news that we get balenced ...One can hardly call the news that we get balenced in any way...in Thanet.<BR/><BR/>Surely this could get worse when the advertising revenues are coveted above all else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-31859669065292197062008-10-01T16:47:00.000+01:002008-10-01T16:47:00.000+01:00The trouble is that the news area is too big, I am...The trouble is that the news area is too big, I am not really any more interested in what goes on in Brighton or Maidstone, than I am in what goes on in Milton Keynes or great Yarmouth, the technology is there for local TV news covering a much smaller area, but probably not the advertising revenue to cover it.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-90161434617510361672008-10-01T15:21:00.000+01:002008-10-01T15:21:00.000+01:00From the look of the ITV shake-up we'll be lucky t...From the look of the ITV shake-up we'll be lucky to get anything as local as Southampton!Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-63975066095911792902008-10-01T14:39:00.000+01:002008-10-01T14:39:00.000+01:00There's at least one free local newspaper which is...There's at least one free local newspaper which isn't a mouthpiece for quangos and political bodies in Thanet. It's all about trying, and perhaps not always succeeding to be fair, about giving both sides of an argument a fair opportunity to put over their views.<BR/><BR/>Some opponents of China Gateway apparently got shirty when Thanet Extra dared to carry a story about the alleged advantages of the development - but it has also given the antis a lot of coverage too. Can't please everyone can you?<BR/><BR/>On the Southern TV front,they lost their franchise because there wasn't enough regionalised input and TVS (Television Substitute as they were known) promised a lot more. No doubt Meridian will go back to the old ways of transmitting stories about Portsmouth and Southampton to us in sunny Thanet. Perhaps viewers in Hampshire fear the opposite!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-21495535731315289802008-10-01T12:07:00.000+01:002008-10-01T12:07:00.000+01:00I worked for Southern television in Southampton in...I worked for Southern television in Southampton in the 60's. In those days they were cash rich and produce religious, childrens, drama, country programs and even a pop program as well as the daily regional program. In those days all the local news was on film and had to be delivered to the studios, hence Kent news was restricted to a small Dover studio. It was a good training ground for aspiring broadcasters. They also had to demonstate that they were a competent company otherwise they would loose their franchise. But they lost it anyway not because they were not doing a reasonable job at the time but because of the Thatcher imposed free enterprise system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-4250920333004136052008-10-01T10:08:00.000+01:002008-10-01T10:08:00.000+01:00Judging by the quality and content of most news in...Judging by the quality and content of most news in recent years, I shan't miss it. Most good reporting is on the web these days. newspapers and TV are usually mouthpieces for some quango or political body.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com