[ecrea] Reaching Out: the past, present and future of BBC Local Radio audiences

Registration is open for the Reaching Out: the past, present and future 
of BBC Local Radio audiences, being held at De Montfort University, 
Leicester on November 8th 2017.

Leicester Media School and MeCCSA Radio Studies Network invite 
academics, researchers and practitioners to mark the 50th anniversary of 
BBC Local Radio radio in the city of Leicester, where the first BBC 
local radio station began broadcasting in 1967. Five decades on what 
does the future hold for BBC local radio stations in England. The 
one-day conference aims to celebrate the history of local radio but also 
examine the current situation and look ahead to the future.  How is 
encouraging local BBC radio stations to work in partnership with other 
local news media benefitting local communities? Have initiatives such as 
the BBC's Women in Radio scheme encouraged more participation and 
engagement? Perhaps more importantly boosted listenership?

programme for 8th November includes:

10.20 Welcome by Professor Jason Lee, Head of Leicester Media School

10.30 - 11.30 Diversity in Local Radio panel: Gloria Abramoff Tonic 
Productions, Sheetal Parmar, BBC, Editor of Specialist Programmes for 
English Regions, Kamlesh Purohit, Deputy Managing Editor, BBC Radio 
Leicester, Barnie Choudhury, Professor of Professional Practice in 
Communication, University of Buckingham.


1.30– 2.15Sports Panel – Jason Bourne BBC & Talksport

**

3.15 – 4.15 News Panel - John Ryan, Director 2ZY, Kay Wright, News 
Editor BBC Radio Leicester, Mathew Gull, University of Lincoln.


plus academic research papers


you can register via 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reaching-outbbc-local-radio-50th-anniversary-conference-tickets-38427818640 or 
by emailing Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu (gaudily-sidhu /at/ dmu.ac.uk)



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