Response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First

1. Executive Summary 1.1. Despite containing various encouraging statements, the BBC’s strategy review document, ‘Putting Quality First’, falls short in tackling the BBC’s now excessive scale in UK radio. We have particular concerns about the lack of any attention for 5 Live, which reflects the fact that it has so far escaped the public scrutiny of a BBC Trust service review. 1.2. Our submission sets out evidence that 5 Live is no longer the “continuous news and live sports” service it was set up to be. Our analysis indicates that just 45% of output across weekdays and weekends consists of news, rather than 75% as outlined in its service licence. Furthermore, 5 Live’s format has drifted towards that of commercial-style talk radio. Its output is increasingly dominated by football, entertainment features, personality-led presentation and chat. We also find that 5 Live is neglecting minority and secondary sports and fixtures, and argue that 5 Live should be subject to a radio- specific cap on BBC spending on sports commentary rights. 1.3. In other areas, we argue that the BBC should be careful not to race ahead of commercial radio or of listeners in promoting digital forms of listening. We add that BBC local and nations radio must sharpen their delivery of public purposes, focusing on programming that local commercial radio is unable to supply.

2. About UTV Media 2.1. UTV Media plc is a leading converged UK and Irish media business with television, radio, internet and publishing interests. Our thriving cross-media operations give us a unique perspective on the appropriate form for public intervention in UK radio. 2.2. UTV Media’s UK radio operations are largely operated through our UTV Media (GB) business division. They include an award-winning national speech station (talkSPORT), 13 local radio stations, substantial shareholdings in seven local and regional DAB multiplexes and co-ownership of the national radio sales house First Radio Sales, which currently represents 116 local and digital radio stations.

3. ‘Putting Quality First’ 3.1. Despite containing various encouraging statements, the BBC’s strategy review document, ‘Putting Quality First’, falls short in tackling the BBC’s now

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 1 excessive scale in UK radio. The BBC’s recommendations come across as a series of concessions in areas where BBC Trust scrutiny has recently been applied, or where political attention has been concentrated. The measures fail to collectively add up to a cohesive strategy for delivering public purposes to licence fee payers in a digital age. 3.2. The document sets out some helpful guiding principles, including welcome commitments to “putting quality first”, “doing fewer things better”, “making the licence fee work harder” and “setting new boundaries”. 3.3. However, ‘Putting Quality First’ is not the root and branch review of the BBC’s operations in the digital age which it purports to be. The report’s proposals lack imagination and miss an opportunity to realign the BBC’s radio portfolio around the delivery of its core public purposes. We have particular concerns about the lack of any attention for 5 Live, which reflects the fact that it has so far escaped the public scrutiny of a BBC Trust service review. This is despite annual expenditure of £72.2m1.

4. 5 Live requires radical refocusing, and much firmer scrutiny from the BBC Trust 4.1. 5 Live is no longer the “continuous news” service it was set up to be 4.1.1. Analysis by UTV Media reveals that 5 Live is no longer operating as “BBC Radio’s home of continuous news and live sports coverage”. Instead, it is falling well short of its most significant service licence commitment – for 75% of its output to consist of news. Our findings indicate that just 45% of output across weekdays and weekends consists of news, which we define as ‘information or analysis related to recent or ongoing current affairs events or issues’. This rises to 48% if travel and weather bulletins are defined as news, and to just 56% if sports news and live sports updates are also included. This suggests a major performance failure by the BBC, and raises questions about the efficacy of the BBC Trust’s service review programme, which has so far shielded 5 Live from public scrutiny.

Figure 1. 5 Live Output Breakdown

OTHER PRODUCTION SPEECH 2% 13% NEWS 45%

SPORT 37% TRAVEL / WEATHER 3% Source: UTV Media analysis. Methodology set out at 4.1.5 – 4.1.6.

1 BBC, Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09, June 2009

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4.1.2. The creation of 5 Live in the early 1990s responded to “a pledge to create a 24 hour news service” following the success of the BBC’s “Scud FM” Gulf War service. As reported at the time (see Annexes 1 and 2), such a service was identified as a “major priority” in an early 1990s BBC strategic review entitled ‘Extending Choice’. Ironically, the Guardian predicted that “[Five Live’s] biggest challenge will be a clash of news and sport”, citing concerns within the BBC’s sports department that “news will take priority”2. Our evidence suggests that there is still a significant tension between news and sport output on the station, but that it is news which has suffered amidst efforts to increase the on-air emphasis on ‘talking about sport’, and more recently on entertainment, personality and chat (classified as ‘other speech’ in our analysis). 4.1.3. 5 Live is not required to offer non-stop news; its service licence states that “The remit of BBC Radio Five Live is to be BBC Radio’s home of continuous news and live sports coverage”. Yet the fact that its sole quantitative service licence condition requires that “News represents around three- quarters of output each year” underscores the strength of its intended news commitment. The section of 5 Live’s service licence in which this condition appears sets out 5 Live’s contribution to the BBC’s ‘Sustaining citizenship and civil society’ public purpose. As if to reinforce the point, this section reasserts that “Around three quarters of its output across the year should be dedicated to news programming, including the weekday peak hours at breakfast and evening drivetime” 3. 4.1.4. These conditions are ambiguously (and differently) worded, such that it is difficult to say with complete certainty what requirements they place on 5 Live’s output. In particular, it is unclear what is meant by the terms “news”, “output”, “programming” and “dedicated”. There is also significant ambiguity introduced by the requirement for this condition to be met over an annual (rather than daily or weekly) timeframe, and by use of the word “around”. Nevertheless, the condition sets out a clear requirement for 5 Live to be overwhelmingly a news service. 4.1.5. Our finding that 45% of 5 Live’s output consists of news is based on a definition of news as ‘information or analysis related to recent or ongoing current affairs events or issues’. We have calculated this figure by extrapolating data from programming analysis carried out by UTV Media for this review. Measuring actual annual performance over the year would be impractical, so we instead based our analysis on detailed monitoring of 48 hours of output, which we are supplying in full to the BBC Trust alongside this submission. 4.1.6. Monday 1 March 2010 was selected to be representative of weekday output, and Saturday 13 March 2010 was selected to be representative of weekend output. These dates were chosen at random from periods in

2 The Guardian, ‘BBC dismisses fears of ‘downmarket’ service’, 12 October 1992 3 BBC Radio Five Live Service Licence, May 2010

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 3 which 5 Live was not covering any major news or sport events (such as the 2010 General Election or Winter Olympics), in order to avoid skewing the results in favour of either sport or news coverage. Both days followed 5 Live’s standard schedule and editorial format for the full 24 hours, and none of 5 Live’s standard presenter line-up was absent on either day (5 Live’s published schedules for the dates are set out in annexes 5 and 6). 4.1.7. Our analysis of output on Monday 1 March 2010 indicates that news represents just 51% of 5 Live’s output on weekdays. This rises to 54% if information bulletins are included, and to 61% if sports news and updates are included (see Figure 2 and Annex 3). In other words, even if ‘news’ is defined in the loosest possible terms, 5 Live’s weekday output is still falling well short of its major service licence condition. Yet individual programming strands demonstrate that a more comprehensive commitment to news is achievable. The best performing programmes for pure news were 5 Live Drive (76%) and Breakfast (68%), with the programmes presented by Gabby Logan (42%) and Richard Bacon (36%) both notable for the low quantities of news they broadcast.

Figure 2. Breakdown of 5 Live weekday output (Monday 1 March 2010) Peak Logan Bacon Gabby Overall Richard Victoria Daytime Phone-in Overnight Derbyshire Breakfast / / Breakfast 5 Live Sport 5 Live Sport 5 Live Drive 0600- 0600- 0600- 1600- 1000- 1200- 1400- 1900- 2200- Dayparts 1900 1000 1000 1900 1200 1400 1600 2200 0600 1600- 1900 News 51% 60% 72% 68% 76% 61% 42% 36% 6% 53% Info (travel / weather) 3% 5% 6% 7% 5% 6% 4% 3% 1% 1% Sport 28% 20% 18% 22% 14% 8% 45% 14% 91% 16% Sport news / updates 6% 8% 7% 8% 6% 7% 12% 7% 3% 6% Live sport coverage 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Other speech 16% 12% 2% 1% 3% 22% 6% 44% 0% 28% Production 2% 3% 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% 3% 2% 1% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

News + info 54% 65% 78% 75% 81% 68% 46% 39% 7% 54% News + info + sport news 61% 73% 85% 83% 88% 75% 58% 46% 9% 60% Source: UTV Media analysis. Full data provided separately to BBC Trust.

4.1.8. If 5 Live’s weekday compliance with its principal service licence condition is poor, its weekend performance is much worse, based on analysis of Saturday 13 March output (see Figure 3 and Annex 4). News consists of just 14% of output during Saturday daytime, and 31% overall. This rises to just 33% if information bulletins are included, and just 44% if sports news and live

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 4 sports updates (such as live reports from a test match) are considered to contribute to 5 Live’s service licence condition.

Figure 3. Breakdown of 5 Live weekend output (Saturday 13 March 2010)

Overall Daytime Breakfast Danny Baker Fighting Talk 5 Live Sport Evening Overnight 0600- 0600- 0900- 1100- 1200- 1930- 2200-

Dayparts 1930 0900 1100 1200 1930 2200 0600 News 31% 14% 54% 7% 8% 1% 46% 54% Info (travel / weather) 2% 3% 6% 5% 4% 1% 2% 1% Sport 59% 76% 34% 56% 87% 97% 52% 31% Sport news / updates 11% 10% 13% 11% 6% 10% 10% 13% Live sport coverage 24% 42% 0% 0% 12% 74% 0% 0% Other speech 7% 5% 4% 28% 0% 0% 0% 13% Production 1% 1% 2% 4% 2% 0% 1% 1% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

News + info 33% 17% 60% 12% 12% 2% 47% 55% News + info + sport news 44% 27% 73% 23% 17% 12% 57% 68%

Source: UTV Media analysis. Full data provided separately to BBC Trust.

4.1.9. As well as providing quantitative insights concerning BBC Radio 5 Live’s current performance, our programming analysis also allows qualitative assessments to be made. We categorised output on the basis of whether it supported the delivery of the BBC’s public purposes as set out in 5 Live’s service licence, and also noted details of the lead editorial topics in individual programming segments (this is set out in the full data supplied to the BBC Trust). This qualitative approach led us to three additional conclusions, each of which reflects failures by 5 Live in the area of news. 4.1.10. Firstly, our analysis revealed no evidence of “regular in-depth analysis, documentaries and specials” being used to “bring original stories to air and provide scope for in-depth investigative journalism”. The only original and investigative journalism featured during the 48 hours of monitored output was produced by separate BBC services. A BBC Local Radio investigation into local council spending was featured on Monday 1 March, with coverage in Gabby Logan’s programme, and reference was made elsewhere to an edition of Panorama on BBC television. 4.1.11. Although a small amount of investigative journalism does feature in 5 Live’s published schedule, it was never signposted in the large number of programming trails carried during the 48 hours of monitored output. This would seem to reflect the low prioritisation given to bringing original stories to air on 5 Live. Conversely, programming trails were used extensively to

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 5 promote football coverage, ways to listen to 5 Live, Formula 1 and the BBC’s Sport Relief promotion. 4.1.12. Secondly, whilst 5 Live’s output was notable for the high volume of encouragements for listeners to “participate in debates”, as required by its service licence, we noted a large number of instances in which the debates concerned non-news and non-sport issues. Topics on which listeners’ views were sought over the 48 hours monitored included irritating habits, animal trivia, unusual eating implements, regretted promises made under the influence of alcohol, practical jokes for departing colleagues and irrational hatreds. 4.1.13. The prevalence of trivial subjects being chosen for listener debates and polls on 5 Live indicates a need for its service licence to spell out a commitment to fostering debate about news issues. In so far as phone-ins, polls and other interactive features are included on-air, 5 Live’s priority should be on using them to explore significant current affairs matters. This will ensure that it maximises its contribution towards delivering the public purposes, and particularly to ‘sustaining citizenship and civil society’. 4.1.14. Finally, we were surprised that there was not more evidence over the 48 hours of output we monitored of the BBC drawing on its unrivalled international and UK network of expert correspondents, in order to support a wide range and volume of news coverage. Whilst some use was made of this pre-existing resource, the impression is that 5 Live is failing to exploit the full value of the unrivalled journalistic tools at its disposal. Making wider use of this resource offers an obvious means for 5 Live to return to compliance with its service licence condition for 75% of output to consist of news.

Proposals • The BBC should take firm action to ensure that 5 Live honours its commitments for 75% of its programming to consist of news • The BBC should place greater emphasis on original and investigative journalism on 5 Live, and on bringing original stories to air • Original and investigated journalism should be carefully scheduled and widely trailed by 5 Live, in order to bring it to the widest possible audience • 5 Live should make an explicit commitment to encouraging listeners to participate in debates about news issues • The BBC should review whether 5 Live is drawing sufficiently on its network of international and UK journalists as part of its news commitments

4.2. 5 Live’s format has drifted towards that of commercial talk-led speech radio 4.2.1. 5 Live’s reduced commitment to news has coincided with a deliberate shift towards types of speech content which lie outside its published service licence remit as “BBC Radio’s home of continuous news and live sports

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 6 coverage”. Our analysis suggests that 5 Live is now repositioning itself by replicating the format of commercial-style talk radio. 4.2.2. As Figure 1 (above) showed, ‘sport’ and ‘other speech’ make up 50% of total output on 5 Live, with ‘other speech’ alone making up 13%. (‘Other speech’ comprises coverage of topics which cannot be defined as news or sport – such as trivia, entertainment features or interviews and humorous stories). Furthermore, as we show below, the majority of 5 Live’s sport output consists of ‘talking about sport’ (particularly football) rather than the “live sports coverage” set out in its service licence remit. 4.2.3. Figure 4 outlines the traditional differences between BBC-style ‘built format’ speech radio and commercial-style talk radio. There have typically been significant differences between these distinctive styles of speech radio, supported by the vastly superior budgets enjoyed by the BBC. As Figure 5 shows, 5 Live’s 2008/09 expenditure on content (excluding distribution and infrastructure / support costs) was £56.5m4. [].

Figure 4. BBC-style ‘built format’ speech radio vs commercial-style talk radio

BBC-style ‘built format’ Commercial-style talk radio speech radio Presentation style Journalistic; authoritative Personality-led Running order Dense; highly structured Loose; more fluid Editorial direction Broadly producer-led Broadly listener-led News story count Very high Low - medium Editorial style Focused; measured Discursive; passionate Editorial focus News and current affairs; Mix of news / general interest serious tone topics; lighter tone with use of humour and entertainment Journalism Shapes news agenda and Reflects and follows news break new stories agenda Resources Large production teams; Small production teams; more extensive news resource limited news resource On-air guests Expert; authoritative Mix of expert and more left- field / controversial

4 BBC, Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09, June 2009

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 7 Figure 5. 5 Live (2008/09) and talkSPORT (2009) content expenditure

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4.2.4. 5 Live’s deliberate move towards commercial-style talk radio is typified by the new tagline which the station adopted in 2009: ‘Now We’re Talking’. This new identity was backed by a television trail featuring Richard Bacon, Gabby Logan and Colin Murray – presenters who lacked a background in news broadcasting prior to joining 5 Live and who have recently taken on lead roles in some of the stations most important programming strands. 4.2.5. This choice of presenters for this television campaign is revealing, with Figures 6 and 7 showing that what distinguishes Gabby Logan and Richard Bacon’s programmes is their focus on non-news editorial topics. Our analysis found that ‘other speech’ and ‘sport’ accounted for 51% and 58% of these respective programmes on the date monitored. On Gabby Logan’s programme, this was due to a significant focus on sports items, whilst the largest single category in Richard Bacon’s programme was ‘other speech’, comprising interviews with two television personalities. Further detail is available at Annex 3.

Figure 6. Gabby Logan output breakdown (Monday 1 March 2010)

PRODUCTION OTHER 3% SPEECH 6% NEWS 42%

SPORT 45% INFO 4%

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 8 Figure 7. Richard Bacon output breakdown (Monday 1 March 2010)

PRODUCTION 3% NEWS 36% OTHER SPEECH 44% SPORT INFO 3% 14%

4.2.6. Whilst 5 Live continues to reflect some characteristics of BBC-style ‘built format’ speech radio, its ‘Now We’re Talking’ marketing and associated schedule changes indicate that 5 Live is deliberately reaching out to fans of talk radio. Speaking in November 2009, the Controller of 5 Live described the ‘Now We’re Talking’ trail as “trying to surprise people a bit” by showing them “what else 5 Live can offer” – namely “very high quality broadcasters talking about things that matter to you” 5. 4.2.7. At the same November 2009 event, 5 Live’s Controller justified his strategy for 5 Live by arguing that the station has a role to play in developing the UK talk radio market, arguing that “the ventures into this by most of commercial radio haven’t been very successful”. He explained that a key part of the station’s evolving vision is for output to be “led by the audience” with whom the station is in “conversation” (a key brand buzzword for commercial talk station LBC 97.3, which styles itself as ‘London’s Biggest Conversation’). 4.2.8. In fact, 5 Live’s deliberate move towards commercial-style talk radio raises significant issues for licence fee payers. 4.2.9. Firstly, it raises questions about the value for money delivered by 5 Live. As Figure 5 showed, [], reflecting the high cost of BBC style ‘built format’ speech radio compared with commercial-style talk radio. 4.2.10. Secondly, 5 Live’s lack of distinctiveness erodes choice and plurality for licence fee payers. 5 Live’s actions make it more likely that it will take listeners away from stations like talkSPORT and LBC 97.3. They also undermine commercial radio’s ability to fund compelling content of its own. 4.2.11. The reason why a move into talk radio by the BBC is damaging rather than beneficial for the overall market is that commercial radio is at a significant competitive disadvantage when faced with publicly funded competition. This is because commercial stations have significantly lower production and marketing budgets, are bound by an obligation to allocate airtime to advertising and lack access to primetime advertising slots on BBC television.

5 Radio Academy, ‘Adrian Van Klaveren In Conversation’, November 2009, http://www.radioacademy.org/events/london-events/london-events-2009/adrian-van-klaveren-in- conversation/

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 9 The BBC’s in-built competitive advantage is particularly pronounced in talk radio, as production costs are generally higher than for music radio. 4.2.12. talkSPORT and LBC 97.3 have recently enjoyed some strong editorial success, with talkSPORT holding the title of Commercial Radio Station of the Year 2009 at the annual Arqiva awards and posting record audiences of over 20 million weekly listening hours and 2.5 million listeners in recent quarters6. 4.2.13. However, format changes by 5 Live jeopardise this growth amongst commercial talk stations. Figure 8 shows that 5 Live competes directly with talkSPORT and LBC 97.3 for listeners. This audience data – which dates from the fourth quarter of 2009 – shows that 5 Live’s audience has a strong male bias and youthful profile – very similar in makeup to that of talkSPORT.

Figure 8. Speech Radio Audience Comparison: Radio 4, 5 Live, talkSPORT, LBC

National weekly audience % Male %15-44

Radio 4 10.0m 51% 28% 5 Live 6.5m 74% 46% talkSPORT 2.4m 77% 58% LBC 97.3 0.9m 56% 44%

4.2.14. There is already evidence of the impact that 5 Live’s repositioning may be having. In the first quarter of 2010 – the first full quarter since 5 Live’s ‘Now We’re Talking’ campaign – talkSPORT lost 4 million weekly listening hours – a fifth of its total listening – bucking the trend of consistent growth in previous quarters. In the same period, 5 Live added almost 400,000 new listeners and nearly 2 million weekly listening hours7. 4.2.15. There are four clear steps which 5 Live should take to address the narrowing of choice and degradation of plurality precipitated by its move towards commercial-style talk radio. 4.2.16. Firstly, 5 Live should rediscover its commitment to news, as outlined in the previous sub-section of this submission. 4.2.17. Secondly, 5 Live should set itself apart from commercial-style talk radio by focusing its sport output on coverage of live sport, as set out in its service licence remit, rather than ‘talking about sport’. As Figure 1 showed, sport accounted for 37% of total programming minutage in our analysis. However, 60% of sport output – representing 22% of total output – consisted of studio-based sporting analysis, discussion, phone-ins and comedy – primarily concentrating on top-level football.

6 Source: RAJAR Q4 2009 7 Source: RAJAR Q1 2010

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 10 4.2.18. On Monday 1 March 2010, 27% of 5 Live’s output was given over to sport, despite an absence of any live sport for 5 Live to cover on the date in question. The vast majority of this output (around three quarters) therefore consisted of studio-based analysis and discussion, a large proportion of it about football (see Annex 3). Rather than identifying an opportunity to devote the evening’s edition of 5 Live Sport to “continuous news”, or to coverage of minority sport, the entire three hour programme was taken up with studio-based chat about football, with presenters and guests focusing their discussion on issues such as the fortunes of Wayne Rooney. 4.2.19. There is further evidence of 5 Live’s preoccupation with sports chat at weekends. During daytime output on Saturday 13 March (6am – 7.30pm), 81% of output consisted of ‘sport’ and ‘other speech’. As Figure 9 shows, during Danny Baker’s Saturday morning programme, the figure was 84% (28% ‘other speech’ + 56% sport), despite an absence of any live sports fixtures requiring coverage during this timeslot. The sport programming instead comprised sport-based chat, anecdotes, trivia and entertainment.

Figure 9. Danny Bacon output breakdown (Saturday 13 March)

PRODUCTION 4% NEWS INFO OTHER 7% 5% SPEECH 28%

SPORT 56%

4.2.20. The third clear step which 5 Live should take to address its slide towards commercial-style talk radio is to scale back discussion, analysis and chat around topics which relate to entertainment topics or other ‘non-news’ and ‘non-sport’ issues. Our qualitative monitoring reveals that 5 Live is increasingly becoming a home of talk-based entertainment features, personality-led speech radio and generic chat. As outlined in Figure 1, this ‘other speech’ material now comprises around 13% of 5 Live’s output. 4.2.21. Examples of ‘other speech’ topics featured by 5 Live during the 48 hours we monitored include presenters’ recurring nightmares, entertainment- based interviews with the television presenters Ruth Watson (The Hotel Inspector) and Alexander Armstrong (comedian), celebrity lookalikes, a profile of the jazz singer Billie Holiday, music reviews and anecdotes involving sausages. It is unclear what aspects of 5 Live’s service licence these items sought to fulfil.

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 11 4.2.22. Fourth, 5 Live should move away from personality-led programming. Instead, it should seek to employ presenters with editorial backgrounds in news, particularly during weekday daytime when live sport is less likely to feature. As highlighted above, there is evidence that 5 Live’s current presenting line-up may be linked to a lack of editorial focus by BBC management on news and live sport.

Proposals • 5 Live’s sport output should focus on coverage of live sports events and factual sports news rather than extended sports chat • The proportion of 5 Live’s sports output which is given over to football should be reduced • 5 Live should end entertainment-based programming and other coverage of ‘non-news’ and ‘non sport’ topics • 5 Live should move away from personality-led programming

4.3. 5 Live is neglecting minority and secondary sports and fixtures 4.3.1. Although our analysis shows that there is a substantial volume of sport programming on 5 Live (and an excess of ‘talking about sport’), minority sports and secondary sporting fixtures are currently under-represented. This would appear to contradict the service licence requirements for 5 Live to “cover sports not widely accessible on UK radio” and offer “programming on a broad range of sports from around the world, including minority sports from time to time”8. 4.3.2. In the course of the 48 hours of output analysed by UTV Media for this review, minority sports received minimal coverage, and there were no programming trails directing listeners to other points in the schedules where these service licence requirements might be being met. Instead, as the data supplied to the BBC Trust indicates, sports coverage over the two days monitored was almost exclusively focused on football, rugby and cricket, along with some coverage of athletics and Formula 1. 4.3.3. For example, the success of the England men’s team at the 2010 Hockey World Cup, which coincided with the period of our monitoring, received only a cursory mention in a small handful of news bulletins. The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics was featured in the early hours of Monday 1 March, but there was little reference to the event’s sporting highlights in the course of subsequent output. On Saturday 13 March, 5 Live gave no exposure to any minority sports or sports not widely accessible on UK radio. This was despite it broadcasting a total of 14 hours of sports programming.

8 BBC Radio Five Live Service Licence, May 2010

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 12 4.3.4. Asked about this area in November 2009, the Controller of 5 Live stated that “minority sports are an important part of what we do across the range of our coverage”, identifying “5 Live Monday evenings” and “5 Live Sports Extra” as places where exposure is given to a broader range of sports. However, 5 Live’s service licence commitments cannot be met by 5 Live Sports Extra as it holds a separate service licence of its own. Furthermore, despite the lack of any scheduled football fixtures on the evening of Monday 1 March, the entirety of its 5 Live Sport strand was devoted to discussion of top-level football, belying the claim that Monday evenings provide a platform for minority sports. 4.3.5. There has also been speculation that losing two Premier League rights packages might enable 5 Live to cover a wider range of sports on Saturdays and Sundays – since 5 Live would no longer be contractually committed to blanket Premier League coverage9. However, 5 Live’s Controller has already stated “even if we … didn’t have the three Premier League packages [on a Saturday] then our focus would still be on what’s going on in the rest of the Premier League and talking about that and what’s going on in the Championship because I think that’s what our audience would expect from us”. He added that he did not believe that there was a link between “giving more coverage to minority sports and … what we do in terms of Premier League matches”, adding “Premier League football is clearly huge in this country”10. 4.3.6. We disagree with this analysis of 5 Live’s sports balance, for two important reasons. 4.3.7. Firstly, whilst coverage of Premier League football need not be at the expense of minority sports, 5 Live has a limited amount of airtime available for sport programming as a whole, due to its commitment for 75% of its output to consist of news. Therefore, if 5 Live’s sports output is dominated by top-level football, international cricket and Six Nations rugby (as during the 48 hours monitored for this review), and to fulfilling contractual commitments to premium sports governing bodies, then this inevitably restricts 5 Live’s ability to cover minority sports and secondary sports fixtures. 4.3.8. Secondly, we disagree that 5 Live’s sports balance should be driven by audience expectation. Satisfying the maximum number of listeners by providing content with broad appeal is the objective of commercial radio. Conversely, the BBC’s Charter makes its focus the delivery of the public purposes. 5 Live’s service licence is clear in setting out a requirement for the BBC to deliver the public purposes by expanding listeners’ horizons beyond those sports which are widely available on UK radio – such as Premier

9 5 Live’s acquisition of Premier League rights packages for the seasons 2007-08 – 2009/10 contractually obliged them to provide live commentary of three consecutive fixtures on Saturdays, and two consecutive fixtures on Sundays. However, talkSPORT has now acquired exclusive rights to cover the late kick-off fixture on Saturdays and the early kick-off fixture on Sundays, which will take effect from the start of the 2010-2011 season. 10 Radio Academy, ‘Adrian Van Klaveren In Conversation’, November 2009, http://www.radioacademy.org/events/london-events/london-events-2009/adrian-van-klaveren-in- conversation/

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 13 League football – and for the BBC to provide coverage of a “broad range of sports … including minority sports”. 4.3.9. We propose that 5 Live make a meaningful commitment to covering a broad range of minority and international sports, and in particular to coverage of sports not widely accessible on UK radio. To ensure that these important programming strands are brought to a wide audience, we propose that 5 Live provides news or live coverage of minority and secondary sports on a daily basis, including peak listening periods at weekends.

Proposal • 5 Live should provide daily coverage of minority and secondary sporting fixtures, including during peak listening periods at weekends

4.4. BBC Radio needs to be subject to tighter controls on sports rights spending 4.4.1. One of the key pledges in the BBC’s strategy review document is for the BBC to cap its spending on sports rights “at an average of 9p in every licence fee pound”. The BBC’s objective in making this proposal is to “make its behaviour more predictable in a volatile and competitive market” 11. 4.4.2. Action to control BBC spending on sports rights is welcome, as our experience indicates that the BBC remains the most powerful player in radio commentary rights negotiations. For instance, talkSPORT recently acquired two exclusive Premier League commentary packages for the period 2010- 2011 to 2012/13. However, the majority of packages (four) were retained by 5 Live. This level of dominance of any market by a publicly-funded operator risks leading to negative competitive impacts, restrictions to plurality, and inefficient use of public funds. 4.4.3. Unfortunately, the BBC’s failure to propose a cap on sports rights spending within radio means that 5 Live will remain free of any meaningful commitment to control its sports rights expenditure. Radio commentary rights are cheaper than television rights, comprising only a small portion of overall BBC sport expenditure. As a result, this pledge would allow the BBC to fund substantial increases in its radio sports rights budget via small reductions in television sports rights spending. 4.4.4. The BBC should make a specific commitment to limit its spending on radio sports rights. We propose that it publishes a figure at which radio sports rights spending will be capped, and that this should be at a lower level than at present so as to enhance the value for money delivered by the BBC’s sports coverage – and particularly by 5 Live. 4.4.5. The case for this radio-specific approach to controlling sports rights costs is overwhelming. Radio and television are very different media platforms, and

11 BBC, ‘BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First’, March 2010, p. 55

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 14 function as separate economic markets. Furthermore, the BBC’s position within live sports coverage on radio is much stronger than its position in television, heightening the risk of negative market impacts. Indeed the BBC’s dominance of sports rights within radio outstrips that of Sky in television (despite Sky’s in-built advantages as a subscription operator). 4.4.6. Indeed there this is recent evidence of the heightened risks associated with BBC radio sports rights acquisitions. In October 2009, the BBC Trust partially upheld aspects of a fair trading appeal by talkSPORT regarding the BBC’s acquisition of FA Cup rights for the period 2008/9 to 2011/12. The BBC Trust required the BBC Executive to do three things: a) Bring forward formal recommendations by January 2010 to ensure value for money when bidding for sports rights; b) Comply with the existing process to assess and minimise potential negative competitive impacts of sports rights acquisitions. The BBC’s Fair Trading external auditors were directed to report back on this in June 2010. c) Be reminded that the achievement of value for money does not necessarily require the securing of exclusive sports rights, and that where service licence and other requirements and obligations can be met without securing exclusive rights, then proper consideration ought to be given to this option.12 4.4.7. In relation to the first requirement, we urge the BBC to urgently publish details of how it goes about valuing sports rights, based on the formal recommendations made to the BBC Trust in January 2010. A radio-specific cap on sports rights spending would also go a long way towards ensuring value for money in this area. 4.4.8. In relation to the Trust’s second requirement, we note that the BBC Trust will not receive the report from the BBC’s Fair Trading external auditors until June 2010. Once this report is received, we urge the BBC and BBC Trust to publish a statement outlining the steps taken to ensure ongoing fair trading compliance. 4.4.9. In relation to the Trust’s reminder on exclusivity, the BBC still needs to do more to ensure that its participation in exclusive rights tenders does not lead to price inflation for radio commentary rights. The BBC is now making a welcome commitment that it will not actively seek exclusivity. However the BBC Trust’s statement contained a specific encouragement for the BBC to identify alternatives to acquiring rights on an exclusive basis. This goes much further than simply encouraging the BBC not to seek exclusivity (which we have never understood the BBC to do). 4.4.10. One meaningful step that the BBC could take is to make an explicit commitment not to pay a premium for exclusivity when acquiring radio sports commentary rights. Instead, the BBC should offer to pay only what a

12 BBC Trust, ‘Fair Trading Appeal Investigation: Appeal regarding the BBC’s acquisition of the radio broadcasting rights to the FA Cup for the period 2008/9 to 2011/12’, October 2009

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 15 given set of rights are worth on a non-exclusive basis. Using licence fee funds to ensure that only BBC Radio has access to a particular sporting fixture reduces the value generated for licence fee payers. Commercial radio is available on the same free to air basis as the BBC, so exclusive BBC access to sporting fixtures simply restricts the choice of sports coverage available to radio listeners.

Proposals • 5 Live should be covered by a radio-specific cap on BBC sports rights spending which achieves a reduction in overall BBC spending on radio sports rights • The BBC should urgently publish details of how it goes about valuing radio sports commentary rights • On receipt of the report of the BBC’s Fair Trading external auditors in June 2010, the BBC and BBC Trust should publish a statement outlining the steps they are taking to ensure ongoing fair trading compliance • The BBC should refuse to pay a premium for exclusive radio sports commentary rights, based on placing an additional value on exclusivity

5. The BBC should not outpace commercial radio stations or listeners in promoting digital forms of listening 5.1. Digital partnership and the UK Radio Player 5.1.1. In common with other commercial radio operators, UTV Media has made significant investment in digital platforms in recent years, ensuring that our services are available to the widest possible audience. As we make these digital investments, it is crucial that the BBC does not move significantly further or faster than we are able to. This goes both for developments in broadcast and online technology. 5.1.2. A good example of the role that the BBC can play in supporting technological development is the UK Radio Player, which aims to assist the growth of internet radio listening in partnership with the commercial sector. UTV Media is supportive of the aims of this project. Whether it succeeds in benefitting radio as a whole will depend on whether access is offered to all commercial radio participants on an equal basis, with a level playing field created amongst all the stations carried on the platform. 5.2. The BBC’s role in relation to DAB 5.2.1. Following the passage of the 2010 Digital Economy Act, the Government plans to undertake an objective analysis of the costs and benefits of digital radio switchover. At the same time, Ofcom is completing work to establish what is required to deliver a DAB transmission network capable of supporting AM / FM switch off. 5.2.2. Subject to the findings of this work, we agree with colleagues in commercial radio that the BBC will need to meet the cost of extending

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 16 national and local commercial DAB multiplex coverage to levels at which it would be acceptable to contemplate switchover. 5.2.3. As digital radio listening continues to grow, it is crucial that the BBC does not translate its lead in AM and FM into dominance of digital. In particular, 5 Live Sports Extra must retain its current remit as a home for sports coverage which cannot be accommodated on 5 Live and Radio 4 Long Wave13. In other words, the BBC must not be allowed to specifically acquire rights for use on 5 Live Sports Extra. 5.2.4. The BBC’s position within sports radio is already one of overwhelming dominance, and its best strategy for supporting the growth of the wider market – including on new platforms – is for it to reduce the quantity of premium sports fixtures of which it provides full live coverage.

Proposals • In the event of a switchover, the BBC will need to meet the cost of extending national and local commercial DAB multiplex coverage to levels at which AM/FM switch off could be contemplated for commercial services • The remit of 5 Live Sports Extra should remain confined to the exploitation of sports rights that cannot be accommodated by 5 Live or Radio 4 Long Wave

6. BBC Local and Nations Radio must sharpen its delivery of the public purposes with a focus on programming that local commercial radio is unable to supply 6.1. As has been widely reported, local commercial radio has experienced declining advertising revenue in recent years, due to the recession and structural change within media markets. Nevertheless, commercial and audience success remains achievable within local radio, for those stations that can stand out to listeners and advertisers. A commitment to ‘localness’ remains critical to delivering this. As a result, commercial radio retains a strong record in providing news, information and entertainment which is relevant to individual communities. 6.2. Given the strength and breadth of commercial radio at a local level, but also the economic fragility of many stations, it is crucial that BBC Local and Nations Radio strives to be as distinctive and as focused on public purpose delivery as possible. We therefore welcome the attention given to English Local Radio within the Strategy Review, including a new focus on the “over 55s”14. However, we were surprised that the likes of BBC Radio Wales and Radio Ulster have not received greater attention, given the significant presence that these services have in their respective nations.

13 BBC Five Live Sports Extra Service Licence, May 2010 14 BBC, ‘Putting Quality First’, March 2010, p 43

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 17 6.3. We welcome the moves the BBC has already taken to improve the distinctiveness and public purpose delivery of its local and nations radio stations. However, the BBC can and must go further. 6.4. Firstly, we propose that the BBC’s new commitments for English Local Radio should be extended to include BBC Nations Radio. This should include the commitment to “investing in better quality local journalism within the core listening hours at breakfast, mid-morning and drivetime”15. 6.4.1. Secondly, the BBC should be make a specific commitment to reduce the volume of contemporary and chart music broadcast on its local and nations stations during daytime hours – not just during its output as a whole. 6.4.2. Thirdly, the BBC should take steps to ensure that its relationships and arrangements with local and national sports teams do not restrict local commercial radio’s access to sporting fixtures. There is some evidence that the BBC’s procurement of access to fixtures may be making this more difficult in some instances. 6.4.3. There will be a fuller opportunity for consideration of the role and performance of BBC Local and Nations Radio later this year as part of the BBC Trust’s service review process. These reviews will also enable scrutiny of the value for money delivered by the likes of BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Wales, who enjoy sizeable budgets compared to their commercial counterparts. We therefore look forward to developing these points in more detail later in the year.

Proposals • Where appropriate, the BBC’s new commitments for English Local Radio should be extended to BBC Nations Radio • The BBC’s nations and local radio stations should be subject to a specific condition limiting the volume of contemporary and chart music broadcast during daytime output • The BBC should take steps to ensure that its relationships and agreements with local and national sports teams do not restrict local commercial radio’s access to sporting fixtures

UTV Media (GB), May 2010

15 BBC, ‘Putting Quality First’, March 2010, p 43

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 18 Summary of Proposals

5 Live News output • The BBC should take firm action to ensure that 5 Live honours its commitments for 75% of its programming to consist of news • The BBC should place much greater emphasis on original and investigative journalism on 5 Live, and on bringing original stories to air • Original and investigated journalism should be carefully scheduled and widely trailed by 5 Live, in order to bring it to the widest possible audience • 5 Live should make an explicit commitment to encouraging listeners to participate in debates about news issues • The BBC Trust should review whether 5 Live is drawing sufficiently on the BBC’s network of international and UK journalists as part of its news commitments Other ‘talk’ output • 5 Live’s sport output should focus on coverage of live sports events and factual sports news rather than extended sports chat • The proportion of 5 Live’s sports output which is given over to football should be reduced • 5 Live should end entertainment-based programming and other coverage of ‘non-news’ and ‘non sport’ topics • 5 Live should move away from personality-led programming Minority and secondary sports • 5 Live should provide daily coverage of minority and secondary sporting fixtures, including during peak listening periods at weekends Sports rights • 5 Live should be covered by a radio-specific cap on BBC sports rights spending which achieves a reduction in overall BBC spending on radio sports rights • The BBC should urgently publish details of how it goes about valuing radio sports commentary rights • On receipt of the report of the BBC’s Fair Trading external auditors in June 2010, the BBC and BBC Trust should publish a statement outlining the steps they are taking to ensure ongoing fair trading compliance • The BBC should refuse to pay a premium for exclusive radio sports commentary rights, based on placing an additional value on exclusivity Digital technology • In the event of a switchover, the BBC will need to meet the cost of extending national and local commercial DAB multiplex coverage to levels at which AM/FM switch off could be contemplated for commercial services • The remit of 5 Live Sports Extra should remain confined to the exploitation of sports rights that cannot be accommodated by 5 Live or Radio 4 Long Wave

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 19 Nations and local radio • BBC Local Radio’s proposed new focus on the over 55s and on better quality local journalism within core listening hours should be implemented as soon as possible • BBC Local Radio should make a specific commitment to reduce the volume of contemporary and chart music broadcast during daytime hours • The BBC Trust should use its forthcoming service review of BBC Local and Nations services to scrutinise the value for money offered by these services, and to investigate the impact of the BBC’s relationships with local sports clubs and national sides on local commercial radio

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 20 Annex 1. ‘BBC dismisses fears of ‘downmarket’ service’, The Guardian, 12 October 1992

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 21 Annex 2. ‘Five goes Live with new listeners pledge’, The Guardian, 29 March 1993

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 22 Annex 3. Analysis of 5 Live Output, 1 March 2010

Content strands as a percentage of overall output

Peak Peak Money Bacon Overall Richard Victoria Daytime Phone-in Overnight Derbyshire Breakfast / / Breakfast / Wake Up to 5 Live Sport 5 Live Sport 5 Live Drive 5 Live Drive Up All Night Night Up All Gabby Logan Morning Reports 1600- 1000- 1200- 1400- 1900- 2200- 0100- 0500- Dayparts 600-1900 600-1000 600-1000 1900 1200 1400 1600 2200 0600 0500 0600 1600- 1900

TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

NEWS 50.9% 60.0% 71.6% 68.2% 76.1% 61.1% 42.1% 36.3% 5.9% 52.8% 39.6% 89.1%

News report 7.9% 9.3% 11.5% 10.5% 12.8% 7.2% 5.6% 7.4% 5.9% 6.5% 7.4% 2.6%

News analysis / discussion 36.7% 41.0% 52.0% 43.5% 63.4% 30.8% 24.8% 28.9% 0.0% 43.5% 32.1% 86.4%

News phone-in 6.2% 9.7% 8.1% 14.2% 0.0% 23.1% 11.7% 0.0% 0.0% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0%

News feature / documentary 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

INFO 3.3% 5.4% 6.1% 6.6% 5.3% 6.5% 4.4% 2.8% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 4.5%

Travel report 2.3% 3.8% 4.2% 3.9% 4.7% 4.0% 3.4% 2.8% 1.0% 0.4% 0.5% 1.3%

Weather report 1.0% 1.5% 1.8% 2.8% 0.6% 2.5% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.3% 3.2%

News + Info 54.2% 65.4% 77.7% 74.8% 81.5% 67.6% 46.5% 39.1% 6.9% 53.8% 40.3% 93.6%

SPORT 27.6% 20.2% 18.4% 21.9% 13.8% 7.9% 45.1% 14.0% 91.4% 16.4% 12.6% 5.5%

Sport news / report 6.4% 7.9% 7.3% 8.1% 6.1% 6.9% 11.9% 7.0% 2.5% 6.3% 6.9% 5.5%

Live sport coverage 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Sport analysis / discussion 21.2% 12.3% 11.2% 13.7% 7.8% 1.0% 33.1% 6.9% 88.9% 10.1% 5.7% 0.0%

Sport phone-in 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Sport comedy / entertainment 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

OTHER SPEECH 15.9% 11.9% 1.7% 0.9% 2.8% 21.5% 5.6% 44.1% 0.0% 28.4% 46.2% 0.0%

Other analysis / discussion / chat 10.4% 11.9% 1.7% 0.9% 2.8% 21.5% 5.6% 44.1% 0.0% 12.0% 20.4% 0.0%

Other phone-in 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.4% 25.8% 0.0%

PRODUCTION 2.1% 2.5% 2.2% 2.5% 1.9% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 1.6% 1.4% 0.9% 0.9%

Promo / trail 2.1% 2.5% 2.2% 2.5% 1.9% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 1.6% 1.4% 0.9% 0.9%

N.b. Overnight figures also include 0000-0100 hour of Stephen Nolan programme and 2200-0000 hours of Tony Livesey programme.

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 23 Annex 4. Analysis of 5 Live Output, 13 March 2010

Content strands as a percentage of overall output 606 606 News News Nolan Nolan Overall Reports Evening Stephen Morning Daytime Up All Nt Nt Up All Breakfast Breakfast Weekend Weekend Overnight 5 Live Sport 5 Live Sport Fighting Talk Danny Baker

0600- 0600- 0900- 1100- 1200- 1930- 1930- 2030- 2200- 2200- 0100- 0500- Dayparts 1930 0900 1100 1200 1930 2200 2030 2200 0600 0100 0500 0600

TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

NEWS 30.7% 14.5% 54.0% 9.7% 7.9% 1.5% 45.5% 7.4% 71.0% 53.6% 79.2% 33.8% 55.5%

News report 7.9% 4.6% 9.4% 9.7% 7.9% 1.5% 8.7% 7.4% 9.6% 13.3% 6.9% 7.5% 55.5%

News analysis / discussion 18.7% 9.9% 44.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 36.8% 0.0% 61.4% 27.9% 39.3% 26.4% 0.0%

News phone-in 4.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.4% 33.1% 0.0% 0.0%

News feature / documentary 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

INFO 2.0% 2.6% 5.6% 6.3% 3.8% 0.6% 1.7% 1.2% 2.0% 1.1% 0.0% 1.3% 3.9%

Travel report 1.3% 1.8% 3.3% 4.2% 3.8% 0.6% 1.7% 1.2% 2.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6%

Weather report 0.8% 0.8% 2.4% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 1.1% 3.4%

News + Info 32.8% 17.1% 59.6% 16.0% 11.7% 2.1% 47.2% 8.6% 72.9% 54.7% 79.2% 35.1% 59.4%

SPORT 58.9% 76.4% 34.4% 74.1% 86.6% 97.4% 51.7% 91.4% 25.1% 31.5% 12.9% 43.4% 39.6%

Sport news / report 11.2% 10.4% 13.2% 14.4% 5.7% 9.8% 9.6% 8.2% 10.4% 13.0% 8.2% 10.0% 39.6%

Live sport coverage 23.6% 42.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.7% 74.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Sport analysis / discussion 10.0% 14.4% 21.3% 19.3% 0.0% 13.6% 8.8% 0.0% 14.7% 3.0% 4.6% 2.6% 0.0%

Sport phone-in 10.0% 2.5% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 83.2% 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 30.8% 0.0%

Sport comedy / entertainment 7.0% 5.0% 3.6% 38.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.7% 6.9% 20.2% 0.0%

OTHER SPEECH 5.9% 3.3% 3.6% 22.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.2% 5.7% 20.2% 0.0%

Other analysis / discussion / chat 1.1% 1.7% 0.0% 15.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Other phone-in 4.0% 7.1% 0.0% 18.1% 69.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

PRODUCTION 1.3% 1.5% 2.3% 18.8% 1.8% 0.4% 1.2% 0.0% 1.9% 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0%

Promo / trail 1.3% 1.5% 2.3% 18.8% 1.8% 0.4% 1.2% 0.0% 1.9% 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0%

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 24 Annex 5. 5 Live schedule for 1 March 2010 (24 hour period commencing 00:00)

Schedule taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/programmes/schedules

00:00-01:00 – Stephen Nolan (continued) A cross-party panel debate Tory policy and David Cameron's conference speech.

01:00–05:00 – Up All Night Global stories with Dotun Adebayo including science and Australian news.

05:00–05:30 – Morning Reports A round-up of the day's news, sport and business stories.

05:30–06:00 – Wake Up to Money Prudential wants AIG's Asian business AIA and HSBC to reveal their latest figures.

06:00–09:00 – 5 live Breakfast Local government minister John Denham on reports up to 25,000 council jobs are at threat.

09:00–10:00 – 5 live Breakfast Phone-in Nicky Campbell asks: where do you think the axe should fall on public sector spending?

10:00–12:00 – Victoria Derbyshire Journalist Andrew Rawnsley on his book The End Of The Party.

12:00–14:00 – Gabby Logan News from around the UK with Gabby Logan. Including sport, politics, and money news.

14:00–16:00 – Richard Bacon Alexander Armstrong talking about his new series of Pointless.

16:00–19:00 – 5 live Drive Reports on the Chile earthquake and Tory donor and vice-chairman Lord Ashcroft.

19:00–21:00 – 5 live Sport: The Monday Night Club Mark Chapman and guests discuss the big issues in football

21:00–21:30 – 5 live Football League Mark Clemmit with the latest news and a look back on the action from the Football League.

21:30–22:00 – Chapman and Lovejoy's Football Express Mark Chapman and Tim Lovejoy bring you bang up to date with all football's burning issues.

22:00–22:30 – 5 live Sport One of the big issues in sport examined in detail.

22:30–00:00 – Tony Livesey Reaction to the death of BBC TV presenter Kristian Digby.

UTV Media (GB) response to BBC Strategy Review: Putting Quality First – May 2010 25 Annex 6. 5 Live schedule for 13 March 2010 (24 hour period commencing 00:00)

Schedule taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/programmes/schedules

00:00-01:00 – Stephen Nolan (continued) Reports from the Liberal Democrats spring conference.

01:00–05:00 – Up All Night Dotun Adebayo presents. Including World Music, Dateline Singapore and Bollywood.

05:00–06:00 – Morning Reports A round-up of the day's news, sport and business stories.

06:00–09:00 – Weekend Breakfast Ranvir Singh and Phil Williams with news that BA cabin crew strikes are a week away.

09:00–11:00 – The Danny Baker Show Danny and Ray Winstone swap Millwall and West Ham colours in the Shirt of Hurt finale.

11:00–12:00 – Fighting Talk Colin Murray is joined by Bob Mills, John Rawling, Cornelius Lysaght and Christian Malcolm

12:00–12:45 – 5 live Sport Mark Pougatch presents live from Edinburgh with build-up to the day's sport.

12:45–15:00 – 5 live Sport: Premier League 2009-10, Tottenham v Blackburn Live Premier League commentary on Tottenham v Blackburn.

15:00–17:00 – 5 live Sport: Premier League 2009-10, Chelsea v West Ham Live Premier League commentary of Chelsea v West Ham.

17:00–18:45 – 5 live Sport: Six Nations 2010, Scotland v England Live Six Nations commentary on Scotland v England.

18:45–19:20 – 5 live Sport: Premier League 2009-10, Hull v Arsenal Live second half commentary of Hull v Arsenal in the Premier League.

19:20–20:30 – 606 Alan Green and fans discuss Arsenal's title push after their 2-1 injury time win over Hull

20:30–22:00 – The Weekend News News, entertainment updates and sport with John Pienaar and Dalya Raphael.

22:00–00:00 – Stephen Nolan Fierce and feisty topical phone-in debate.

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