Keep BBC local radio local and do not allow excessive regionalisation.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

BBC local radio is a valuable resource to many and the local stories and content are not only excellent but useful to the many who listen.

We have already experienced many commercial stations going national, losing that local interaction and content

At a minimum keep exclusively local content local during peak listening times such as 6am to 6pm on weekdays and 6am to at least 2pm on weekends.

We have already lost so much local coverage on commercial radio and do not want to lose what is to many people, their last local source on the radio.

People for example who live in Norfolk want to know what's going on in Norfolk and are not really interested in an event in Cambridge.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for. Decisions about local BBC radio services are a matter for the BBC, not the UK Government or Parliament.

The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.

Timeline

1 Nov 2022	Petition opened for signatures
7 Nov 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Nov 2022

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