The message to the station's audience is that factual radio programming just isn’t that important anymore. And neither are its listeners

'Cut to the bone' BBC News faces hundreds of job losses in brutal cost-saving

Move by the new BBC Director General will mean some much loved shows, series and radio programmes are likely to be axed later this year.

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'Devastated' BBC News staff question if the licence fee is worth paying after brutal cuts - with star presenters facing job losses and more pain on the way

A further 550 jobs will be slashed from its news, television and radio operations as part of a sweeping cost-cutting drive that will also see programmes axed.

The message to the station's audience is that factual radio programming just isn’t that important anymore. And neither are its listeners