BBC Regional Services (NUJ) Strike Calendar

BBC staff are being asked to re-apply for jobs - with 48 roles set to be scrapped.

Journalists are concerned by proposed job losses prompted by stations sharing content.

The plan is for more radio shows to be networked across several stations after 14:00 on weekdays and weekends.

It would mean the BBC produces 20 afternoon programmes across England and 10 programmes in the evening.

The BBC rejected an initial claim by the NUJ that the plans meant that more than 100 hours per week of local programming on every radio station could be reduced to 40 - pointing out that the calculation did not take into account the hours of sports programming that would be retained individually on every station.

A BBC spokesperson said: "We are protecting all live local output from 6-2pm on weekdays as well as all sports programming across the week on every station. In addition, a number of our larger stations will retain their own dedicated local programmes in the afternoon across the week.

"Even where we propose to share some local programming across neighbouring stations in the afternoon, we will still produce 20 different

A group of BBC employees working in England are going on strike on March 15th in order to protest their employer's plans to merge some local radio shows. The stoppage will start at 11:00 GMT and will continue through May's local elections, coronation, and Eurovision. The BBC has stated that local news bulletins and live sports programming will be maintained, but the cuts to jobs and programs will still happen. The future of local radio is at stake, and the NUJ has called for the BBC to come back around the table and negotiate a solution.