{"id":33690,"date":"2019-02-26T19:16:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33690"},"modified":"2019-02-26T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:16:24","slug":"cardiff-radio-staff-may-lose-jobs-in-shake-up-of-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/26\/cardiff-radio-staff-may-lose-jobs-in-shake-up-of-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff radio staff may lose jobs in shake-up of stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">STAFF at Cardiff\u2019s radio stations received the unexpected news today that their breakfast shows will be cut in the next month.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Matt and Polly, Jagger and Woody and Gary King are among presenters at risk of losing their jobs in the move that will see national breakfast shows broadcast from London on Capital, Heart and Smooth Radio.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The radio presenters have become celebrities in the city, Matt and Polly have a combined Twitter following of just under 30,000.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">A member of staff from Capital South\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ales\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">said that the news came as a shock this morning.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">They told<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0T<em>he\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>Cardiffian<\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>:<\/em> \u201cIt<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s something we have been hearing from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">L<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ondon today. We are trying to get our heads around it.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Capital South Wales is unable to provide further comment\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at this time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Up to 100 jobs are expected to be lost across the country in the change that will see the creation of the largest commercial radio shows in the UK, in a bid to compete with Greg James\u2019 BBC breakfast show.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ashley Tabor OBE, founder and executive president of Global addressed the company this morning, explaining the change was essential in order to compete with BBC Radio 1 and 2 at breakfast time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhilst the new deregulation will mean some significant changes at an operational level, these bold steps enable Global to lead the way in launching the UK\u2019s three largest national commercial radio breakfast shows.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to combine the best national talent with our unique ability to include great local content in network shows on Heart, Capital and Smooth,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Tabor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Capital Radio will be the first to make the changes, with a new national show due to be broadcast April 8, new Heart and Smooth shows follow.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drivetime shows will remain locally, meaning Josh and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kally<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0from Capital South Wales could be safe for now.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The restructure follows amendments made by\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ofcom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0regarding local radio shows that only protects local news content and not entertainment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAFF at Cardiff\u2019s radio stations received the unexpected news today that their breakfast shows will be cut in the next month.\u00a0 Matt and Polly, Jagger and Woody and Gary King are among presenters at risk of losing their jobs in the move that will see national breakfast shows broadcast from London on Capital, Heart and Smooth Radio.\u00a0 The radio presenters have become celebrities in the city, Matt and Polly have a combined Twitter following of just under 30,000.\u00a0 A member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":33695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[6440,6441,2380,6442,6443,6193,6444,6445],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-bay","category-home-lead","tag-capital-south-wales","tag-global-radio","tag-heart","tag-heart-radio","tag-radio","tag-red-dragon-centre","tag-smooth-radio","tag-welsh-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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