The new BBC Scotland channel launches tonight at 7pm with plans for a nightly news hour and Question Time style series, a raft of new documentaries and hundreds of hours of newly-commissioned shows, including drama. It will have an initial budget of £32m with a plan for 50% original content and 50% repeats in a channel that reflects modern Scotland.
The Director of Programmes says it isn’t about numbers (audience) but success over time. Although it’ll be difficult to justify it if the numbers aren’t there long term.
The chart has a hard-working, low key 6th house Pisces Sun, with a creative though overly-hopeful, indecisive and scattered T Square onto a focal point Neptune and Mercury in Pisces. Venus Pluto in the 5th will help with the drama output; though an explosive and frustrated Uranus Mars in the financial/emotional 8th does suggest a fair few problems ahead. With Pluto square Uranus indicating rolling changes (crises).
It’s an ambitious project with plenty of goodwill behind it, but it may take a fair while before it settles into a confident run.
Are these shortwave or internet programs? I was disappointed to discover the only radio programs from BBC are now beamed only toward Africa. No more North American broadcasts. Even Radio Canada ceased sw broadcasts. I definitely follow BBC news online. Much better than what I can access like Reuters , CNN, etc. On occasion I do receive Radio Havana quite well.