Welcome to the Campaign for Regional Broadcasting and Production

 

We are a grassroots campaign promoting all the nations and English regions as places to create and make television, radio and film. The Campaign is based in the Midlands, a part of England that has seen a gradual migration away by the major broadcasters leaving it under-represented on the airwaves, despite being an important, diverse and highly populated region.

 

We could not agree more!

 

Regional Representation is inconsistent

Regional broadcasting in the UK remains uneven, with programme-making investment concentrated in certain areas. Consequently, some regions receive limited or inadequate coverage.

 

Some regions are more equal than others

The Midlands, for example, may be represented during peak time only by a weather forecast, while radio coverage is also limited. Despite its large population, economic importance, cultural diversity, transport links and major urban centres—including the UK’s largest regional conurbation—the Midlands lacks a distinctive media voice. Its contribution to national life deserves more consistent and representative coverage.

 

Are broadcasters neglecting regional audiences?

The BBC and ITV no longer operate network studios in the region. Pebble Mill has closed, and neither broadcaster regularly airs peak-time programmes from the Midlands.

Other broadcasters do little better in commissioning independent producers or representing the region nationally.

 

Why this blatant disregard for a massive regional audience?

A region of firsts

The Midlands pioneered regional broadcasting with the first BBC radio station, BBC television transmitter and ITV station.

Years of cuts to facilities, jobs and commissioning have created an unjust imbalance. We support genuine, equitable broadcasting devolution - linked more to audience size and where revenues are raised - a view increasingly shared by licence fee payers, business leaders, MPs and council leaders across the region.

 

 

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