Submitted on Saturday 23rd June 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Save community programmes on BBC Manchester.
BBC Radio Manchester is about to axe 3 community programmes in December - their Irish, LGBT and Jewish programmes.
The 'Citizen Manchester' programmes were introduced 6 years ago after a campaign by thousands in Greater Manchester to protect localism on our tax payer funded radio station.
We are asking for the Dep. for Culture, Media and Sport to step in and protect our much loved shows, that enhance community cohesion in Greater Manchester, engage communities and extend their reach so that other communities can benefit,
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a matter for the BBC. It is a long-standing principle that the Government does not interfere in programme matters, either on arrangements for scheduling or on content.
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