A campaign to ‘Save Radio Foyle’ is to hold and emergency protest at the station.
The protest, which is scheduled for 1pm on Wednesday, November 30, has been organised by campaigner Davy McAuley, a life long Radio Foyle listener.
It follows today’s announcement by the BBC of the axing of the Radio Foyle Breakfast Show and hourly news bulletins.
The jobs of eight staff at the Northland Road station are facing the axe.
Politicians across the board have condemned the threat to the existence of Radio Foyle in the future.
Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Mayor Sandra Duffy tweeted: “I want to express my complete support today for the staff at BBC Radio Foyle who have been informed their jobs may be in jeopardy.
“I am deeply concerned at the BBC’s proposals to reduce services for the people of the NW.
“We will not just stand by and lose this essential platform.”
Seamus Dooley, National Union of Journalists (NUJ) assistant general secretary, urged an urgent rethink of the plans.
He said: “The decision to end the BBC Radio Foyle Breakfast Show and to end regional news bulletins is a betrayal of the people of Northern Ireland.
“This is an attack on the very essence of public service broadcasting.
“Radio Foyle is part of the cultural landscape of the North West with a wide listenership on both sides of the border.
“The diminution of services in Radio Foyle is of particular concern and will be strongly resisted by the NUJ.”
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