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Re: Today's ep s55e07 @ http://www.mediafire.com/just-a-minute

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Dean BedfordSep 19, 2009
 

 
On Friday, September 18, 2009, at 04:07 AM, j_a_m_fan wrote:

> Well off topic, I agree. I would just like to make the final point that
> you may not be aware of. The same grade of staff with the same
> seniority at the BBC is paid 10-20% MORE in London - because they live
> in London where prices are artificially high because everyone that
> works there is paid 10-20% more for working there. Why pay that much
> more for equally skilled sound engineers, editors, assistants etc etc.

Well you seem to have answered your own question there! :)

You say basing staff in London is "by defintion... a common-sense
error". Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of companies are based in
London, they can't all be lacking common sense, surely? Let's imagine if
you were starting the Beeb from scratch - would you really make the
decision on where to base the BBC solely, or even largely, on where you
could rent/buy the cheapest office space?

Radio is about people and London is particularly strong in people with
the specialist skills that the BBC needs - media, journalism, the arts.
There will be plenty of examples where basing particular programmes,
operations or networks elsewhere will make sense. But being based in
London will be sensible too, in many cases.

To make this vaguely JAM related - perhaps we should base JAM in Wem in
Shropshire, it does seem a lovely town - although I note the tourist
information here makes no mention of its most famous former resident. :)

http://www.touruk.co.uk/shropshire/wem.htm

He is mentioned however on the Wikipedia page -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wem

 
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