
Questionnaire about the BBC’s Shipping Forecast as part of its plans to assess its use. Members of the public are being asked to complete a Uploaded revised times to radio 4 weather bulletins. “Meanwhile please will you convey my thanks to all those who have taken the trouble to respond to your website?” UK broadcasts of marine weather forecasts and maritime safety information for all UK. It will take a while for us to collate all the responses received, many people have sent me direct e-mails, I have over 400 to go through, but your data makes it much easier to analyse. Radio 4’s Chris Aldridge, said: “It is fabulous, thank you so much. We had 637 responses, mostly from readers who wanted the forecast to remain, and we sent the data to the BBC.

It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It followed fears that its future was under threat. 'B' broadcast times are in HMCG Centres routinely broadcast Maritime Safety. The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. We ran the questionnaire, launched by the BBC to find out what listeners thought of the forecast, on our website. North Utsire Wind Easterly 3 or 4, veering southeasterly 4 to 6.

UPDATE February 19, 2014: Our survey regarding the shipping forecast has now closed.Ī senior announcer with the BBC has thanked YM readers for taking the trouble to comment on the future of the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast. The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles.
