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Article: BBC axes popular radio programme ; A Radio institution is being axed to make way for a new show hosted by television presenter Peter Levy.
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2008
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A Radio institution is being axed to make way for a new show
hosted by television presenter Peter Levy.
Bbc Radio Humberside's popular Soapbox phone-in programme has
been a lunchtime mainstay at the station for more than 20 years.
But now BBC bosses have decided to scrap the daily forum for
listeners to air their views.
Yesterday's Soapbox programme was the last with regular presenter
Blair Jacobs also bowing out.
During the final weeks of the show listeners have been left in
the dark over the future of the Soapbox format.
Instead, the station has been running regular adverts promoting
the new show hosted by the Look North anchorman while giving limited
details about its content.
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