Audience Council England
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Audience Council England (ACE) was created upon establishment of the BBC Trust
in January 2007. It replaced the Broadcasting Council of England which had many responsibilities the present council now has. ACE plays a key role helping the BBC Trust understand the needs, interests and concerns of audiences. There are other councils for the other three nations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The council meets at least six times per year to assess the BBC’s performance in England. It can meet in various locations around the nation. The regional council chairs will give their regions view on the various BBC services, both national and regional, as well as provide their contribution to the Trust’s formal consultations.
The RACs represent the following regions:
BBC Trust
The BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and aims to act in the best interests of licence fee payers....
in January 2007. It replaced the Broadcasting Council of England which had many responsibilities the present council now has. ACE plays a key role helping the BBC Trust understand the needs, interests and concerns of audiences. There are other councils for the other three nations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The council meets at least six times per year to assess the BBC’s performance in England. It can meet in various locations around the nation. The regional council chairs will give their regions view on the various BBC services, both national and regional, as well as provide their contribution to the Trust’s formal consultations.
Members
ACE is made up of a chair which is the Trustee for England and the twelve chairs of the Regional Audience Councils. Every BBC region has their own Regional Audience Council. Alison Hastings is currently the Trustee for England.Regional Audience Councils
The Regional Audience Councils (RAC) meet six times a year in their own region usually in the area’s BBC headquarters. They have a specific responsibility in keeping ACE in touch with the view of the viewer in their region. In the meetings, the chair is present as well as representatives from BBC management, usually the Head of Region. Each council also has the responsibility for conducting outreach events, with the aim of reaching as many different types of licensee payers in their region. Each RAC has a minimum of 16 members from many different backgrounds and area. Many are representing a particular group in their region while most are just individuals expressing a view. At least a quarter of members should be regular listeners of their local radio stations, who will comment on programming and attend local radio outreach events.The RACs represent the following regions:
- BBC North East and CumbriaBBC North East and CumbriaBBC North East and Cumbria is the BBC English Region covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Teesside and all but the southern part of Cumbria...
- BBC YorkshireBBC YorkshireBBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC. It was formed from the division of the former BBC North region into BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, based in Hull.-Television:...
- BBC North WestBBC North WestBBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Walsden in West Yorkshire, the Isle of Man , north-west Derbyshire, the Yorkshire Dales including Settle and Ribblesdale, and southern Cumbria.BBC North West television output is also broadcast in...
- BBC Yorkshire and LincolnshireBBC Yorkshire and LincolnshireBBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, sometimes abbreviated to BBC Yorks & Lincs, is the name for the BBC's twelfth English Region, based in Hull and created from the division of the former BBC North region, based in Leeds...
- BBC East MidlandsBBC East MidlandsBBC East Midlands is the BBC English Region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, south Nottinghamshire, South Kesteven and Rutland.-Television:...
- BBC West MidlandsBBC West MidlandsBBC West Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire - although the county as part of the south west...
- BBC EastBBC EastBBC East is the BBC English Region serving Norfolk, Suffolk, north Essex, Cambridgeshire, northern and central Hertfordshire, most of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and parts of Buckinghamshire.-Television:...
- BBC SouthBBC SouthBBC South is the BBC English Region serving West Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, western Berkshire, Oxfordshire, south east Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight.-Television:...
- BBC LondonBBC LondonBBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area. Its output includes the daily BBC London News and the weekly Politics Show on television, the BBC London 94.9 radio station and local coverage of the...
- BBC WestBBC WestBBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.-Television:...
- BBC South EastBBC South EastBBC South East is the BBC English Region serving East Sussex, Kent, and parts of Surrey and West Sussex.The BBC region was created in September 2001 by the joining of the Heathfield transmitter , with the Bluebell Hill and Dover transmitters to form a new regional TV service...
- BBC South WestBBC South WestBBC South West is the BBC English Region serving Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands.-Television:BBC South Wests television service consists of the flagship regional news service Spotlight, the opt-out service BBC Channel Islands, the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute...
See also
- BBC TrustBBC TrustThe BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and aims to act in the best interests of licence fee payers....
- Audience Council ScotlandAudience Council ScotlandThe Audience Council Scotland was created upon establishment of the BBC Trust in January 2007. It replaced the Broadcasting Council for Scotland which had many responsibilities the present Council now has....
- BBC English RegionsBBC English RegionsBBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local television, radio, web and teletext services in England. It is one of the BBC's four 'Nations' - the others being BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland....