BBC's 'Delivering Quality First' report (essentially a report on the cuts) states:
[Radio will be hit harder. The report says: ]'The current limited comedy offer on Radio 5 Live will be scaled back, the volume of comedy on Radio 2 reduced and there will be a reduction in the commissioning budget of Radio 4 Extra. Radio 4 comedy will be unaffected.'
As far as I know, the commissioning budget of R4Extra can't be more than Newsjack, can it? Or have I missed something?
Shame about 5 Live too, as that's pretty much Fighting Talk (best show on the radio, in my opinion)
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2011/10/06/14095/bbc_to_cut_back_on_comedy?rss#ixzz1a0jyrHx6 https://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/00000640/bbc_comedy_strategy_changes_announced/
Dan