Late Night Jo interrupted by technical problems across BBC Local Radio

BBC Local Radio stations suffered a technical problem on Friday night resulting in dead air across the network.

RadioToday understands the problem was due to a central technical failure.

The incident happened during the networked “Late Night Jo” show which airs on 40 radio stations in England hosted by Jo Good.

Jo’s show lasted 20 minutes before dead air for 15 minutes, followed by a feed from 5 Live for the rest of the night on most stations.

Only BBC Radio London continued to take the full show, albeit with technical problems resulting in seven minutes of 5 Live at 10.40pm, one minute of 5 Live interrupting an interview at 10:52pm, and no news bulletin at 11pm.

Jo was aware of the issues and apologised for the problems to anyone still listening, jokingly blaming the cold weather for affecting the transmitters.

A BBC spokesperson said: “Local radio output was disrupted late last night due to a technical problem. All services resumed to normal this morning.”

Image shows various BBC services around the time of the incident, with BBC Radio London at the bottom.