Cross-party Yorkshire MPs from 26 different parties have written to the BBC's director general to express their "concerns" about proposed cuts to local radio.
As part of a strategy to modernize services across England, the BBC wants its 39 local stations to share more programming.
Wednesday marks the start of a 48-hour strike by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
We are passionate about serving local communities, according to a BBC spokesperson.
MPs have urged management to rethink the changes, which would see stations share regional programming and "popular DJs being axed," in an open letter addressed to Tim Davie, director general of the BBC.
Hilary Benn, Dan Jarvis, Diana Johnson, Sarah Champion, Kim Leadbeater, a member of the Labour Party, and Miriam Cates, a member of the Conservative Party, are among those who have signed.
The BBC's local radio service, which has a weekly listenership of 5.4m Yorkshire-wide, they claimed, offered "a valuable public service of information and companionship" for communities and underserved audiences.
They demanded a "proper" consultation on the proposals as well.
The fact that these plans are being implemented without any public input deeply worries us.
There has been no research presented about the potential effects of these changes, despite the fact that this is licence fee money, which almost every household is involved in. ".
Additionally, a number of MPs from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are scheduled to question Mr. Davie about the proposals at a meeting with him at Westminster at 14:00 BST.
Local BBC radio is a lifeline for so many people in our communities, according to Labour MP Emma Hardy for Hull West and Hessle, who launched the campaign. Its presenters are recognizable, dependable voices who are aware of their listeners' daily struggles. ".
According to her, some employees of a local radio station were "intimidated and forced [out] through a 'Hunger Games' [recruitment] process to plead for their own jobs, with most being made redundant and threats to that redundancy package if they speak publicly," calling it "disgraceful.".
She said, "This meeting with Tim Davie will be an opportunity to express our opposition to these cuts to this important service and I hope the result will lead to a reconsideration of the decision.
A spokesperson for the BBC stated: "Under these plans, local programming will continue to be broadcast throughout the week on all 39 BBC Local Radio stations, including Radio York, Radio Sheffield, Radio Leeds, Radio Lincolnshire, and Radio Humberside.
Local radio is just one of the ways we reach our audiences, though we are passionate about supporting local communities. We want to modernize our local services so that we can continue to provide radio, television, and online local information for many years to come, regardless of how licence fee payers choose to obtain it.
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