BBC Four & CBBC to close

[Brekkie]

I, of course, appreciate that radio is overall a cheaper medium, but I think that Radio still gets off proportionately lightly with cuts - especially considering that all those radio stations do add up in monetary terms.

They do, but what's the better option for the BBC, which looks best for them - keep services on air, on the station list/EPG or trim the budget of a TV channel and lose a few episodes of a drama series? 

Its not a TV versus radio thing, it's not a punishment that must be equally given

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Quickly dipping into the radio argument I think it feels more protected because even with Global becoming more of a force it is still the area where the BBC are most dominant and isn't under threat from subscription models like TV.  

5 Live though seems to be the BBC4 of the argument, overlaps as the last of the 5 main stations to launch, but for me it's probably the most important national station and in many ways complements R4 rather than competes with it.  I suspect the audience profiles of the two are quite different.   Some would argue the growth of news based speech radio in recent years might be a reason to axe it but for me that is exactly why it is more needed than ever considering the obvious political leanings of most of their commercial rivals.