BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero (hosting) Gareth Charles and Kingsley Jones (All frequencies)
BBC Radio Cymru - Cennydd Davies (also host) and Emyr Lewis (also briefly on Radio Wales)
Saturday 14th January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
NFL on 5 Live with Mike Carlson and Johnnie Mitchell from London
American Football: NFL Divisional Playoffs
New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers - Kevin Kugler and Mark Malone, with Scott Kaplan at pitchside (9.30pm GMT commentary provided by Westwood One)
On Westwood One (but not 5LSE) at the moment:
Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots - Dave Sims and James Lofton, with Tony Boselli at pitchside (1am GMT commentary)
Sunday 15th January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
NFL on 5 Live with Greg Brady from M&T Bank Stadium, then Nat Coombs and Johnnie Mitchell from London
American Football: NFL Divisional Playoffs
Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens - Greg Brady and Rocky Boiman (6pm GMT commentary)*
New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers - Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts, with Hub Arkush at pitchside (9.30pm GMT commentary provided by Westwood One)
*Westwood One's commentary team in Baltimore will be Ian Eagle and Trent Green, with Kevin Kiley at pitchside.
Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st January - BBC Radio 4 LW and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Test Match Special
Cricket: Pakistan v England, First Test Match, Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld
Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Vic Marks and Ramiz Raja
The scorer is Andrew Samson with Alison Mitchell conducting interviews for TMS and providing updates for BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 FM's Today programme. We might also hear from Joe Wilson who is reporting for BBC TV. As usual Jack Bannister is covering the test match for talkSPORT.
To add to the above, Sukhi Hayer was reporting from Dubai for the BBC Asian Network and when Test Match Special lost their line to the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday, Kevin Howells was heard as their reserve commentator back in the UK.
These details come from Adam Mountford's latest blog on the BBC Sport website, who was producing TMS as usual.
Biarritz Olympique V Ospreys (Heineken Cup RU) (1300GMT KO) - Nick Webb and Kingsley Jones (All platforms) (Online)
Cardiff Blues V Racing Métro 92 (Heineken Cup RU) (1515GMT KO) - Steffan Garrero (hosting) Gareth Charles and Tom Shanklin (All platforms) (Online)
BBC Radio Cymru
Biarritz Olympique V Ospreys (Heineken Cup RU) (1300GMT KO) - Huw Llewellyn Davies and Dafydd Jones* (commentary)
Cardiff Blues V Racing Métro 92 (Heineken Cup RU) (1515GMT KO) - Gareth Rhys Owen (hosting) Cennydd Davies and Mefin Davies
*Not a bad weekend for Dafydd, as he's been in Toulouse since Thursday.
BBC Radio Five Live
Cardiff Blues V Racing Métro 92 - Gareth Lewis and Robert Jones (Andy Gillies for R5L)
UK Masters Snooker, London - Jamie Broughton
Sunday 22nd January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
NFL on 5 Live with Nat Coombs and Johnnie Mitchell from London, then Darren Fletcher from Candlestick Park
American Football: AFC Championship Game
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots - Dave Sims and James Lofton, with Tony Boselli at pitchside (8.05pm GMT commentary provided by Westwood One)
American Football: NFC Championship Game
New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers - Darren Fletcher and Greg Brady (11.30pm GMT commentary)*
*Westwood One's commentary team in San Francisco will be Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts, with Mark Malone at pitchside.
A few notes: Westwood One Sports is now going under the Dial Global Sports umbrella. It's been a busy day for Nat Coombs as he presented ESPN UK's Bundesliga coverage which finished just over an hour before he went on-air on 5LSE. Commentary on Super Bowl XLVI will go out on BBC Radio 5 Live on Sunday 5th February.
To add to the above, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Local Radio simulcasted parts of 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage of the NFC Championship Game during Up All Night around their commentary on the Andy Murray v Mikhail Kukushki match in the Australian Open Fourth Round which featured in a 5 Live Tennis special.
They took Darren Fletcher and Greg Brady's half-time chat with Alistair Kirkwood from NFL UK and the majority of the third period before leaving for the start of the Murray match (commentary on that came from Jonathan Overend and Jeremy Bates). At the conclusion of the tennis, 5 Live rejoined the Giants @ 49ers game at the two minute warning in the fourth quarter. They stayed with the game without interruption until its finish.
If anyone has listened to the game via the archive of 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage on the IPlayer to find it cuts off at this point in the game, select the relevantly timed '5 Live Sport - 5 Live Tennis' programme from 5 Live's IPlayer, jump to around two hours in and you'll be able to listen to its conclusion.
There was a nice touch by Darren Fletcher at the end of their coverage as he thanked USP Content's NFL on 5 Live producers by name - they were Phil Spooner and Neil Saffer in London with Simon Crosse joining them at Candlestick Park.
Fantastic coverage of both games last night - the NFL on 5 Live team and USP Content have done a great job on 5 Live Sports Extra throughout the 2011/12 NFL campaign and I'm sure 5 Live's coverage of the Super Bowl will continue in this vein.
Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th January - BBC Radio 4 LW and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Test Match Special
Cricket: Pakistan v England, Second Test Match, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld
Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Vic Marks and Ramiz Raja
Andrew Samson is the scorer, Alison Mitchell is conducting some of their interviews, Adam Mountford is the producer and I believe Kevin Howells will be doing reserve commentary from the UK if required. In short, it's the same team that was in place for the First Test Match.
Reporters elsewhere:
BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 2 and Today (BBC Radio 4 FM) - Alison Mitchell talkSPORT - Jack Bannister
ECB and BBC Sport agree new six year deal for live radio coverage
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced it had agreed a new six year deal with BBC Sport for the radio rights to broadcast ball-by-ball commentary on international cricket from 2014 to 2019.
The agreement, which will encompass two home Ashes series in 2015 and 2019, and tours by India in 2014 and South Africa in 2017, provides BBC radio with live and exclusive coverage of all England’s home Test, One-Day International and T20 series.
The BBC had previously agreed a four year deal with ECB to broadcast live ball-by-ball coverage of international cricket which is due to expire at the end of the 2013 season.
David Collier, ECB Chief Executive, said: “This is excellent news for all cricket-lovers. Test Match Special brings cricket into millions of homes in this country each summer and is widely recognised for its unique and world class coverage of cricket.
“The next six years are set to be exciting ones for the sport and Test Match Special’s coverage together with the regular summaries and updates provided by BBC Radio 5 live will play a significant role in promoting cricket from the playground to the Test arena.”
Barbara Slater, Director BBC Sport, said: “We're delighted to be taking cricket on the radio forward for a further six years. Test Match Special, now in its 55th year, is one of the most treasured programmes on the BBC with its unique mix of expert commentary, insight, humour and entertainment. In a new digital era the programme and its accompanying download have never been more popular with its audience.”
I'd be very surprised it talkSPORT had made a serious bid (or a bid at all).
Cricket: Australia v India, Four Test Match Series
Commentators: Jim Maxwell, Drew Morphett and Harsha Bhogle
Summarisers: Kerry O'Keeffe, Geoff Lawson, Damien Fleming (first and fourth tests only), Danny Morrison (second test only) and Terry Alderman (third test only)
Reporters: Dan Lonergan (first test: Melbourne Cricket Ground), Shannon Byrne (second test: Sydney Cricket Ground), Corbin Middlemas (third test: WACA Ground, Perth) and Peter Walsh (fourth test: Adelaide Oval)
Radio Sport (New Zealand)
Cricket: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, One-Off Test Match, McLean Park, Napier
Commentators: Bryan Waddle, Ron Snowden and Phillip Stevens
Summarisers: Stuart Duff and Derek Stirling
State One-Day Cricket updates (Thursday) Auckland Aces v Northern Knights - Allen Mac Otago Volts v Central Stags - Nick Jeffrey Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury Wizards - Daniel McHardy
Radio Sport have also been taking intermittent commentary from the Australia v India series from ABC Grandstand, domestic sport permitting.
Russell Fuller presenting, George Riley reporting from he grounds
Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal Jonathan Overend, Jeremy Bates, Pat Cash & Alastair Eykyn (commentary)
Also in the fortnight contributions from Quentin Hull, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Miles MacLagen, Ross Hutchins, Mark Woodforde, Neil Harman, Barry Flatman & Chris Jones.
ABC (Radio) Grandstand Tennis: Australian Open Men's Singles Final Gerard Whiteley and Paul McNamee (commentary). I suspect Quentin Hull is also commentating.
Edit -> Quentin Hull is also commentating.
Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th January - BBC Radio 4 LW and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Test Match Special
Cricket: Pakistan v England, Second Test Match, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld
Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Vic Marks and Ramiz Raja
Andrew Samson is the scorer, Alison Mitchell is conducting some of their interviews, Adam Mountford is the producer and I believe Kevin Howells will be doing reserve commentary from the UK if required. In short, it's the same team that was in place for the First Test Match.
Reporters elsewhere:
BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 2 and Today (BBC Radio 4 FM) - Alison Mitchell talkSPORT - Jack Bannister
Same again all round for the Third Test Match, which is taking place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium between Friday 3rd and Tuesday 7th February.
Adam Mountford has tweeted that Simon Mann will be joining the TMS commentary team for the ODIs.
RTE Radio One - Michael Corcoran and Tony Ward (commentary)
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero (hosting from the Aviva Stadium) with commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett (All frequencies) (Online) (Audio option via Red Button).
(Frank Hennessy and Sir Roy of Noble hosted the earlier Radio Wales at the Six Nations from a nearby bar)
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Siôn studio host, commentary from Cennydd Davies, Emyr Lewis and Gareth Davies
In previous years, we would've had the Good Morning Wales crew out in Dublin, as well as a pitchside reporter as well.
Comments
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero (hosting) Gareth Charles and Kingsley Jones (All frequencies)
BBC Radio Cymru - Cennydd Davies (also host) and Emyr Lewis (also briefly on Radio Wales)
BBC Radio Wales - Phil Steele and Adrian Hadley (SE FM / Online)
NFL on 5 Live with Mike Carlson and Johnnie Mitchell from London
American Football: NFL Divisional Playoffs
New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers - Kevin Kugler and Mark Malone, with Scott Kaplan at pitchside (9.30pm GMT commentary provided by Westwood One)
On Westwood One (but not 5LSE) at the moment:
Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots - Dave Sims and James Lofton, with Tony Boselli at pitchside (1am GMT commentary)
Sunday 15th January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
NFL on 5 Live with Greg Brady from M&T Bank Stadium, then Nat Coombs and Johnnie Mitchell from London
American Football: NFL Divisional Playoffs
Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens - Greg Brady and Rocky Boiman (6pm GMT commentary)*
New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers - Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts, with Hub Arkush at pitchside (9.30pm GMT commentary provided by Westwood One)
*Westwood One's commentary team in Baltimore will be Ian Eagle and Trent Green, with Kevin Kiley at pitchside.
Test Match Special
Cricket: Pakistan v England, First Test Match, Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld
Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Vic Marks and Ramiz Raja
The scorer is Andrew Samson with Alison Mitchell conducting interviews for TMS and providing updates for BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 FM's Today programme. We might also hear from Joe Wilson who is reporting for BBC TV. As usual Jack Bannister is covering the test match for talkSPORT.
These details come from Adam Mountford's latest blog on the BBC Sport website, who was producing TMS as usual.
Biarritz Olympique V Ospreys (Heineken Cup RU) (1300GMT KO) - Nick Webb and Kingsley Jones (All platforms) (Online)
Cardiff Blues V Racing Métro 92 (Heineken Cup RU) (1515GMT KO) - Steffan Garrero (hosting) Gareth Charles and Tom Shanklin (All platforms) (Online)
BBC Radio Cymru
Biarritz Olympique V Ospreys (Heineken Cup RU) (1300GMT KO) - Huw Llewellyn Davies and Dafydd Jones* (commentary)
Cardiff Blues V Racing Métro 92 (Heineken Cup RU) (1515GMT KO) - Gareth Rhys Owen (hosting) Cennydd Davies and Mefin Davies
*Not a bad weekend for Dafydd, as he's been in Toulouse since Thursday.
BBC Radio Five Live
Cardiff Blues V Racing Métro 92 - Gareth Lewis and Robert Jones (Andy Gillies for R5L)
UK Masters Snooker, London - Jamie Broughton
NFL on 5 Live with Nat Coombs and Johnnie Mitchell from London, then Darren Fletcher from Candlestick Park
American Football: AFC Championship Game
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots - Dave Sims and James Lofton, with Tony Boselli at pitchside (8.05pm GMT commentary provided by Westwood One)
American Football: NFC Championship Game
New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers - Darren Fletcher and Greg Brady (11.30pm GMT commentary)*
*Westwood One's commentary team in San Francisco will be Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts, with Mark Malone at pitchside.
A few notes: Westwood One Sports is now going under the Dial Global Sports umbrella. It's been a busy day for Nat Coombs as he presented ESPN UK's Bundesliga coverage which finished just over an hour before he went on-air on 5LSE. Commentary on Super Bowl XLVI will go out on BBC Radio 5 Live on Sunday 5th February.
They took Darren Fletcher and Greg Brady's half-time chat with Alistair Kirkwood from NFL UK and the majority of the third period before leaving for the start of the Murray match (commentary on that came from Jonathan Overend and Jeremy Bates). At the conclusion of the tennis, 5 Live rejoined the Giants @ 49ers game at the two minute warning in the fourth quarter. They stayed with the game without interruption until its finish.
If anyone has listened to the game via the archive of 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage on the IPlayer to find it cuts off at this point in the game, select the relevantly timed '5 Live Sport - 5 Live Tennis' programme from 5 Live's IPlayer, jump to around two hours in and you'll be able to listen to its conclusion.
There was a nice touch by Darren Fletcher at the end of their coverage as he thanked USP Content's NFL on 5 Live producers by name - they were Phil Spooner and Neil Saffer in London with Simon Crosse joining them at Candlestick Park.
Fantastic coverage of both games last night - the NFL on 5 Live team and USP Content have done a great job on 5 Live Sports Extra throughout the 2011/12 NFL campaign and I'm sure 5 Live's coverage of the Super Bowl will continue in this vein.
Test Match Special
Cricket: Pakistan v England, Second Test Match, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld
Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Vic Marks and Ramiz Raja
Andrew Samson is the scorer, Alison Mitchell is conducting some of their interviews, Adam Mountford is the producer and I believe Kevin Howells will be doing reserve commentary from the UK if required. In short, it's the same team that was in place for the First Test Match.
Reporters elsewhere:
BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 2 and Today (BBC Radio 4 FM) - Alison Mitchell
talkSPORT - Jack Bannister
I'd be very surprised it talkSPORT had made a serious bid (or a bid at all).
Grandstand
Cricket: Australia v India, Four Test Match Series
Commentators: Jim Maxwell, Drew Morphett and Harsha Bhogle
Summarisers: Kerry O'Keeffe, Geoff Lawson, Damien Fleming (first and fourth tests only), Danny Morrison (second test only) and Terry Alderman (third test only)
Reporters: Dan Lonergan (first test: Melbourne Cricket Ground), Shannon Byrne (second test: Sydney Cricket Ground), Corbin Middlemas (third test: WACA Ground, Perth) and Peter Walsh (fourth test: Adelaide Oval)
Radio Sport (New Zealand)
Cricket: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, One-Off Test Match, McLean Park, Napier
Commentators: Bryan Waddle, Ron Snowden and Phillip Stevens
Summarisers: Stuart Duff and Derek Stirling
State One-Day Cricket updates (Thursday)
Auckland Aces v Northern Knights - Allen Mac
Otago Volts v Central Stags - Nick Jeffrey
Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury Wizards - Daniel McHardy
Radio Sport have also been taking intermittent commentary from the Australia v India series from ABC Grandstand, domestic sport permitting.
Russell Fuller presenting, George Riley reporting from he grounds
Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal Jonathan Overend, Jeremy Bates, Pat Cash & Alastair Eykyn (commentary)
Also in the fortnight contributions from Quentin Hull, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Miles MacLagen, Ross Hutchins, Mark Woodforde, Neil Harman, Barry Flatman & Chris Jones.
Tennis: Australian Open Men's Singles Final Gerard Whiteley and Paul McNamee (commentary). I suspect Quentin Hull is also commentating.
Edit -> Quentin Hull is also commentating.
Richard Hoskin studio host
Bristol V Rotherham Titans (RFU Championship) - Andy Champion and 40yrs old since yesterday, Mark Regan (1548MW / DAB / Online)
National Indoor Hockey Final, Wembley Arena
Leicester v Reading - Ian Stringer (updates)
Same again all round for the Third Test Match, which is taking place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium between Friday 3rd and Tuesday 7th February.
Adam Mountford has tweeted that Simon Mann will be joining the TMS commentary team for the ODIs.
Saturday 7th January
Rugby Union: Premiership
Worcester Warriors v Gloucester - Russell Hargreaves
Sunday 8th January
Rugby Union: Premiership
Saracens v Bath - Russell Hargreaves
Saturday 14th January
Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool Two
London Irish v Cardiff Blues - Laurence Mora
Monday 16th to Sunday 29th January
Tennis: Australian Open
Melbourne Park - Dave Luddy
Saturday 21st January
Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool Four
Leicester Tigers v Aironi - Nick Heath
Saturday 28th January
Rugby Union: LV= Cup Group Stage
Harlequins v Leicester Tigers - Russell Hargreaves
Five Live - Alistair Eykyn (0-20) Iain Robertson (20-40) Matt Dawson and Gavin Hastings
Iain Carter reported on France vs Italy.
Golf: Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club - Rupert Bell and Nigel Bidmead (commentary)
R/U: Ireland v Wales Michael Corcoran and Tony Ward (commentary)
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero (hosting from the Aviva Stadium) with commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett (All frequencies) (Online) (Audio option via Red Button).
(Frank Hennessy and Sir Roy of Noble hosted the earlier Radio Wales at the Six Nations from a nearby bar)
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Siôn studio host, commentary from Cennydd Davies, Emyr Lewis and Gareth Davies
In previous years, we would've had the Good Morning Wales crew out in Dublin, as well as a pitchside reporter as well.
BBC Bristol / Somerset - Andrew Sheridan and Tom Bradshaw (95.5FM / 104.6FM / 1548MW / Online)