5 Live needs a revamp. Keep the evening football guys but daytime, weekday stuff has got so painfully boring. And time Bacon was moved on to Talk Sport - his level. I always switch channels when he is on irrespective of some of the good guests he has on. Anyone agree ?
Er - he's soon moving to LA. He's been offered something or other over there, so could be about to make his fame and fortune.
In fairness a total knob like Piers Morgan got a job....for a while. Bacon will probably do OK talentless prat etc.
I think Morgan had some big connections as well as I believe (as I've never watched an episode I'm guessing a bit) a high profile gig on x factor and the American version already before given a network slot.
I don't think Bacons bored afternoon luvvy in has the same level of recognition in the US Rodney....
In fairness a total knob like Piers Morgan got a job....for a while. Bacon will probably do OK talentless prat etc.
Piers Morgan may be a "knob" but he's a very bright chap. I don't see Bacon being in his league.
I quite enjoyed the final show. Yes, it was very self-indulgent but that was forgiveable in the circumstances. Morgan was a good guest but it's just a shame the interview was recorded before the news about the Mirror hacking broke.
I'll really miss Richard. Loved the little montage they did for him at the end of show, and it was a great final podcast too. He's the kind of person who will always land on his feet, he's just so relentlessly enthusiastic and optimistic. I remember him saying that he tells his wife at least once a week that he thinks it's the best day of his life. That would actually drive me mad, being a real pessimist myself, but Americans love that whole PMA thing, so I think they'll take to him.
Does anyone else find that the Dr Karl hour on UAN goes very quickly?
I never listen to it live as I'm too busy sleeping but it's one of my favourite podcasts despite it being slightly annoying at times (Rhod often sounds bored and they have the same callers on too often). I always listen to to it when going out for an evening walk.
Does anyone else find that the Dr Karl hour on UAN goes very quickly?
This^^^^ should be a couple of hours during the daytime not tucked away into the nighttime schedule. We've had bl**dy years of bl**dy Derbyshire and her incessant misery instead of years of Dr Karl. Yet some people consider us moaners...
It's the main story on virtually every Sports Section in our national press. It's on many news pages as well. Talksport is also going big on it.
This is a major sporting event on a news and sports station.
What else do you expect?
While I'm not sure about the necessity for Radio 5 Live to broadcast an afternoon Ryder Cup preview show between 12noon-2pm today - although it did make sense to move Mayo & Kermode forward one day given tomorrow's play in the golf - I don't think you can really criticise them for broadcasting live commentary of Friday's live golf on their AM station.
For those of you who would advocate weekday Ryder Cup commentary to go onto BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (as I think it has done in previous years), that may not be an option tomorrow. This week is also the final round of cricket's County Championship, with 5LSE having consistently broadcast weekday county cricket commentaries throughout the summer. Currently ongoing into tomorrow's final day of the season is Lancashire v Middlesex, a head-to-head between the two teams still fighting against relegation from Division One.
Clearly 5LSE should broadcast that crucial four-day match until its conclusion and therefore it makes sense for the first day of Ryder Cup commentary to go onto Radio 5 Live, with Saturday and Sunday's play due to be broadcast in full during the 5 Live Sport timeslot - ahead of live Premier League football commentaries, no less, which very rarely play second fiddle to anything else broadcast by the station.
I know golf and sports commentary in general isn't to everyone's tastes, but as I have explained before on here live golf coverage very rarely encroaches upon the timeslots generally reserved for non-sport programming over the course of a year. The Open Golf Championship takes up one Thursday and one Friday afternoon and early evening per year and then the back nine holes of the three US major championships take up Stephen Nolan's timeslot on three Sunday nights per year. With it being a Ryder Cup year, you've got an extra day of live golf, but these six days are a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of hours usually reserved for non-sport programmes that things like the Olympics, Wimbledon, the Commonwealth Games, World Cups and European Championships receive.
The golf won't be on all day on 5live as they'll be covering parts of the Commons debate. Quite right too. The Ryder Cup is my favourite sporting event bar none, but some things are just more important, and I'll still be able to hear the golf if I choose.
I know golf and sports commentary in general isn't to everyone's tastes, but as I have explained before on here live golf coverage very rarely encroaches upon the timeslots generally reserved for non-sport programming over the course of a year. The Open Golf Championship takes up one Thursday and one Friday afternoon and early evening per year and then the back nine holes of the three US major championships take up Stephen Nolan's timeslot on three Sunday nights per year. With it being a Ryder Cup year, you've got an extra day of live golf, but these six days are a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of hours usually reserved for non-sport programmes that things like the Olympics, Wimbledon, the Commonwealth Games, World Cups and European Championships receive.
I take your point but I'm never happy when the schedules get thrown out of the window for sport. Then I migrate to the drama and comedy of Radio Four Xtra, leaving the drama and comedy of Five Live's sport coverage behind. For now.
I take your point but I'm never happy when the schedules get thrown out of the window for sport. Then I migrate to the drama and comedy of Radio Four Xtra, leaving the drama and comedy of Five Live's sport coverage behind. For now.
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I do wonder if Richard Bacon's got mild attention deficit disorder !
He'll be completely hyped up this afternoon, isn't it his last day ?
I lasted about 5 minutes !
We are the listeners. Richard Bacon is the presenter.
Oh & he had Piers Morgan on
I think Morgan had some big connections as well as I believe (as I've never watched an episode I'm guessing a bit) a high profile gig on x factor and the American version already before given a network slot.
I don't think Bacons bored afternoon luvvy in has the same level of recognition in the US Rodney....
Piers Morgan may be a "knob" but he's a very bright chap. I don't see Bacon being in his league.
I quite enjoyed the final show. Yes, it was very self-indulgent but that was forgiveable in the circumstances. Morgan was a good guest but it's just a shame the interview was recorded before the news about the Mirror hacking broke.
I never listen to it live as I'm too busy sleeping but it's one of my favourite podcasts despite it being slightly annoying at times (Rhod often sounds bored and they have the same callers on too often). I always listen to to it when going out for an evening walk.
Yes I do. I put it on my MP3 player & listen when I go to bed, & yes Rhod does sound bored.
Why have they started to talk about it now ? The matches don't start until tomorrow. !
It's the main story on virtually every Sports Section in our national press. It's on many news pages as well. Talksport is also going big on it.
This is a major sporting event on a news and sports station.
What else do you expect?
It's the only decent thing on Rhod's show. Why he's still on is beyond me when there have been far better people covering the show.
Isn't doesn't matter how bored Rhod sounds. Even on on his worst days he is still a far better broadcaster than Dotun could ever dream of being.
The golf over the next few days is going to give me a good chance of catching up on some old podcasts.
I'm not a Dotun fan either and would be quite happy to see them both gone.
This^^^^ should be a couple of hours during the daytime not tucked away into the nighttime schedule. We've had bl**dy years of bl**dy Derbyshire and her incessant misery instead of years of Dr Karl. Yet some people consider us moaners...
While I'm not sure about the necessity for Radio 5 Live to broadcast an afternoon Ryder Cup preview show between 12noon-2pm today - although it did make sense to move Mayo & Kermode forward one day given tomorrow's play in the golf - I don't think you can really criticise them for broadcasting live commentary of Friday's live golf on their AM station.
For those of you who would advocate weekday Ryder Cup commentary to go onto BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (as I think it has done in previous years), that may not be an option tomorrow. This week is also the final round of cricket's County Championship, with 5LSE having consistently broadcast weekday county cricket commentaries throughout the summer. Currently ongoing into tomorrow's final day of the season is Lancashire v Middlesex, a head-to-head between the two teams still fighting against relegation from Division One.
Clearly 5LSE should broadcast that crucial four-day match until its conclusion and therefore it makes sense for the first day of Ryder Cup commentary to go onto Radio 5 Live, with Saturday and Sunday's play due to be broadcast in full during the 5 Live Sport timeslot - ahead of live Premier League football commentaries, no less, which very rarely play second fiddle to anything else broadcast by the station.
I know golf and sports commentary in general isn't to everyone's tastes, but as I have explained before on here live golf coverage very rarely encroaches upon the timeslots generally reserved for non-sport programming over the course of a year. The Open Golf Championship takes up one Thursday and one Friday afternoon and early evening per year and then the back nine holes of the three US major championships take up Stephen Nolan's timeslot on three Sunday nights per year. With it being a Ryder Cup year, you've got an extra day of live golf, but these six days are a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of hours usually reserved for non-sport programmes that things like the Olympics, Wimbledon, the Commonwealth Games, World Cups and European Championships receive.
It's not sport....it's a pastime.......
I take your point but I'm never happy when the schedules get thrown out of the window for sport. Then I migrate to the drama and comedy of Radio Four Xtra, leaving the drama and comedy of Five Live's sport coverage behind. For now.
I'm off to Classic fm !