Sunday 5th February - BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
NFL on 5 Live with Darren Fletcher from Lucas Oil Stadium
American Football: Super Bowl XLVI
New England Patriots v New York Giants - Darren Fletcher, Greg Brady and Rocky Boiman (11.20pm GMT commentary)
The NFL on 5 Live coverage will begin at 10pm on 5LSE, before switching to 5 Live around 11.20pm in time for kick-off. BBC Radio's commentary will be available on BBC One's TV coverage of Super Bowl XLVI as a red button option, although not on Freeview (at least during the early stages) due to the Champions Trophy hockey.
Westwood One/Dial Global Sports
Super Sunday with Scott Graham (3-5pm) and Jim Gray (5-6pm) from Lucas Oil Stadium
American Football: Super Bowl XLVI
New England Patriots v New York Giants - Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason, with James Lofton and Mark Malone at pitchside (6.20pm EST commentary)
Italy V England (RBS 6Nations RU) (1700CET KO) - James Burridge (0-40) Iain Robertson (40-80) and Matt Dawson*
Wigan Warriors V Leeds Rhinos (Stobart Super League RL) (1745GMT KO) - Stuart Pyke (1st half) David Woods (2nd half) and Ian Millward (commentary joined from the 5th minute)
*2nd half also simulcast on 5live
BFBS Radio
Italy V England (RBS 6 Nations RU) - Simon Ward
France P-P Ireland (RBS 6 Nations RU) - David Brady (although his 8pm report said it was going ahead)
Italy V England (RBS 6 Nations RU) - Simon Ward
France P-P Ireland (RBS 6 Nations RU) - David Brady (although his 8pm report said it was going ahead)
David said this during his pre-match preview for talkSPORT (who, like BFBS and others, are taking Talking Rugby's updates) as well. A bit embarrassing for him but it happens to the best of them, David! It doesn't change my view that he's an excellent reporter and I hope he's talkSPORT's man in the Republic of Ireland camp at Euro 2012 this summer.
Just going back to last weekend's Super Bowl, BBC Radio's commentary was simulcast on both Radio 5 Live and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. Radio 5 Live joined the commentary in time for kick-off but Sports Extra stayed with it to its conclusion which has not happened in past years. With their live coverage ending earlier than scheduled (about 3.30am our time), after a news bulletin they filled the following half hour with "game highlights" (which I believe would become their Super Bowl podcast that was aired on Sports Extra the following day) before 5 Live went to an hour long archive programme and Sports Extra went off-air at 4am.
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero hosting from the Millennium stadium, with build up and then commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Adrian Hadley. Nick Webb was pitchside interviewer. (All frequencies / Online)
Tom Shankin was meant to be there today, but was at Hospital instead, as his wife was due to give birth.
BBC Radio Cymru
Eleri Siôn hosting from the Millennium stadium, with build up and commentary from Cennydd Davies, Garan Evans and Emyr Lewis. Gareth Rhys Owen was pitchside reporter, whilst S4C's Dot Davies provided the interviews.
BFBS Radio
Hamish Stuart (updates during news)
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Xtra
Johnny Saunders (also host) Robert Jones and Gavin Hastings. (Alistair Eykyn reporting for R5L)
BBC WM will be broadcasting commentary from the Aviva Grand Prix Indoor Athletics at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham today, with commentary led by Mike Taylor.
The coverage will start on DAB from 1.00 pm, with FM joining the coverage once the Chelsea v Birmingham FA Cup match has finished at approx 2.30 pm.
The WM commentary will also be streamed on the BBC Sport website:
Saturday 18th February - BBC WM and the BBC Sport website
Richard Wilford presented WM Sport from the National Indoor Arena
Athletics: Aviva Grand Prix
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham - Mike Taylor and Richard Wilford, with Tom Marlow conducting trackside interviews (commentary on various events from 1pm on the BBC Sport website, joined at around 2.30pm on 95.6FM and DAB)
Football: League One
Walsall v Wycombe Wanderers - Andrew Dawkins
Mike Costello presented 5 Live Boxing from the Olympiahalle, Munich as part of Stephen Nolan
WBC Heavyweight Championship
Vitali Klitschko v Dereck Chisora - Mike Costello and Adam Booth (commentary)
5 Live took RTL's (the German TV channel that was host broadcaster) post-fight interview with Chisora before Mike and Adam conducted their own interview with him and Frank Warren.
Bristol V Doncaster Knights (RFU Championship) - Andy Champion and Mark Regan (1548MW / Online)
Ian Holloway was a live guest on 'Twentymann talks back' that preceded commentary of the match, where we learned that Andy Champion was one of Ian's old Sports teachers at Secondary School.
BBC Radio Wales - Mark Poyser hosting from Twickenham stadium, with build up from him, Adrian Hadley, Garin Jenkins, Robert Jones, and, eventually Phil Bennett. Commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett, with Nick Webb pitchside reporter. (SE FM / SW FM / AM / Digital TV/Radio / Online) (North FM from 5pm)
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Siôn hosting from Twickenham Stadium, with build up from her, Emyr Lewis and Gareth Davies. Commentary from Cennydd Davies, Emyr Lewis and Gareth Davies, with Bethan Clement pitchside reporter. Post-match Interviews from S4C's Dot Davies.
BBC Radio Five Live - Alistair Eykyn, Ian Robertson, Robert Jones and Matt Dawson
Nathan Cleverly V Tommy Karpency (WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship, Motorpoint Arena, Kairdiff)
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero (also host) and Nicky Piper (All frequencies / Online)
BBC Radio Cymru - Gareth Rhys Owen (also host) and Wynford Jones (commentary / also Online)
John Ifans was reporter for both stations, and both stations has had major sound issues when the boxers came into the ring.
IRN Football updates (as on the football reporting thread)
6 nations - Scotland v France Stuart Cameron was reporting.
Stuart who was there for IRN/talking rugby. TD1 had updates through IRN feed and also couple of specific reports for the station. Stuart also featured (as ever) with a recorded Saturday rugby/football local round up.
Rugby Union: Six Nations
France v Italy - Simon Ward
Scotland v England - Russell Hargreaves
Sunday 5th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Ireland v Wales - David Brady
Golf: Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club - Rupert Bell
Saturday 11th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Italy v England - Simon Ward
France P-P Ireland - David Brady
Sunday 12th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Wales v Scotland - Hamish Stuart
Saturday 18th February
Rugby Union: Premiership
London Wasps v Exeter Chiefs - Russell Hargreaves
Sunday 19th February
Rugby Union: Premiership
Saracens v Leicester Tigers - Russell Hargreaves
Saturday 25th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Ireland v Italy - David Brady
England v Wales - Andrew McKenna (with Russell Hargreaves and James Gibson conducting interviews and covering the match for Talking Rugby)
Sunday 26th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Scotland v France - Stuart Cameron
In addition, Jack Bannister reported on all of the three test matches, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and England for talkSPORT during January and February.
Over on BBC Radio 4 LW and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the commentary team for all four Pakistan v England ODIs was as detailed in #107. Jonathan Agnew and Geoff Boycott flew home after the ODIs, meaning the BBC Radio team for the three Twenty20 internationals was made up of Simon Mann and Simon Hughes as commentators with Ramiz Raja and Sunil Gavaskar as summarisers.
R/U: France v Ireland BBC Sports Extra Conor McNamara (1st half), Alistair Eykyn (2nd half) and David Wallace (commentary) BBC Radio Ulster Jim Neilly and Eddie O'Sullivan (AM commentary) RTE Radio One Michael Corcoran and Donal Lenihan (commentary)
Mike Costello presented 5 Live Boxing from the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff as part of Stephen Nolan
WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship
Nathan Cleverly v Tommy Karpency - Mike Costello and Spencer Oliver (commentary)
it was a great commentary from Mike. one comment about half way through somed up what a joke this challenger was... it was something like 'if Carpinsi is the number 11 ranked fighter, I'd hate to see the number 12.' couldn't agree more. that said, you can only beat what is in front of you and Nathan did a good job.
Wales V Italy (RBS Six Nations Championship) (1430GMT KO)
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero hosting from the Millennium stadium with build up from Tom Shanlin, Garin Jenkins and John Devereux. Commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and John Devereux, with Nick Webb pitchside reporter. (SE FM / SW FM / AM / Digital TV/Radio / Online)
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Siôn hosting from the Millennium stadium, with build up from Emyr Lewis and Kevin Morgan. Commentary from Cennydd Davies, Emyr Lewis and occasionally Kevin Morgan. Gareth Rhys Owen is pitchside reporter.
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Xtra - Johnny Saunders (0-40) Gareth Lewis (40-80) and Robert Jones
Real Radio Wales - Hamish Stuart.
This marks the first time I've heard Real Radio do a sports report, as even though they've got rid of their own network of sports reporters at Welsh clubs in Football league action, I still check at the usual time they used to do sports previews at around 2.20pm by taking IRN people, but today is the first time this has happened.
Either a) Real Radio have jumped on the Grand Slam possibility bandwagon,
b) Real Radio have been taking sports reports all the time, and I have missed them,
c) Go to 10
d) Run
Comments
NFL on 5 Live with Darren Fletcher from Lucas Oil Stadium
American Football: Super Bowl XLVI
New England Patriots v New York Giants - Darren Fletcher, Greg Brady and Rocky Boiman (11.20pm GMT commentary)
The NFL on 5 Live coverage will begin at 10pm on 5LSE, before switching to 5 Live around 11.20pm in time for kick-off. BBC Radio's commentary will be available on BBC One's TV coverage of Super Bowl XLVI as a red button option, although not on Freeview (at least during the early stages) due to the Champions Trophy hockey.
Westwood One/Dial Global Sports
Super Sunday with Scott Graham (3-5pm) and Jim Gray (5-6pm) from Lucas Oil Stadium
American Football: Super Bowl XLVI
New England Patriots v New York Giants - Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason, with James Lofton and Mark Malone at pitchside (6.20pm EST commentary)
Italy V England (RBS 6Nations RU) (1700CET KO) - James Burridge (0-40) Iain Robertson (40-80) and Matt Dawson*
Wigan Warriors V Leeds Rhinos (Stobart Super League RL) (1745GMT KO) - Stuart Pyke (1st half) David Woods (2nd half) and Ian Millward (commentary joined from the 5th minute)
*2nd half also simulcast on 5live
BFBS Radio
Italy V England (RBS 6 Nations RU) - Simon Ward
France P-P Ireland (RBS 6 Nations RU) - David Brady (although his 8pm report said it was going ahead)
David said this during his pre-match preview for talkSPORT (who, like BFBS and others, are taking Talking Rugby's updates) as well. A bit embarrassing for him but it happens to the best of them, David! It doesn't change my view that he's an excellent reporter and I hope he's talkSPORT's man in the Republic of Ireland camp at Euro 2012 this summer.
Just going back to last weekend's Super Bowl, BBC Radio's commentary was simulcast on both Radio 5 Live and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. Radio 5 Live joined the commentary in time for kick-off but Sports Extra stayed with it to its conclusion which has not happened in past years. With their live coverage ending earlier than scheduled (about 3.30am our time), after a news bulletin they filled the following half hour with "game highlights" (which I believe would become their Super Bowl podcast that was aired on Sports Extra the following day) before 5 Live went to an hour long archive programme and Sports Extra went off-air at 4am.
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero hosting from the Millennium stadium, with build up and then commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Adrian Hadley. Nick Webb was pitchside interviewer. (All frequencies / Online)
Tom Shankin was meant to be there today, but was at Hospital instead, as his wife was due to give birth.
BBC Radio Cymru
Eleri Siôn hosting from the Millennium stadium, with build up and commentary from Cennydd Davies, Garan Evans and Emyr Lewis. Gareth Rhys Owen was pitchside reporter, whilst S4C's Dot Davies provided the interviews.
BFBS Radio
Hamish Stuart (updates during news)
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Xtra
Johnny Saunders (also host) Robert Jones and Gavin Hastings. (Alistair Eykyn reporting for R5L)
Bristol V Moseley (RFU Championship) - Richard Hoskin (studio host) Andy Champion and Ben Breeze (1548MW / DAB / Online)
Cricket: Pakistan v England, First One-Day International, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann and Simon Hughes
Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott and Ramiz Raja
Reporters elsewhere:
BBC Radio 5 Live - Jonathan Agnew
talkSPORT - Jack Bannister
The coverage will start on DAB from 1.00 pm, with FM joining the coverage once the Chelsea v Birmingham FA Cup match has finished at approx 2.30 pm.
The WM commentary will also be streamed on the BBC Sport website:
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17065951
Saturday 18th February - BBC WM and the BBC Sport website
Richard Wilford presented WM Sport from the National Indoor Arena
Athletics: Aviva Grand Prix
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham - Mike Taylor and Richard Wilford, with Tom Marlow conducting trackside interviews (commentary on various events from 1pm on the BBC Sport website, joined at around 2.30pm on 95.6FM and DAB)
Football: League One
Walsall v Wycombe Wanderers - Andrew Dawkins
Mike Costello presented 5 Live Boxing from the Olympiahalle, Munich as part of Stephen Nolan
WBC Heavyweight Championship
Vitali Klitschko v Dereck Chisora - Mike Costello and Adam Booth (commentary)
5 Live took RTL's (the German TV channel that was host broadcaster) post-fight interview with Chisora before Mike and Adam conducted their own interview with him and Frank Warren.
Charles Dagnall with BBC Radio Leicester Sport from Vicarage Road.
Premiership Rugby
Saracens v Leicester Tigers - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (14:30 commentary)
BBC Radio Five Ian Robertson
BBC Three Counties Radio Jason Harris and (I think) Ben Ransom (AM commentary)
Cornish Pirates V Bristol (RFU Championship) - Ed Hadwin (studio host) Damian Derrick and Mark Hoskins (1548MW / DAB / Online)
Bristol V Doncaster Knights (RFU Championship) - Andy Champion and Mark Regan (1548MW / Online)
Ian Holloway was a live guest on 'Twentymann talks back' that preceded commentary of the match, where we learned that Andy Champion was one of Ian's old Sports teachers at Secondary School.
BBC Radio Wales - Mark Poyser hosting from Twickenham stadium, with build up from him, Adrian Hadley, Garin Jenkins, Robert Jones, and, eventually Phil Bennett. Commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett, with Nick Webb pitchside reporter. (SE FM / SW FM / AM / Digital TV/Radio / Online) (North FM from 5pm)
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Siôn hosting from Twickenham Stadium, with build up from her, Emyr Lewis and Gareth Davies. Commentary from Cennydd Davies, Emyr Lewis and Gareth Davies, with Bethan Clement pitchside reporter. Post-match Interviews from S4C's Dot Davies.
BBC Radio Five Live - Alistair Eykyn, Ian Robertson, Robert Jones and Matt Dawson
BFBS Radio - James Gibson
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero (also host) and Nicky Piper (All frequencies / Online)
BBC Radio Cymru - Gareth Rhys Owen (also host) and Wynford Jones (commentary / also Online)
John Ifans was reporter for both stations, and both stations has had major sound issues when the boxers came into the ring.
Mike Costello presented 5 Live Boxing from the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff as part of Stephen Nolan
WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship
Nathan Cleverly v Tommy Karpency - Mike Costello and Spencer Oliver (commentary)
Sunday 26th February 2012
Graham Ford and Gerry Monnaghan presented
IRN Football updates (as on the football reporting thread)
6 nations - Scotland v France
Stuart Cameron was reporting.
Stuart who was there for IRN/talking rugby. TD1 had updates through IRN feed and also couple of specific reports for the station. Stuart also featured (as ever) with a recorded Saturday rugby/football local round up.
Saturday 4th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
France v Italy - Simon Ward
Scotland v England - Russell Hargreaves
Sunday 5th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Ireland v Wales - David Brady
Golf: Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club - Rupert Bell
Saturday 11th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Italy v England - Simon Ward
France P-P Ireland - David Brady
Sunday 12th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Wales v Scotland - Hamish Stuart
Saturday 18th February
Rugby Union: Premiership
London Wasps v Exeter Chiefs - Russell Hargreaves
Sunday 19th February
Rugby Union: Premiership
Saracens v Leicester Tigers - Russell Hargreaves
Saturday 25th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Ireland v Italy - David Brady
England v Wales - Andrew McKenna (with Russell Hargreaves and James Gibson conducting interviews and covering the match for Talking Rugby)
Sunday 26th February
Rugby Union: Six Nations
Scotland v France - Stuart Cameron
In addition, Jack Bannister reported on all of the three test matches, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and England for talkSPORT during January and February.
Over on BBC Radio 4 LW and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the commentary team for all four Pakistan v England ODIs was as detailed in #107. Jonathan Agnew and Geoff Boycott flew home after the ODIs, meaning the BBC Radio team for the three Twenty20 internationals was made up of Simon Mann and Simon Hughes as commentators with Ramiz Raja and Sunil Gavaskar as summarisers.
BBC Sports Extra Conor McNamara (1st half), Alistair Eykyn (2nd half) and David Wallace (commentary)
BBC Radio Ulster Jim Neilly and Eddie O'Sullivan (AM commentary)
RTE Radio One Michael Corcoran and Donal Lenihan (commentary)
Doncaster Knights V Bristol (RFU Championship Play offs) - Andy Champion and Mark Hoskins (1548MW / Online)
it was a great commentary from Mike. one comment about half way through somed up what a joke this challenger was... it was something like 'if Carpinsi is the number 11 ranked fighter, I'd hate to see the number 12.' couldn't agree more. that said, you can only beat what is in front of you and Nathan did a good job.
BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garrero hosting from the Millennium stadium with build up from Tom Shanlin, Garin Jenkins and John Devereux. Commentary from Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and John Devereux, with Nick Webb pitchside reporter. (SE FM / SW FM / AM / Digital TV/Radio / Online)
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Siôn hosting from the Millennium stadium, with build up from Emyr Lewis and Kevin Morgan. Commentary from Cennydd Davies, Emyr Lewis and occasionally Kevin Morgan. Gareth Rhys Owen is pitchside reporter.
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Xtra - Johnny Saunders (0-40) Gareth Lewis (40-80) and Robert Jones
Real Radio Wales - Hamish Stuart.
This marks the first time I've heard Real Radio do a sports report, as even though they've got rid of their own network of sports reporters at Welsh clubs in Football league action, I still check at the usual time they used to do sports previews at around 2.20pm by taking IRN people, but today is the first time this has happened.
Either a) Real Radio have jumped on the Grand Slam possibility bandwagon,
b) Real Radio have been taking sports reports all the time, and I have missed them,
c) Go to 10
d) Run
Bath V Leicester Tigers (LV= Cup Semi Final) - Andrew Sheridan and Mark McMillan (104.6FM / Online)
BBC Radio Leicester - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (19:30 commentary - FM / DAB / Online)