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Old 12-12-2009, 18:06
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Saturday 12th December


BBC WM

WM Sport hosted by Paul Franks at White Hart Lane (2-5pm) and Richard Wilford at Old Trafford (5-8pm)

Premier League
Manchester United v Aston Villa - Mike Taylor and Richard Wilford (5.30pm commentary on 95.6FM and DAB)*

*Ron Atkinson was originally due to be WM's co-commentator at Old Trafford, but a sore throat has ruled him out
Correction - it's actually Mike Taylor presenting (from 5.15pm) and co-commentating on this one, with Richard Wilford as the main commentator.

According to yesterday's Big Pie newsletter, the trio of Mike, Richard and Ron Atkinson had been pencilled in to be WM's team at Old Trafford - perhaps Richard was originally drafted in just in case Mike still hadn't recovered from his illness, and as it happens he's actually covering for Big Ron who apparently has lost his voice!
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Old 12-12-2009, 18:53
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Saturday 12th December

BBC Manchester
- Host: Jimmy Wagg
Bolton v Man City: Jack Dearden (1-22), Ian Cheeseman (23-45), Alan Gowling & Fred Eyre (3pm Commentary)
Stoke v Wigan: Paul Rowley (12:45pm Updates)
Oldham v Exeter: ? (3pm Updates)
Stockport v Charlton: Brian Clark (3pm Updates)
Dagenham & Redbridge v Bury: Ben Friar (3pm Updates)
Lincoln v Rochdale: Jitesh Palmer (3pm Updates)
Man Utd v Aston Villa: Steve Wyeth (5:30pm Updates)

Key 103

Bolton v Man City: Hugh Ferris & Andy Hinchcliffe (3pm Commentary)

Piccadilly Magic 1152
Man Utd v Aston Villa: Stuart Arrowsmith & Mickey Thomas (5:30pm Commentary)

Couple from last Wednesday 9th December.

Liverpool v Fiorentina

BBC Merseyside: Gary Flintoff & Jimmy Case
City Sport: Steve Hothersall & John Aldridge

Looks like Jimmy Case could be the new regular home & away summariser for Liverpool games on BBC Merseyside. Been on a few times lately and is on again tomorrow with Mike Hughes for the visit of Arsenal.
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Old 12-12-2009, 19:44
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Manchester United v Aston Villa - Dom McGuinness

BBC WM

WM Sport hosted by Paul Franks at White Hart Lane (2-5pm) and Richard Wilford at Old Trafford (5-8pm)

Manchester United v Aston Villa - Mike Taylor and Richard Wilford (5.30pm commentary on 95.6FM and DAB)*

*Ron Atkinson was originally due to be WM's co-commentator at Old Trafford, but a sore throat has ruled him out

BRMB/Beacon 97.2FM/Mercia FM

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from St Andrews

Manchester United v Aston Villa - Mikey Burrows and Pat Heard (BRMB commentary)
Correction - it's actually Mike Taylor presenting (from 5.15pm) and co-commentating on this one, with Richard Wilford as the main commentator.
BBC Manchester - Host: Jimmy Wagg

Man Utd v Aston Villa: Steve Wyeth

Piccadilly Magic 1152
Man Utd v Aston Villa: Stuart Arrowsmith & Mickey Thomas
BBC Radio Five Live - Ian Dennis (0-22) Alan Green (22-45) and Jimmy Armfield

I'll be going to see Cardiff City reclaim 3rd place in the Championship tomorrow afternoon (with a lovely 4.20am start!) so will do BBC Tees and Real Radio North East.

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Old 12-12-2009, 20:20
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BBC Radio Leicester

Charles Dagnall
presenting Sportstime live from the Walkers Stadium.

Championship
Leicester v Sheffield Wednesday - Ian Stringer and John Sinclair (commentary)

FA Trophy First Round
Hinckley v York - Andy Gibbs
Non-League Round-Up - Russell Hobbs
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Old 12-12-2009, 23:47
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BBC Radio Scotland, 19/12/09

SPL commentators:

Motherwell v Celtic (12.45) - John Barnes and Murdo MacLeod (810MW)
Rangers v St Johnstone - David Begg and Allan Preston (810MW)
Hearts v Dundee Utd - Paul Mitchell and Craig Paterson (92-95FM)
Aberdeen v Hamilton Accies - Scott Davie and Jim Leighton (92-95FM in Aberdeen)
Kilmarnock v Hibernian - Liam McLeod and Craig Brown (online)
St Mirren v Falkirk - Alisdair Lamont and Steve Cowan (online)

Open All Mics reporters on 103.5-105FM:


Rangers v St Johnstone - Chick Young
Hearts v Dundee Utd - John Robertson
Aberdeen v Hamilton Accies - Charlie Mann
Kilmarnock v Hibernian - Sandy Clark
St Mirren v Falkirk - Billy Dodds
Dundee v Ayr Utd - Jim Spence
Morton v Queen of the South - Sandra Brown
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Old 13-12-2009, 10:56
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BBC Radio 5 Live

Chelsea vs EvertonJohn Murray and Graham Taylor
Bolton vs Man CityDarren Fletcher
Spurs vs WolvesJonathon Overend
Birmingham vs West HamPat Murphy
Sunderland vs Portsmouth Peter Slater
Burnley vs Fulham Dave Woods
Hull vs Blackburn Alistair Bruce-Ball

Stoke vs Wigan David Oates, Connor McNamara and Craig Burley
Manchester United vs Aston Villa Ian Dennis, Alan Green and Jimmy Arnfield

I think David Oates is correct, apologies if it's not

Motherwell vs CelticRoddy Forsyth (Plus SPL round up)
Rangers vs St JohnstoneAndy Gilles

Barnsley vs NewcastleRoss Fletcher
Swansea vs ForestHamish Marshall
Ipswich vs BlackpoolSteve May

Stockport vs CharltonStuart Hall

Notts County vs Accrington StanleyChris Dennis
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Old 13-12-2009, 12:37
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Premier League

Liverpool v Arsenal - Graham Beecroft and Alvin Martin

Championship
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City - Graham Courtney

Heineken Cup
Harlequins v Sale - Mark Scott

UK Snooker Championship Final
Ding Junhui v John Higgins - David Brady


BBC Radio Leicester

Heineken Cup
Clermont Auvergne v Leicester - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (commentary)
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Old 13-12-2009, 13:26
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What do people make of this?

Next Sunday 5Live have full comm of Newc vs 'Boro and then the final 30 mins of Wolves vs Burnley
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Old 13-12-2009, 13:27
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A request - I'm going to be outside of the Midlands for most of this coming week, so in my absence would somebody be able to post the details of the BBC WM and the Orion Media (that's BRMB, Beacon and Gold) stations' commentaries?

The relevant games will be West Brom v QPR (commentary on Beacon and Gold 1152AM, reports only on BBC WM) tomorrow night; and then on Tuesday it's Birmingham v Blackburn (commentary on Gold 1152AM and WM on DAB in Birmingham), Manchester United v Wolves (Beacon and WM on DAB in Wolverhampton) and Sunderland v Aston Villa (BRMB and WM on FM).

If someone could fill in for me it would be very much appreciated.
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Old 13-12-2009, 13:38
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What do people make of this?

Next Sunday 5Live have full comm of Newc vs 'Boro and then the final 30 mins of Wolves vs Burnley
Seeing as you gave me some stick for giving Five Live some stick for a few of their recent decisions, you might be surprised by this, as I think they've got it spot on this time.

Newcastle v Middlesbrough is a huge match, not only is it a local derby (of sorts) but it's got big implications when it comes to the Championship promotion picture.

As that game kicks off earlier than Wolves v Burnley (which is not quite as big in terms of the Premier League relegation battle IMO), doing full commentary from St James' Park and then most of the second half from Molineux makes good sense - I presume the live cricket is the reason why (part of) one of those games isn't on Sports Extra.

Nice to see Five Live putting the Football League first for a change.

Also, to confirm it was David Oates who was Five Live's opening commentator at Stoke v Wigan yesterday.
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Old 13-12-2009, 13:40
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Sunday 13th December - BBC Radio Wales

Rob Phillips presenting Radio Wales Sport from Llandaff

Championship
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City - Ian Gwyn Hughes and Kevin Ratcliffe (FM and digital TV commentary)
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Old 13-12-2009, 13:53
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The only issue I would see is that the FL game is on BBC One (or maybe Two, not sure) so everyone has access but it is a bigger game despite not being a PL game.

And the cricket is on Sports Extra so there's no room on that, shame there isn't a facility on the TV red button for an extra football commentary + online, then virtually evertybody could hear/see both games if they wanted to.

What would have happened if it was Wolves vs Big 4?
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Old 13-12-2009, 14:03
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The only issue I would see is that the FL game is on BBC One (or maybe Two, not sure) so everyone has access but it is a bigger game despite not being a PL game.
Ah - I didn't know that, that makes their decision a bit more contentious for the reason you mention. I still think it's the right decision though.

I'm interested to see what BBC WM will do next Sunday - there will be a slight overlap between Wolves v Burnley (1.30pm kick-off) and Everton v Birmingham (3pm) so I wonder if DAB will come into play albeit for 15/20 minutes.

What would have happened if it was Wolves vs Big 4?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
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Old 13-12-2009, 14:49
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BBC RADIO SOLENT

Kris Temple presenting from Stadium of Light

Sunderland v Portsmouth (DAB comm) - Adam Blackmore & Andy Awford
Southampton v Tranmere (FM comm) - Laurence Herdman & Dave Merrington
Morecambe v Bournemouth (Dorset comm) - Andrew Hawes & John Williams
FA Trophy - Weymouth v Salisbury - Alan Seabrook
Havant & W v Dover - Steve Sheppard
Bashley v Crawley - John Barnett
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Old 13-12-2009, 15:04
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What do people make of this?

Next Sunday 5Live have full comm of Newc vs 'Boro and then the final 30 mins of Wolves vs Burnley
Good. They should have put the West Yorkshire derby on either 5 Live or Sports Extra last week.

One thing that really annoys me about Championship commentaries on 5 Live is the references to the Premier League. They promoted the midweek games but then wanted to do a bit of analysis of them. Why don't they tell us what we want to know when we tune in for a commentary... what's happening on the pitch.

This happens on Premiership commentaries too. One notable example a few seasons ago was Sheffield United's match against Chelsea. Radio Sheffield had problems with their line so temporarily they broadcast the 5 Live commentary, where the team were going on about next week's Champions League.

I find a lot of 5 Live's commentaries very dull listening.
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Old 13-12-2009, 15:19
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Sunday 13th December - BBC Radio Five Live

Colin Murray presenting Five Live Sport

Premier League
Liverpool v Arsenal - John Murray, Alan Green and Jan Molby (commentary), with John Southall as roving reporter

Championship
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City - Alistair Bruce-Ball, Darren Fletcher and Craig Hignett (commentary)
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Old 13-12-2009, 16:11
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Liverpool v Arsenal

IRN Paul Anthony
Premier League Radio Dave Farrar and Efan Ekoku (commentary)
BBC London 94.9 Mark Taylor
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Old 13-12-2009, 18:22
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Liverpool v Arsenal

IRN Paul Anthony
Premier League Radio Dave Farrar and Efan Ekoku (commentary)
BBC London 94.9 Mark Taylor

and locally up here...

BBC Merseyside: Mike Hughes & Jimmy Case
Radio City 96.7: Steve Hothersall & John Aldridge

Venomous post match phone in on Radio City despite both Steve & John being positive about todays match. Could be interesting if Wigan can get a result at Anfield on Wednesday.
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Old 13-12-2009, 23:10
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Rob Phillips presenting Radio Wales Sport from Llandaff

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City - Ian Gwyn Hughes and Kevin Ratcliffe (FM and digital TV commentary)
According to the Middlesbrough Match programme, Andy Campbell was supposed to be a Match sumariser.

I guess you didn't hear him when you tuned in?

BBC Tees - Alistair Brownlee and Gary Gill. Mary Drury as pitchside reporter (and who's interview with Gordon Strachan afterwards also went out on 5 Live).

Real Radio North East - Studio Updates

Colin Murray presenting Five Live Sport

Premier League
Liverpool v Arsenal - John Murray, Alan Green and Jan Molby (commentary), with John Southall as roving reporter

Championship
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City - Alistair Bruce-Ball, Darren Fletcher and Craig Hignett (commentary)
Harlequins V Sale (Heineken Cup RU) - Nick Mullins
UK Championship Snooker Final, Telford - Phillip Studd
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Old 14-12-2009, 12:26
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According to the Middlesbrough Match programme, Andy Campbell was supposed to be a Match sumariser.

I guess you didn't hear him when you tuned in?
I listened to a bit of Radio Wales' AM output online yesterday, which was the Biarritz-Dragons game in the Heineken Cup, and at half-time in that studio host Rob Phillips crossed to about five minutes of the Cardiff City game where IGH and Kevin Ratcliffe were announced as (and definitely were) the commentary team.

There's a chance Andy Campbell may have been a guest pundit as part of a separate presenting team on the FM coverage, although with the football and rugby taking place around the same time but with different kick-offs, it would make sense that Rob was doing the links on both the FM and AM output.

Liverpool v Arsenal

IRN Paul Anthony
Premier League Radio Dave Farrar and Efan Ekoku (commentary)
BBC London 94.9 Mark Taylor
Ian (or anyone else who knows), what's the current situation when it comes to the radio football coverage in London these days? Are BBC London the only player left in the market since Capital, Smooth and talkSPORT all pulled out of their regional commentaries?

I find it quite surprising that it doesn't appear a London station did commentary on Liverpool v Arsenal yesterday. Do any ILR station(s) in the capital hold commentary rights to Arsenal instead of BBC London?

Also, will anybody be doing commentary on FC Basel v Fulham on Wednesday? With the game being on ESPN I'd be keen to listen - ideally BBC London will be there, and their commentary could be put on Sports Extra between the end of the cricket and the evening Premier League game.

A request - I'm going to be outside of the Midlands for most of this coming week, so in my absence would somebody be able to post the details of the BBC WM and the Orion Media (that's BRMB, Beacon and Gold) stations' commentaries?

The relevant games will be West Brom v QPR (commentary on Beacon and Gold 1152AM, reports only on BBC WM) tomorrow night; and then on Tuesday it's Birmingham v Blackburn (commentary on Gold 1152AM and WM on DAB in Birmingham), Manchester United v Wolves (Beacon and WM on DAB in Wolverhampton) and Sunderland v Aston Villa (BRMB and WM on FM).

If someone could fill in for me it would be very much appreciated.
Bump! Any takers?

I'll *probably* be OK to get the WM details via the IPlayer, although if someone could listen in for the Orion details it would be very helpful (for the Tuesday games, the best point to listen is from just after 7pm - as on all three stations Tom Ross goes around the grounds to get the team news and speak to the summarisers once he's finished his opening link).
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Old 14-12-2009, 16:49
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Ian (or anyone else who knows), what's the current situation when it comes to the radio football coverage in London these days? Are BBC London the only player left in the market since Capital, Smooth and talkSPORT all pulled out of their regional commentaries?
I don't think Arsenal commentaries have been aired on Radio in London since Capital dropped coverage? Or did they air on Talksport for a bit after? Not my region so I don't know but I think BBC London are the sole broadcaster but only cover Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham plus some non Premier League sides.

I've not noticed them doing any Fulham Premier League games (apart from those against the 3 mentioned above) but they are doing Basle v Fulham which will be available online via the link @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/7870424.stm

Whilst on the subject why are BBC London allowed to broadcast all their commentaries online but every other BBC station doesn't have that privelege?
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Old 14-12-2009, 20:21
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I don't think Arsenal commentaries have been aired on Radio in London since Capital dropped coverage? Or did they air on Talksport for a bit after? Not my region so I don't know but I think BBC London are the sole broadcaster but only cover Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham plus some non Premier League sides.
Talksport covered Arsenal in their regional opt-out for a couple of years, but since that ended no station has covered Arsenal.

London must be strange in that no commercial station covers football live.
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Old 15-12-2009, 19:44
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Tuesday 15th December 2009

Key 103 FM
Man Utd v Wolves: Hugh Ferris & Mickey Thomas

BBC Manchester - Host: Ian Cheeseman from Moss Rose, Macclesfield
Bolton v West Ham: Jack Dearden & Alan Gowling (Commentary)
Man Utd v Wolves: Steve Wyeth (Updates)
Stockport v Torquay (FA Cup): Ian Cheeseman (Updates)*

*Match being played at Macclesfield Town FC.

BBC Lancashire - Host: Gary Hickson
Birmingham v Blackburn: Andy Bayes & Kevin Gallacher (Commentary on all freqs except 855AM)
Leeds v Accrington (JP Trophy): Scott Reid & Robert Heys (855AM Commentary)
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Old 15-12-2009, 19:48
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BBC Radio Scotland, 15/12/09

Dundee Utd v Rangers - David Begg, Billy Dodds and Andy Webster (810MW commentary), with Chick Young pitchside
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Old 15-12-2009, 20:04
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BBC Radio Leeds
studio: Nick Hatton

Carlisle United verses Bradford City (103.9 FM, AM and DAB)
commentator: Derm Tanner
summariser: Mike Harrison

(92.4, 95.3 and 102.7 FM)
Leeds United verses Accrington Stanley
coverage: Adam Pope and Kyle Harrison
Halifax Town verses Wakefield
reporter: Dave Fletcher


Yorkshire Radio (DAB) and Minster FM
Leeds United verses Accrington Stanley
host: Michael Weadock
commentator: Thom Kirwin
summariser: Eddie Gray


The Pulse
Carlisle United verses Bradford City
commentator: Tim Thornton
Summariser: ?


BBC Radio York
host: Barry Parker

York City verses Hinckley United
commentator: Al Ross
summariser:Chris Jones
Harrogate Town verses Gateshead
reporter: Rob Wilson
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