Great work on gathering up all of those international radio details Ian, particularly the Radio 2000 cricket commentary team. Whenever I have listened to their coverage before I have never managed to take note of their entire team, given the large number of commentators they use and how they rarely properly namecheck each other. Good effort!
Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly:
“PDC World Darts Championship Quarter Finals, London
IRN via BFBS Radio - Dan Dawson”
I hope you don't mind me being pedantic Ian (I'm sure you won't take offence to this, given that you have encouraged other people on here to never apologise for being a pedant in the past), but rather than IRN, Dan was reporting on behalf of the
DLI Radio Sport agency for a wide variety of radio stations. He was also at the tournament conducting post-match interviews for the
official PDC YouTube channel.
I know we all tend to group syndicated sports reports that are heard on numerous stations across the nation into the IRN bracket, but that isn't strictly correct as these updates are in turn being supplied to them via these agencies:
World Sports Communications - Premier League football, FA Cup and select England internationals (although judging by reporter choice Sky News Radio have a hand in these) and England home cricket internationals.
Talking Rugby - rugby union: Six Nations, Autumn Internationals, England's summer tours, Heineken Cup, Amlin Challenge Cup, Aviva Premiership and the LV= Cup; occasional rugby league updates.
DLI Radio Sport - various LTA tennis events including Wimbledon plus the other Grand Slams, PDC darts and World Snooker tournaments including both World Championships, PGA Tour golf events, major horse racing meetings including The Grand National and The Derby, Badminton England events, various squash tournaments and The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.