Malmö FF v Swansea City (UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 2 leg)

BBC Radio Wales - Steffan Garerro (studio host) Rob Phillips and Ian Walsh (FM / Digital TV/Radio)
BBC Radio Cymru - Owain Llyr (also host) and Iwan Roberts (Online only)
Swansea Sound - No commentary

Thursday 8th August - talkSPORT

Nat Coombs presenting Kick Off alongside Michael Calvin from The Independent on Sunday

UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round Second Leg
Malmo v Swansea City - Dom McGuinness

Golf: US PGA Championship 2013
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York - Bob Bubka

talkSPORT carried updates on this morning's (BST) Chelsea v Real Madrid friendly, the final of the International Champions Cup, from Miami, Florida from their US correspondent John Kreger during Extra Time with Mike Graham and Toby Gilles. John was also on-site for them at the Everton v Valencia game from Miami on Wednesday morning and the Chelsea v Internazionale match in Indianapolis last Thursday morning, both from the same tournament.


Thanks very much for posting the details of talkSPORT's new weekend schedule 4-4-2. The headlines are that Georgie Bingham and Mark Saggers have swapped roles at weekends, with Saggers taking over Sunday Exclusive and Bingham moving to both morning's Weekend Sports Breakfast shows with Micky Quinn, and that Danny Kelly will be presenting the new Season Ticket show between the WSB and the live football coverage, this being in addition to Thursday night Kick Off and My Sporting Life which are to continue into the new season. I've posted my thoughts on the schedule changes in the talkSPORT Chat thread if anyone cares to read them.

As for the Sunday 8-10pm slot, I expect the final edition of Howzat to go out on Sunday 25th August (the final day of the Fifth and final Ashes Test match), with Full Contact returning on Sunday 1st September (a week before the start of the new Premiership and Pro12 seasons).

In other news, I notice that talkSPORT has revamped their websites and have merged the old talkSPORT.co.uk into talkSPORT.com, which previously had been the web address for their international service talkSPORT Live. I imagine that part of their intention behind doing this is to encourage web-based listeners to their international service from outside of the EEC to listen to the main UK station online as well.

BBC Radio Scotland, 8/8/13

Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound from McDiarmid Park on 810MW.

Kuban Krasnodar v Motherwell (6pm) - John Barnes and Stevie Kirk (commentary)
St Johnstone v Minsk (7.45pm) - Rob Maclean, Billy Dodds and Roddy Grant (commentary) with Jim Spence pitchside

talkSPORT's Premier League rights deal extends to Europe: http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/08/talk...source=twitter

The deal means they can now broadcast all Premier League matches to the entire world (apart from UK and Ireland).

Interesting news and a sensible decision on the part of all parties involved really. The Premier League only sells live audio commentary rights to the UK and the Republic of Ireland (although I know the World Service extends some of 5 Live's commentaries worldwide, but the BBC's deal is primarily for Britain) so I never really saw the need to block the talkSPORT Live service to the parts of continental Europe that are in the EEA in the first place. I'm glad it's reach has been extended.

I do wonder if this extension indicates that talkSPORT might be on the verge of signing an agreement with a station(s) in Europe in order for them to carry their service as they done have with a number of broadcasters outside of Europe. In the days of the Premier League Radio service in the late 2000s, as well as Newstalk in Ireland I believe a Scandinavian radio station (one from Sweden I think) carried their English language weekend commentaries during the few seasons when that was going. I wonder if they'd be an appetite for this sort of service in Scandinavia today.

I also note that this press release mentions that talkSPORT have recently done deals with broadcasters in China, Singapore and Vietnam on top of their deal with Dial Global in the USA as mentioned on here last week. So going into the Community Shield this weekend, talkSPORT Live's international partners are as follows:

Australia - SBS Radio (English and Mandarin)
Canada - Bell Media's TSN Radio and TEAM Radio stations (English)
China - Adrep China (Mandarin)
Ghana - Citi FM (English)
Malaysia - Mix FM (English); Sinar FM (Bahasa Malay)
New Zealand - Radio Sport (English)
Nigeria - Brila FM (English)
Singapore - Red Card Sports Radio (English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malay)
United States - Sirius XM FC (English); Dial Global (English and Spanish)
Vietnam - Voice of Vietnam (English and Mandarin?)

Friday 9th August - talkSPORT

Nat Coombs presenting Kick Off alongside Iain Macintosh

Rio Ferdinand Testimonial
Manchester United v Sevilla - Dom McGuinness

Cricket: Fourth Ashes Test Match
England v Australia - Jack Bannister, with Jon Norman conducting interviews from the Durham ICG

Rugby Union: Premiership Rugby 7s Series
The Recreation Ground, Bath - Simon Ward

Rugby League: Super League
Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants - Mark Wilson

Golf: US PGA Championship 2013
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York - Bob Bubka

talkSPORT's trailers for their coverage of next week's England v Scotland international friendly state that Craig Brown will be involved in their coverage along with Mark Saggers and Stan Collymore. Brown is/was a mainstay of Radio 5 Live's football coverage and this will be the first time as far as I can remember that he will be on talkSPORT.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Championship
Blackburn v Nottingham Forest - Ian Brown
Blackpool v Barnsley - Gary Flintoff
Bolton v Reading - Dave Woods and Jimmy Armfield
Brighton v Derby - Alistair Bruce Ball
Charlton v Middlesbrough - Rob Nothman
Huddersfield v QPR - Alistair Yeomans
Ipswich v Millwall - Steve May
Sheffield Wed v Burnley - Seth Bennett
Watford v Bournemouth - Tony Husband
Yeovil v Birmingham - Andy Gillies

League One
Wolves v Gillingham - Jacqui Oatley

Scottish Premiership
Ross County v Partick Thistle - Roddy Forysth

Saturday 10th August - BBC WM

Paul Franks presenting WM Sport from Huish Park

Championship
Yeovil Town v Birmingham City - Mark Regan and Paul Franks (95.6FM commentary)

League One
Oldham Athletic v Walsall - Tom Marlow
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Gillingham - Mike Taylor (DAB in Wolverhampton commentary), with Richie Anderson talking to the Wolves fans outside Molineux

Friendlies
Aston Villa v Malaga - Andrew Dawkins
West Bromwich Albion v Bologna - Rob Gurney

Forgot to mention in my post detailing WM's coverage last Saturday that Richie Anderson was with the Blues fans outside St Andrew's ahead of Birmingham City v Watford.

BBC Radio Lancashire - Saturday 10th August 2013.

Phil Cunliffe presenting Radio Lancashire Sport from Ewood Park.

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth - Dan Jewell (Updates at 12:15pm).
Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest - Phil Cunliffe (also host) (Updates on 95.5FM)
Blackpool v Barnsley - Ian Chisnall (Updates on 103.9 FM)
Morecambe v Torquay United - Derek Quinn (Updates on 103.9FM)
Plymouth Argyle v Fleetwood Town - Nigel Worhan (Updates on 103.9 FM)
Rotherham United v Preston North End - Andy Bayes and Allan Smart (Commentary at 3pm on 103.9FM)
Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley - Scott Reid and David Eyres (Commentary at 3pm on 95.5FM)

Saturday 10th August - talkSPORT

Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from the Reebok Stadium with Michael Gray at Ewood Park and Adam Virgo at Huish Park, followed by Call Collymore with Jason Cundy

Championship
Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest - Dom McGuinness and Michael Gray
Blackpool v Barnsley - Dave Rowe
Bolton Wanderers v Reading - Simon Humphreys and Adrian Durham
Brighton & Hove Albion v Derby County - Ian Williams
Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough - Alex Crook
Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers - Graham Courtney
Ipswich Town v Millwall - Grahame Lloyd
Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley - Naz Premji
Watford v AFC Bournemouth - Geoff Peters
Yeovil Town v Birmingham City - Ian Abrahams and Adam Virgo

League One
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Gillingham - Nigel Pearson

Cricket: Fourth Ashes Test Match
England v Australia - Jack Bannister, with Jon Norman conducting interviews from the Durham ICG

Golf: US PGA Championship 2013
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York - Bob Bubka

Athletics: IAAF World Championships 2013
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow - Toby Gilles and Mike Bovill (also their morning/afternoon sports newsreaders)

This is the first time I can remember hearing Ian Williams reporting on a football match for talkSPORT. He did report on a few rugby union matches for Matchday Live through the Talking Rugby agency last season though.

Don't know many of the co-commentators

BBC London 94.9
Charlton v Middlesbrough Emma Jones
Huddersfield v QPR Nick Godwin (also host) and Bradley Allen (FM commentary) with Mark Taylor
Ipswich v Millwall Andy Rowley and Clive Walker (DAB commentary)
Watford v Bournemouth Karl Bates
Brentford v Sheffield United Billy Reeves
Leyton Orient v Shrewsbury Dave Victor
AFC Wimbledon v Wycombe Alan Seabrook
Dagenham and Redbridge v Yok City Stewart Smith

BBC Three Counties Radio
Host Luke Ashmead
Watford v Bournemouth Jon Marks (commentary on 90.4, 92.1, 98.0 and 103.8FM)
MK Dons v Crewe Paul Dixon (104.5FM commentary)
Swindon v Stevenage Steve Watkins (95.5FM commentary)
AFC Wimbledon v Wycombe Phil Catchpole
Southport v Luton Simon Oxley and Gary Brabin (AM commentary)

BBC Essex
Host Glenn Speller at Colchester
Colchester v Port Vale Neil Kelly and David Gregory (AM commentary)
Hartlepool v Southend Nick Alliker and Paul Clark (FM commentary)
Hereford v Braintree Simon Campbell-Williams (by phone)
Thurrock v Sudbury Mark Babbage

BBC Surrey/Sussex
Brighton v Derby Jonny Cantor (also host) (Sussex commentary)
Tranmere v Crawley John Barnett (Surrey commentary)
Grimsby v Aldershot Gavin Dennison
Woking v Lincoln Jon Howick

BBC Radio Solent
Accrington v Portsmouth Andrew Moon (commentary)
Watford v Bournemouth Kris Temple (commentary)

BBC Radio Devon
Plymouth v Fleetwood Gordon Sparks and Steve ? (local commentary)
Morecambe v Torquay Julian Gaunt and Dave Thomas (1458AM commentary)
Mansfield v Exeter Ian Randall and Steven James (of the Western Morning News) (countywide commentary)

BBC Radio Suffolk
Ipswich v Millwall Benner Woolley and Mick Mills (commentary)

BBC Radio Kent
Gillingham @ Wolves Martin ? and Peter Lloyd (commentary)
Dartford v Alfreton Ben Croucher

Radio Clyde 1 Superscoreboard
Host Jim Delahunt with Fraser Wishart, Hugh keevins and Gordon Daziel
Rangers v Brechin Alison Robbie and Roger Hannah
Dundee United v Inverness CT Ian McCall
Ross County v Partick Thistle Gus McPherson

Central FM
Dundee United v Inverness CT Peter Martin and Alan Rough (commentary) with Michelle Gray
Ross County v Partick Thistle Gordon Duncan
Dumbarton v Falkirk Des McKeown
Alloa v Livingstone Lyndsey Herron

Confrirmation that Matt Cole is commentating at Wolverhampton for BBC Radio Kent.

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BBC Radio Wales

Vincent Tan's Dragons v Athletic Bilbao - John Hardy
Northampton Town v Newport County - Mark Poyser and Andy Legg (SE FM)
Wrexham v Welling Town - Simon Davies (hosting) Rob Phillips and Mickey Thomas (North FM / Online)
England v Australia (4th Ashes Test, Chester-Le-Street) - Jamie Broughton

No-one reporting for Radio Cymru, as it was the final day of the National Eisteddfod

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Geoff Twentyman (studio host)

Yeovil Town v Birmingham City - Richard Hoskin and Chris Spittles (95.5FM)
Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe United - Ed Hadwin and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 104.6FM / 1548MW / 1566MW / DAB)

BFBS Radio

England v Australia (4th Ashes Test, Chester-le-Street) - Guy Swindells

BBC Radio Manchester

Bolton Wanderers v Reading - Jack Dearden and Simon Charlton - commentary

Oldham Athletic v Walsall - Nathan Middleton - reports

Burton Albion v Rochdale - Ian Cheeseman - reports

Oxford United v Bury - Graham Miller - reports

BBC Radio Leeds and official Huddersfield Town website
host: Gareth Jones at the John Smith's Stadium
Warrington Wolves versus Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (AM and online)*
commentator: Phil Kinsella
summariser: Dave Woods

(FM, DAB and official Huddersfield Town website)
Huddersfield Town versus Queens Park Rangers
commentator: Paul Ogden*
summariser: Kieran O'Regan
Dave Fletcher reported on Bradford City


The Pulse and official Bradford City website
Bradford City versus Carlisle United
host and commentator: Tim Thornton
summariser: Ian Ormondroyd


BBC Radio York
host: Sharon Shortle
Dagenham and Redbridge versus York City
commentator: Barry Parker
summariser: Chris Jones


BBC Radio Humberside
host: Matt Dean at the Grimsby Town match
Bristol Rovers versus Scunthorpe United (FM)
commentator: Mike White
summariser: George Kerr
Hull City versus Real Betis (AM)
commentator: David Burns*
summariser: Dean Windass
Grimsby Town versus Aldershot Town (DAB and online)
commentator: John Tondeur
summariser: Alan Buckley


BBC Radio Sheffield
host: Paul Walker
Blackpool versus Barnsley (AM and DAB)
commentator: Adam Oxley

(FM)
Brentford versus Sheffield United
commentator: Paul Walker
summariser: Keith Edwards
Rob Staton reported on Sheffield Wednesday, Jonathan Buchan reported on Rotherham United*** and Paul Fisher reported on Chesterfield.

*The line went down but was quickly restored during the first half. The Huddersfield Town match was broadcast on AM while the line was down.
**David Burns commentated over Hull City's PA system on a legends match earlier in the day that was not broadcast on Radio Humberside.
***Formerly of Yorkshire Radio.

BBC Radio Scotland, 10/8/13

Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound on all frequencies, with Billy Dodds and Tom English.

Scottish Premiership Commentary (810MW)

Dundee Utd v Inverness CT - Liam McLeod and Willie Miller

Open All Mics (92-95FM & 103.5-105FM)

Dundee Utd v Inverness CT - Jim Spence
Ross County v Partick Thistle - John Robertson
Alloa Athletic v Livingston - Brian McLaughlin (via phone)
Dumbarton v Falkirk - Peter Houston
Morton v Cowdenbeath - Chick Young
Queen of the South v Dundee - Derek Ferguson
Raith Rovers v Hamilton Accies - Allan Preston
The Rangers v Brechin City (12.45) - Rob Maclean

Sportsound Extra

Kenny McIntyre presenting with Graham Spiers, Peter Houston and Keith Jackson.

BBC Radio Manchester - Sunday

Charity Shield - Manchester United v Wigan Athletic - Jack Dearden, Mike Phelan and Ray Matthias with Ian Cheeseman as touchline reporter

Saturday 10th August - Free Radio 80s

Tom Ross presented The Goalzone from Huish Park

Championship
Yeovil Town v Birmingham City - Tom Ross and Kevan Broadhurst (commentary on 1152AM and DAB in Birmingham)

League One
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Gillingham - Chris Coles and Jody Craddock (commentary on 990AM, 1017AM and DAB in the Black Country and Shropshire)

Friendlies
Aston Villa v Malaga - Pat Heard
West Bromwich Albion v Bologna - Tony Brown

Sunday 11th August - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Matchday Live from Wembley Stadium alongside Ray Parlour, followed by Call Matterface from Wembley Stadium

FA Community Shield
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic - Sam Matterface and Ray Parlour (2pm commentary), with Ian Abrahams at pitchside and Carl Ralley producing

Championship
Leicester City v Leeds United - Geoff Peters

Cricket: Fourth Ashes Test Match
England v Australia - Jack Bannister, with Jon Norman conducting interviews from the Durham ICG

Golf: US PGA Championship 2013
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York - Bob Bubka (who will be co-hosting a USA PGA Championship Review show with Rupert Bell between 10pm-midnight tonight)

Athletics: IAAF World Championships 2013
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow - Toby Gilles and Phil Blacker (also their morning/afternoon sports newsreaders)


talkSPORT Live

FA Community Shield
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic - Tom Rennie and Matt Lawrence (2pm commentary)

It's John Murray and Kevin Kilbane at Wembley for 5Live

John will be with Alistair Bruce-Ball for England/Scotland. ABB's first England game I think.

ABB is certainly one commentator who will benefit from Darren Fletcher's departure.

Conor McNamara is at USPGA so we might not hear him for a couple of weeks (they do tend to get time off after golf commentaries)

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
from 11:30 AM until 2:30 PM
Cambridge United versus Halifax Town
host: Sam Edwards at the match
commentator: Matt Johnson
summariser: Doug Shulman
reporter: Jack Ash


BBC Radio Leeds FM
from 3:50 PM
Leicester City versus Leeds United
host and commentator: Adam Pope
summariser: Ben Parker
Gareth Jones read listener contributions.

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Coventry City (Northampton regiment) v Bristol City - Ed Hadwin (studio host) Andy Howard and Adam Baker (94.9FM / 95.5FM)

During commentary Andy mentioned they had to install another gantry due to the media interest in the match, so, I wonder whether Radio Northampton had anyone there?

(England v Australia (4th Ashes test, Chester-le-Street) - Jamie Broughton)

Gloucestershire V Somerset in the YB40 Cricket was on 1548MW / 1566MW with Bob Hunt and Steve Snell, and joined the football commentary whilst Bristol City were 3-1 down during the interval.

Got to say, I enjoyed that game!

Corrected.

Radio Leeds didn't have a reporter at the Halifax Town match today. West Yorkshire Sport Daily will be broadcast live from the club's first home match of the season.

This season, I am compiling statistics for Radio Leeds and Radio Humberside. Two aspects of coverage that the statistics will cover will be FM commentaries and which team's matches presenters of the sports programmes attend. Hosts and Leeds United summarisers on Radio Leeds are also included in the stats. Tuesday Nights will be a bit difficult due to me attending a course that will last a few months.

BBC Radio Scotland, 11/8/13

Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound from Fir Park on 810MW.

Hearts v Hibs (12.05) - Rob Maclean, John Robertson and Craig Paterson (commentary) with Brian McLaughlin pitchside
Motherwell v Aberdeen - Paul Mitchell, Billy Dodds and Jim Goodwin (commentary) with Chick Young pitchside
Kilmarnock v St Johnstone - Charlie Mann