World Championship Boxing - Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg

BBC Radio 5Live

Presented by Will Perry
Ringside commentary from Mike Costello, Richie Woodhall and Tony Bellew.

BBC Radio Ulster

Presented by Mark Sidebottom and Neil Sinclair in the studio
Ringside commentary from Jim Neilly and Dave 'Boy' McAuley
Reporter Thomas Kane

Thanks for posting these details 4-4-2. I've amended your post slightly to note the times, dates and matchrounds each of the games will take place in.

All of the Thursday games will also be shown live on Sky Sports, but the Monday and Friday fixtures are not televised. March 28 is Easter Monday, so there is no Thursday game between then and the next matchround starting on the Friday, which explains the deviation from their usual timeslot.

talkSPORT 2's matchround 14 pick hasn't been announced yet, but you'd imagine it will be Leeds v Castleford in the Thursday (12th May) night TV timeslot. Round 15 is Magic Weekend, where all six games will be staged at St James' Park in individual timeslots across Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd May for live television. I can't imagine talkSPORT 2 broadcasting commentary on every game, so it'll be interesting to see which matches they pick. It's Aviva Premiership rugby union semi-final weekend so they'll have to fit coverage around those two games which will be live. On their Aviva Premiership coverage, I imagine they'll broadcast additional Super League matches - perhaps on Friday nights, which would be 7th and 21st April - during European Rugby Champions Cup weekends.

Salford are the only team that don't feature in the list. It is interesting that they aren't doing televised Friday matches. Thiss means rugby league fans will have a choice of matches nationally, with televised matches being on 5 Live Sports Extra.

I'm not surprised about the lack of weekend matches. This weekend, there is only one Super League match. Radio Yorkshire regularly covers a Championship match on Sundays.

Friday night often has a Premiership Rugby Union game on so TS2 could be keeping Friday evenings clear for that. maybe later in the Super League season once the Premiership has finished, Friday evening Super League commentaries may appear on the schedule?

I'm not sure about that, because there will probably be T20 cricket on a Friday.

That's my thinking too. I'm expecting talkSPORT 2 to broadcast Friday night, Saturday post-3pm and some Sunday fixtures from the Aviva Premiership during league matchrounds.

last time I looked, there isn't much premiership rugby union played in the summer! plus, we don't know if TS2 have any T20 cricket, apart from the World T20 apparently which is coming up in the next few weeks but all matches there will be done and dusted in plenty of time for any rugby.

Sorry, what I meant is that I wasn't sure that rugby league would take the slot once the rugby union season had ended.

I briefly checked out 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage of the track cycling, only to find they weren't covering the race that was being shown live on the television. Instead they were basically having a chat.

oh yes I see, sorry! still not sure if they'll be picking up domestic t20 cricket... although I hope they do as it would be a good fit for the station.
anoys me when 5LSX do things like that-- I'm guessing there weren't any British bikes involved?

NRL: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (Brookvale Oval)
ABC Grandstand Andrew Moore, Matthew James and James Craig Gower (commentary)
2GB, Sydney Daniel Brohman, David Morrow and Mark Riddell (commentary, also taken by Radio Sport New Zealand)

Richard Shaw-Wright was reporting on St Helens versus Castleford Tigers for both Radio Yorkshire and TalkSport tonight.


Hull Kingston Radio could not provide commentary on Hull Kingston Rovers at Widnes tonight. If that is due to lack of commentary spaces, given Radio Humberside had two other matches to cover, shouldn't Hull Kingston Radio get priority?

Doesn't really work like that. I guess the only available broadcast points were BBC ones.

BBC Radio Manchester
R/L: Leigh v Sheffield Phil Kinsella and Alan Hunt (commentary)
R/L: Rochdale v Hunslet Jack Dearden (host)

BBC Radio Leeds
Host James Deighton
R/L: Wakefield v Catalan Terry Crook (commentary)
R/L: Batley v Workington Andrew Steele
R/L: Featherstone v Dewsbury Tim Steer
R/L: Rochdale v Hunslet Dave Fletcher

RTE Radio One
Gaelic Sports: Allianz Football League and Allianz Hurling League
AFL Div 1: Roscommon v Down (Pearse Park, Longford) Adrian Eames
AFL Div 1: Monaghan v Mayo (Clones) John Kenny
AFL Div 1: Kerry v Donegal (Austin Stack Park, Tralee) Brian Carthy
AFL Div 2: Fermanagh v Laois (Brewster Park, Enniskillen) Paddy Hunter
AFL Div 2: Galway v Meath (Pearse Stadium, Salthill) John Fallon
AFL Div 3: Kildare v Limerick (Newbridge) Des Cahill
AFL Div 3: Clare v Westmeath (Cusack Park, Ennis) Damian Lawler
AHL Div 1A: Kilkenny v Galway (Nowlan Park, Kilkenny) Martin Kiley
AHL Div 1A: Tipperary v Waterford (Semple Stadium, Thurles) Padraig Lodge
AHL Div 1B: Offaly v Limerick (O'Connor Park, Tullamore) Damian O;Mara

I don't have the exact time as to when the interview aired at, but Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld was a studio guest on talkSPORT's Hawksbee & Jacobs between 1-4pm today (Tuesday 8th March).

talkSPORT.com has finally uploaded the talkSPORT 2 schedule for its first ten days on-air. It is as follows...

Tuesday 15th March

10:00 Cheltenham Festival Late Breakfast - with Ian Danter
13:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - India v New Zealand commentary from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 Cheltenham Review
19:00 UEFA Champions League Live - Atletico Madrid v PSV Eindhoven commentary from 19:45
22:00 ATP Masters Series Tennis Live - commentary from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Wednesday 16th March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 UEFA Champions League review
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - Pakistan v TBA from 09:30 and West Indies v England from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 Cheltenham Review
19:00 UEFA Champions League Live - Bayern Munich v Juventus commentary from 19:45
22:00 ATP Masters Series Tennis Live - commentary from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Thursday 17th March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 UEFA Champions League review
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 Press Pass Access All Areas - with Ray Stubbs
11:00 Robbie Hunter-Paul
12:00 European Football Show
13:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - Sri Lanka v TBA commentary from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 Cheltenham Review
19:00 Super League Live - Wigan v Widnes commentary from 20:00
22:00 ATP Masters Series Tennis Live - commentary from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Friday 18th March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 Super League review
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - Australia v New Zealand from 09:30 and England v South Africa from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 Cheltenham Review
19:00 Aviva Premiership Live - Bath v Newcastle Falcons commentary from 19:45
22:00 ATP Masters Series Tennis Live - commentary from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Saturday 19th March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 Premier League Preview
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
08:00 The Racing Club
09:00 La Liga preview
10:00 Up The League - with Geoff Peters
11:00 Talking 2...
12:00 Matchday Live 2 - "with Aviva Premiership and live cricket commentary of India v Pakistan from 14:00 with Ian Danter"
17:00 Matchday Live Football Phone-in - with Adrian Durham
19:00 La Liga Live - Deportivo La Coruna v Levante commentary from 19:30
22:00 ATP Masters Series Tennis Live - commentary from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Sunday 20th March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 La Liga review
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
08:00 The Season Ticket - with Danny Kelly
09:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - South Africa v TBA from 09:30 and Sri Lanka v West Indies from 14:00
17:00 La Liga Live - Valencia v Celta Vigo from 17:15 and Real Madrid v Sevilla from 19:30
22:00 ATP Masters Series Tennis Final - commentary from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Monday 21st March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 The Grill Room - with Bob Bubka
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 Danny Kelly's Eurozone
10:00 Super League review
11:00 Full Contact Monday Club - with Tom Macleod
13:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - Australia v TBA commentary from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 Press Pass Access All Areas - with Ray Stubbs
20:00 FL72 Review
21:00 talkSPORT Today
22:00 Fight Club
23:00 NBA Shotclock - with Andy Brassell and Max Whittle

Tuesday 22nd March

00:00 NBA Live - commentary
04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 Cycling Week
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 Talking 2...
10:00 Press Pass Access All Areas - with Ray Stubbs
11:00 Fight Club
12:00 NBA Shotclock - with Andy Brassell and Max Whittle
13:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - New Zealand v Pakistan commentary from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 All American Sports Show - with Nat Coombs and Andy Brassell
20:00 Odd Couple Golf Show - with Rupert Bell and Bob Bubka
21:00 Full Contact
22:00 talkSPORT Today
23:00 Tennis Week

Wednesday 23rd March

00:00 NBA Live - commentary
04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 Odd Couple Golf Show - with Rupert Bell and Bob Bubka
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 ICC World Twenty20 Live - England v TBA from 09:30 and India v TBA from 14:00
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 Robbie Hunter-Paul
19:00 WGC Match Play Golf & NBA Live - "Live golf commentary from day 1 of the WGC-Dell Match Play from the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. Plus live basketball commentary from the NBA"

Thursday 24th March

04:00 ICC World Twenty20 review
05:00 Tennis Week
06:00 Sportsday (listed in hourly chunks)
09:00 WGC Match Play Golf Day 1 Review
10:00 Talking 2...
11:00 Robbie Hunter-Paul
12:00 All American Sports Show - with Nat Coombs and Andy Brassell
13:00 Cricket Week - with Jon Norman and Jarrod Kimber
15:00 Press Pass Access All Areas - with Ray Stubbs
17:00 talkSPORT Today
18:00 European Football Show
19:00 Super League Live - Castleford v Wakefield commentary from 20:00
22:00 WGC Match Play Golf & NBA Live - "Live golf commentary from day 2 of the WGC-Dell Match Play from the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. Plus live basketball commentary from the NBA"

So there you go. The one big surprise for me is that there doesn't look like there will be much if any live commentary from the Cheltenham Festival - I guess Hawksbee & Jacobs on the main talkSPORT station will do the bulk of that. There's lots of magazine shows from a variety of sports, which look like they'll get repeated at least once during the week. And plenty of live commentaries too, with it looking like a 24-hour station (as opposed to simulcasting The Two Mikes from talkSPORT overnight) with packages rounding up their commentaries between 4-6am and during some of the morning hours. It'll be interesting to see if their ICC World Twenty20, ATP tennis, US tour golf and NBA commentaries will be imported from international radio stations or services, perhaps through the main station's tie-in with the TuneIn radio app.

Must say I'm really looking hearing the new station now. I can see myself listening to it more than the main talkSPORT! Anyone have any thoughts about what they are particularly looking forward to hearing?

Thanks for the information Mr Difference.

Am I right in thinking that lot of the commentaries are from other providers rather than talkSPORT mounting their over coverage? So is the World Twenty20 an official ICC commentary service?

It could be interesting for the tennis from Indian Wells, I thought that last few years 5Live had been the official radio station for the tournament? Perhaps Shaun could confirm

I actually added the following line to that post after you quoted it: "It'll be interesting to see if their ICC World Twenty20, ATP tennis, US tour golf and NBA commentaries will be imported from international radio stations or services, perhaps through the main station's tie-in with the TuneIn radio app."

I'm certainly expecting the NBA commentaries to be simulcasts of US radio coverage, which is something TuneIn has been majoring on over the past few months. I know IMG do an audio commentary service on major tennis events which I could see them taking, and I'm sure there's something similar in place for US PGA tour golf. Indeed the golf programme listed for the early hours of Monday morning - The Grill Room with Bob Bubka - is actually an existing programme that Bob presents, which is produced by Tournament Radio Broadcasting LLC and goes out in North America on Sirius XM radio and internationally on TuneIn.

I imagine their Champions League and La Liga football commentaries will be done in-house in the same way talkSPORT Live produce Premier League and Bundesliga commentaries, while any domestic football, Premiership rugby union and Super League rugby league commentaries will be done on-site by their own teams as has been the case on the main station in the past and as you would expect.

The ICC World Twenty20 coverage will be interesting - I know they did their own on-site commentaries when they had rights to the 2009 tournament played in England, plus off-tube commentary on the final of the 2010 event that England won. But I could see them simulcasting an international radio service at this event, given that I haven't heard the likes of Jon Norman talking about their involvement in the commentaries on-air or on Twitter.

Indeed I spotted this within a media release on the ICC website:


I could well see talkSPORT 2 carrying the aforementioned Cricket Radio service - which I imagine will be a relatively "clean" feed with little/no external advertising - perhaps with the likes of Andrew McKenna and Russell Hargreaves doing a bit of in-house continuity during breaks in play and if games end early or are affected by the weather.

I had presumed the NBA coverage would be a simulcast of ESPN Radio's coverage, opting out during breaks in play. However, if ESPN Radio's coverage is sstill as I'm surre it used to be, they only do commentaries on Thursdays and Sundays.

I will give their rugby league and cricket coverage a go. I know Mark Wilson is a good commentator. I've heard him a lot on Radio Yorkshire. I hope their approach to tennis differs from 5 Live Sports Extra, whose commentators don't always focus on the match and they have the effects down too low to hear the score. I like basketball so if I don't feel like going to sleep and I don't have to be up early, that is something I can listen to late at night.

Here's the NBA on ESPN Radio schedule page on the ESPN website: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=nbaonespnradio

While there are Sunday afternoon games listed for most Sundays - which would clash with their planned La Liga coverage - their midweek coverage is scheduled across lots of different timeslots, with games listed for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights this month. I'm fairly sure ESPN Radio are pencilling in NBA games around their national coverage of the NCAA college basketball tournament. I'm hoping we get a mix of ESPN Radio and local NBA commentaries on talkSPORT 2.

I spotted this interview with Wireless Group sales director Adam Mills on the Campaign website: http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/articl...revamp/1385752 He mentions that, on top of the sports we already know they'll be covering, "talkSPORT 2 aims to broadcast live" NFL and baseball. Now of course this could simply be a reference to discussion of those sports on The All American Sports Show with Nat Coombs and Andy Brassell, but it wouldn't surprise me if talkSPORT are looking to get rights to Major League Baseball and perhaps the National Football League. I know BBC 5 Live Sports Extra provided NFL coverage during 2015/16, but they do have form of stepping aside when commercial radio has expressed an interest in the rights, in that case Absolute Radio 90s a few years ago.

Indeed. I think this is the 4th year of the partnership that sees the BBC team acting as the official station. That agreement is the reason there's far more coverage of Indian Wells than any other ATP or WTA event. This year Russell Fuller, Phillip Studd, Gigi Salmon and Sara Orchard are there. Sports Extra coverage starts tonight.

http://www.bnpparibasopen.com/en/bnppo-live/radio

I really like the look of the schedule.

The Difference - Nat Coombs mentioned in a tweet that they had MLB rights.

That's brilliant, thanks for bringing this up. In that tweet, Nat mentions that Josh Chetwynd and David Lengel will be involved in their coverage, just like in the Channel 5 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra years. I guess the MLB coverage hasn't been highlighted just yet as we've about a month away from the start of the regular season.

Really looking forward to listening to MLB back on British radio - a fantastic way to cap off what looks like a really strong schedule to my eyes.

I've posted in (probably too much for some) detail on the Talksport 2 thread so I wont repeat it all here but just a couple of points.
Firstly, I think the schedule is looking really good-- I can't wait to be honest!
On the cricket, audio feed from the ICC, for the last t20 world cup 2 years ago, this was just a feed of the tv commentary so i hope if TS2 are taking the ICC feed this isn't what we'll get. I remember radio New Zealand took this international feed last time.

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Thanks for the info everyone. Sorry if this is the wrong thread but does anyone know if talkSPORT 2 and indeed Virgin Radio will be available on Freeview?


Thanks for the info Shaun. The only thing that seems odd to me is how they balance the coverage of the British players when they may not be the biggest matches at the time to the local audience?

It doesn't look like this will be the case for the time being sadly. If you're a TuneIn devotee like me though, good news as talkSPORT 2 is now available on there - http://tunein.com/radio/talkSPORT-2-s265443/

I have a bit of information about a couple of the magazine shows set to air on talkSPORT 2. A pilot Cheltenham Festival preview edition of The Racing Club, scheduled for Saturday mornings, has already recorded for talkSPORT.com: http://talksport.com/horse-racing/li...g-160309187837. Rory Jiwani, Luke Elder and Lee McKenzie are listed as that individual show's presenters, although Rory mentioned on Twitter that Lee was a guest. Rory and Luke are both former/current spokespeople for bookmaking firms.

The NBA Shot Clock show scheduled for Mondays is an existing podcast (Twitter) which is available on iTunes and SoundCloud. As for its two hosts, Andy Brassell will be familiar to viewers of BT Sport's European Football Show and to listeners to various talkSPORT shows and Radio 5 Live's World Football Phone-In, while Max Whittle is a US sports writer for The Guardian's website who I believe has worked as a producer on talkSPORT in the past.