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Anyone know when the new station is starting?
According to George Galloways twitter feed he has secured the return of the mother of all talk shows on a " new national station" He refuses to say which station. I assume its talkradio. |
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Was he on the old Talk Radio in the pre Talksport days ?
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Was he on the old Talk Radio in the pre Talksport days ?
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He was on Talksport for about six years before it went 24 hour sports.
But i'm very much looking forward to Talk Radio returning. |
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No official date yet but widely expected around about 1st March
I can't wait myself Talksport 2 will be the first to begin on D2 that has already been announced All the other digital 2 stations are supposed to be launching the same day There have been some D2 test transmissions But regular trade tests are due in about another week Don't know about George but wouldn't be too surprised if he rocked up on there Another name widely expected is Iain Lee who tweeted about starting a new broadcast job a few weeks ago and then deleted the tweet Don't know whereabouts you are but there's a list of transmitters carrying the services on the D2 thread Be aware not everywhere will be covered and even if you are your transmitter may not be switched on by launch day Hope that's of some help to you |
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Wonder if Tommy Boyd will be back on a daytime slot on there......
Personally, i hope so. |
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I'm looking forward to this, but I have pretty low expectations. Iain Lee is a superb broadcaster so his show will always be worth a listen but I'm not convinced that a DAB only station will have enough listeners/callers to make it all that good. I can see it being the same few callers time and time again, fine if they are interesting and have something to add but...
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but I'm not convinced that a DAB only station will have enough listeners/callers to make it all that good.
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According to radiotoday.co.uk : http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/01/date...f-talksport-2/
The first radio station to announce its launch date on the new national digital radio multiplex is talkSPORT 2. Test transmissions for the Sound Digital DAB platform have already started in various parts of the UK, and tests are expected to be fully operational by February 15th. talkSPORT 2 has timed its launch date to coincide with the opening day of The Cheltenham Festival, from the festival itself, on Tuesday 15th March 2016. The rest of the stations planned for the SDL National multiplex are expected to launch together to benefit from a national publicity campaign. In the original application, Sound Digital said all stations will launch at the same time with the exception of those proposed by UTV, which may take longer to prepare, or launch according to sporting schedules. |
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Wonder if Tommy Boyd will be back on a daytime slot on there......
Personally, i hope so. |
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Surprised TalkSport 2 isn't launching a day earlier to coincide with the anniversary of the launch as Talk Radio UK
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Surprised TalkSport 2 isn't launching a day earlier to coincide with the anniversary of the launch as Talk Radio UK
Possibly had there been anything to cover the day before they might have opened on the anniversary itself You never know as full trade test transmissions should be ongoing by then they might possibly commemorate it in some way We can live in hope |
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Surprised TalkSport 2 isn't launching a day earlier to coincide with the anniversary of the launch as Talk Radio UK
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talksport 2 is launching in march ....talk radio uk launched in february
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Based on things that Iain Lee keeps posting on social media (and then often deleting!) I think we can expect some sort of announcement next Monday (8 Feb) and then a launch on or by 21 March.
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No march 1st is start Talkradio what I hear.
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How long before Gaunty is begging for his job back?
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How long before Gaunty is begging for his job back?
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I think people on here are living in dream land if they think the new Talkradio will have the same format that lets face it didn't have great listener numbers as the old Talkradio.
I would have a guess the format will be closer to the current LBC format that for all the moaning does work . |
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Hope they find a spot for Danny Baker.
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I think people on here are living in dream land if they think the new Talkradio will have the same format that lets face it didn't have great listener numbers as the old Talkradio.
I would have a guess the format will be closer to the current LBC format that for all the moaning does work . It's to hoped so as I don't know about anybody else on the thread but I find that the constant diet of politics and health issues on LBC to be tedious boring and above all depressing |
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what hints? the only rumour I've heard about presenting line-ups is Iain Lee (definetely hoping it is true). I hope you are right Paul as I think there is a place for both styles of talk radio, heavy topics and more lighter conversation, but the other poster is right, LBC whether you like it or not is more successful now than it was when it was more light hearted.
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They've said that they are proud to be increasing the range of talk radio programming in the uk
With the appointment of Iain who isn't known for his coverage of heavy subjects (though he can do then ) And George Galloway(who isn't ) I'd be assuming they aren't going as heavy as LBC They'll have done their research on this pretty extensively and as they have already got the second Talksport station ready will no doubt have some surprises for us |
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sorry Paul, while I hope you are right, your assumptions seem to be more based on wishful thinking than on what might actually happen. Yes, Iain is a lighter presenter but GG is certainly in the LBC mould of presenting (though obviously his politics are different to the majority of LBC presenters). You say they'll have done their research, if they have, they'll see that LBC has more listeners than it has ever had before, suggesting that although it may not be to our taste, it is doing a lot right. I take 'widening the varity' to simply mean that there will be the new station available rather than any particularly different style of station. Don't get me wrong, I very much hope your asumptions prove to be correct but I'm gonna wait and see...
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sorry Paul, while I hope you are right, your assumptions seem to be more based on wishful thinking than on what might actually happen. Yes, Iain is a lighter presenter but GG is certainly in the LBC mould of presenting (though obviously his politics are different to the majority of LBC presenters). You say they'll have done their research, if they have, they'll see that LBC has more listeners than it has ever had before, suggesting that although it may not be to our taste, it is doing a lot right. I take 'widening the varity' to simply mean that there will be the new station available rather than any particularly different style of station. Don't get me wrong, I very much hope your asumptions prove to be correct but I'm gonna wait and see...
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