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Old 10-02-2016, 15:07
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What exactly are the licence terms? I would have thought that there would be few restrictions, aside from the usual rules about taste and decency. Given that digital stations come and go all the time, I would have thought that something as trivial as overnight simulcasting would be allowed.
I'm slightly bemused about the number of posts I've been reading here and elsewhere about the idea of Talkradio possibly simulcasting Talksport
It's been everything from wondering whether they'll do a fishing programme to saying they are hoping there will be football coverage on there and now sharing overnights
Why would they ??
They already have what is seen as a very successful twenty four seven national sports station
This is shortly to be joined by a second one which already has a host of sports fixtures to fill it
There's also sport on several local stations they own and what with this and Bauers Absolute stations and radio 5 live coverage there's no reason to simulcast or indeed even put any sport on it at all
They've seen a gap in the market which LBC which is now a national station does not cover and have decided to bring back the brand
As yet we don't know all the presenters hence the gaps in the schedule they have given us so far
How the heck anyone could assume the slots which haven't got names in are for sport shows or simulcast is beyond me . But they are doing !!
If there waa to be any simulcasting or cross over that would have to be on the original remit of the station
Look at the new Heart extra for example they have outlined so many hours simulcasting so many hours automated etc
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Old 10-02-2016, 15:37
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Do you think the " Moon Howlers "like Nigel, Andy from dumbarton, Tommy the taxi, would come back on ?
For the love of God, NO!!!!!! But no doubt they'd try, and bore the pants off most listeners. So Tommy didn't drive off a cliff after the SNP lost the indie vote?
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Old 10-02-2016, 15:57
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Am surprised no one has mentioned James Whale on this thread.. He'd fit in to this station easily.. Weekend late night slot to recreate the 10 until 1am days?? Great radio
I used to enjoy his late night show as well, when he did the show with Ash on TR...... Highly unlikely he'll be back though, seeing as he got sacked for asking listeners to vote for Buffoon Johnson. Rightly so as well.
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Old 10-02-2016, 16:20
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I would love to see James H Reeve back. Anarchic and unpredictable but great fun.
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Old 10-02-2016, 16:29
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I would love to see James H Reeve back. Anarchic and unpredictable but great fun.
Yes indeed and another of Piccadilly radios presenters James Stannage !
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Old 10-02-2016, 19:04
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Out of interest Radamfi, are you going to be recording Iain's shows? I seem to recall you doing an excellent job of this in the past!!
I had a policy of always recording the show even if there's a podcast. That is because of the possibility of poor editing or part of the show being censored.

I would, however, recommend that other people record the show as a backup. It is easy to record the stream if you use VLC. Add the "Advanced" controls to enable the record button to appear and just press it.

talkSPORT has a "Listen Again" feature so it might be the same for talkRADIO.
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Old 10-02-2016, 19:09
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It's been everything from wondering whether they'll do a fishing programme to saying they are hoping there will be football coverage on there and now sharing overnights
Why would they ??
To save money. The station is already going to cost a fortune having live presenters from 6am to 1am, and I suspect talk presenters generally cost more than music DJs as skilled talk presenters are more scarce. There would be little or no money saved by switching off the station at night as the transmitters will still be running as it is part of a multiplex.

I would rather have something different other than a simulcast. My question was simply whether the licence would legally allow a simulcast.
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Old 10-02-2016, 19:19
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I'm slightly bemused about the number of posts I've been reading here and elsewhere about the idea of Talkradio possibly simulcasting Talksport
It's been everything from wondering whether they'll do a fishing programme to saying they are hoping there will be football coverage on there and now sharing overnights
Why would they ??
They already have what is seen as a very successful twenty four seven national sports station
This is shortly to be joined by a second one which already has a host of sports fixtures to fill it
There's also sport on several local stations they own and what with this and Bauers Absolute stations and radio 5 live coverage there's no reason to simulcast or indeed even put any sport on it at all
They've seen a gap in the market which LBC which is now a national station does not cover and have decided to bring back the brand
As yet we don't know all the presenters hence the gaps in the schedule they have given us so far
How the heck anyone could assume the slots which haven't got names in are for sport shows or simulcast is beyond me . But they are doing !!
If there waa to be any simulcasting or cross over that would have to be on the original remit of the station
Look at the new Heart extra for example they have outlined so many hours simulcasting so many hours automated etc
It doesn't feel like unreasonable speculation, although I hope you're right and it doesn't happen.

I think the fact that they are potentially going to lose some of their own Talksport listenership to the new station, the fact they've not announced the full presenter line up and the fact that their current main overnight show is only partially sport tends to pose the fact it might happen.
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Old 10-02-2016, 19:20
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I would love to see James H Reeve back. Anarchic and unpredictable but great fun.
Damn right.
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Old 10-02-2016, 19:22
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I had a policy of always recording the show even if there's a podcast. That is because of the possibility of poor editing or part of the show being censored.

I would, however, recommend that other people record the show as a backup. It is easy to record the stream if you use VLC. Add the "Advanced" controls to enable the record button to appear and just press it.

talkSPORT has a "Listen Again" feature so it might be the same for talkRADIO.
Thanks for that Radamfi. Didn't know about that little VLC advanced setting

I would still make a point of downloading the podcast of any show for Iain, even if I did record it.
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Old 10-02-2016, 19:27
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I'm slightly bemused about the number of posts I've been reading here and elsewhere about the idea of Talkradio possibly simulcasting Talksport
It's been everything from wondering whether they'll do a fishing programme to saying they are hoping there will be football coverage on there and now sharing overnights
Why would they ??
I think talkRADIO (and talkSPORT 2 for that matter) simulcasting talkSPORT's weeknight overnight programme The Two Mikes would make a lot of sense. This is the only programme on talkSPORT that isn't all-sport and I feel it would have a crossover appeal to talkRADIO's listeners, given that the Mikes are big personalities and discuss a variety of topics.

Obviously there's talk of this happening for cost reasons, but I think The Two Mikes would be a good fit for talkRADIO and a better option than broadcasting repeats overnight. It wouldn't surprise me if the Mikes get their own talkRADIO programme during daytime hours, perhaps on a Sunday lunchtime or afternoon.

As for Fisherman's Blues and additional live football coverage - that's what I'm hoping/expecting to hear on talkSPORT 2, not talkRADIO. I think once in a blue moon there might be an occasion when you'd get the odd sporting event on talkRADIO, at times when three live sporting events that talkSPORT have commentary rights to are taking place, but I can't for the life of me remember such an occasion occurring in the years since the station rebranded in 2000. In fact I can only remember Radio 5 Live splitting their digital output three ways once (a Sunday when there were England football and cricket internationals plus a Formula 1 Grand Prix taking place at the same time), so I think the prospect of substantial sporting content turning up on talkRADIO barring simulcast overnight output is very remote.
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Old 10-02-2016, 21:20
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I'm not expecting any sport coverage on Talk Radio, I'd be disapointed if there was. but I don't think my suggestion that they might take the overnights from TS is an unreasonable idea and I would be (pleasantly) surprised if this doesn't happen. I don't really enjoy the two mikes, but for all the reasons previously stated I think it would make sense for the station as at least it would be live content rather than pre-recorded stuff.
Shame that people are harking back to the days of JW and Tommy Boyd... they were good shows in their day but are we really saying there isn't any new tallent out there?
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Old 10-02-2016, 22:05
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Overnights on talkRADIO can be easily filled. Look at the Irish radio market, where it isn't always cost effective to broadcast live overnight. talkRADIO, whilst on quasi-national DAB, won't have massive audiences and as such can be filled with repeats of daytime shows in a 'through the night' show (similar to RTE Radio 1) or syndicated news programmes from NPR etc similar to RTE and newstalk. I suspect 1am to 5am will be filled with these type of shows and 5am - 6am with a simulcast of Share Radio for the early morning London market.
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Old 10-02-2016, 22:25
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Shame that people are harking back to the days of JW and Tommy Boyd... they were good shows in their day but are we really saying there isn't any new tallent out there?
I've been thinking this. I hope to hear somebody I've never heard of - somebody who hasn't been in the media before.
I'm not against pre-recorded programming if it's like what was on One Word. It would be good to have something like that on Talk Radio sometimes. Phone-ins and discussions aren't the only type of talk radio.
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Old 11-02-2016, 13:13
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I would love to see James H Reeve back. Anarchic and unpredictable but great fun.
Without doubt one of the most entertaining radio hosts to walk the earth.
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Old 11-02-2016, 14:51
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Strange for me to advocate networking but maybe it would bolster Talk Radio if it shared a networked show with the UTV local stations such as Signal 1 & Wire FM at 10pm.
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Old 11-02-2016, 14:57
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Strange for me to advocate networking but maybe it would bolster Talk Radio if it shared a networked show with the UTV local stations such as Signal 1 & Wire FM at 10pm.
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Old 11-02-2016, 15:01
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Strange for me to advocate networking but maybe it would bolster Talk Radio if it shared a networked show with the UTV local stations such as Signal 1 & Wire FM at 10pm.
That slots been filled, so maybe network Iain Lee, but not the other way round.
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Old 11-02-2016, 15:05
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Strange for me to advocate networking but maybe it would bolster Talk Radio if it shared a networked show with the UTV local stations such as Signal 1 & Wire FM at 10pm.
But surely if they were considering networking it would be on their licence application to ofcom ???
Details like that as far as I'm aware are mandatory
Hence the broo ha ha when Global take over stations and hand in the alterations to the licence for dropping local and increasing network
If they were to consider networking I'd think we would be talking maybe a year down if things don't pan out after the launch
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Old 11-02-2016, 15:13
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Not necessarily. They could network the other stations rather than Talk Radio, so that Talk Radio is the host station.
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Old 11-02-2016, 15:18
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Not necessarily. They could network the other stations rather than Talk Radio, so that Talk Radio is the host station.
In theory I suppose but if they were going to do that they could have just reinstated the general phone ins they had on Talksport in the mornings and late evenings
It'd be a damn sight cheaper too
We will know soon enough anyway as it surely won't be too long until the rest of the shows are announced
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Old 11-02-2016, 16:37
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Do we have any indication as to what date the station is launching?
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Old 11-02-2016, 16:40
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Do we have any indication as to what date the station is launching?
21st March

http://talksport.com/press/talkradio...e-160208184289
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Old 11-02-2016, 22:52
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Jonny Gould Will be part of the new schedule on talkradio i understand
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:01
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Jonny Gould Will be part of the new schedule on talkradio i understand
oh dear... and just when they were doing so well putting a decent schedule together. I guess those who want a throw back to 1995 when the station launched will be pleased, he used to read the sports news on the breakfast show.
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