That's "Morning Edition" totally off the list completely for me.
Adrian Chiles followed by Emma Barnett - no thanks

That's the last bit of class gone from the Radio 5 day time weekday schedule

See link about their Sunday evening programme .

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...-34783061.html

Malta v Scotland was on talkSPORT 2 last night with Dan Windle and Chris Iwelumo commentating. I listened to the second half on my way into work and thoroughly enjoyed their commentary. Hopefully anyone who wanted to listen to the game and has access to talkSPORT 2 via DAB and online but not Radio Scotland was aware it was on there.

From reading the Radio Football Commentators and Reporters thread, it appears as if Radio 5 Live was just airing a pre-recorded best of show following on from 606 between 8-10pm. Surely 5 Live could have ditched that and either simulcast Radio Scotland's Malta v Scotland coverage or Radio Ulster's Czech Republic v Northern Ireland commentary from 7.45pm. I doubt extending their existing radio rights to encompass 5 Live too would have cost the earth, seeing as they've simulcast coverage of home nation qualifiers on Radio 5 Live Sports Extra in the past.

What's worse, it appears from that thread that 5 Live didn't even have reporters covering the Scotland and Northern Ireland games. This has long been a bugbear of mine - it should be the bare minimum expectation for 5 Live to have someone covering every competitive game that Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales play (you can broaden this out to Scottish club sides in Europe as well) - even if that's just a reporter who's working off-tube and is only called upon during news bulletins. While not ideal, this would be far, far better than coverage being limited to a few scorechecks from presenters or newsreaders as is too often the case.

5 Live's coverage of the tours of Britain and Spain in cycling has been even worse, and there is no radio coverage elsewhere. Not only is there not the sort of coverage that the Tour de France gets, but the mentions in the sports news don't really provide any information about what happened on the day. It's as if they're just including a sentence so they ccan say they're covering cycling.

Triathlon coverage is even worse than that, despite us having 4 men in finishing in the top 10.

yeah... and not a word on the world scrabble championships! its an outrage... joking aside, I take your point.

Actually was surprised they didn't have Scotland's game on 5live...

Mind you was even more surprised that they actually have live Rugby Union last Friday!

Are they having coverage of the Paralympics?

Again I guess some will see that as a niche market area but the Paralympians do deserve as much credit as the Olympians do for their performances.

Yes! Haven't you heard the SHOUTY TRAILERS!

The Sports bulletins at the weekend with SHOUTY clips of goals from the WC qualifiers made me wonder: What is the point?
It's not a TV sports bulletin, actually showing a goal. It's just random shouting at Breakfast or whatever time of day that annoys people and you gain little from hearing it, except annoyance.

Ah - fair point.

But it probably won't be an extensive as their 2012 coverage or Olympics coverage this year where it was often the main headline in the morning/afternoon and evening...

No, not as extensive, but already a few BBC bods there and freelancers:
Nick Hope, Ollie Williams, Jonathan Overend.
Claire Balding is there for channel 4, who have the TV rights, and will cover it extensively.

5Live's Paralympic coverage looks like it'll be pretty comprihensive-- obviously not to London 2012 levels but good enough. They'll have coverage throughout the afternoon show and Jonathan Overend will be on air each night from about 9:30 until 1 AM ish.
I'd like to start a bet as to how long it will be before a poster starts saying its political correctness gone mad from the BBC to be covering the Paralympics... I give it until the second day...

No way, it will be on here within minutes of it starting

Well already on another thread in the Broadcasting section such comments have been made!

Such as covering the event devalues the achievements of the Olympians..

Fair play to disabled people who play sport.,it shows great attitude and commitment,but it isn't a spectator event unless you are a relative or a mate.

It's like a primary school sports day in terms of spectator interest.

sorry LD, but you really are a patronising little prat aren't you? if its not a spectator sport, why were all the venues in London full? I guess those poor disabled people all had very big families.

In many ways the achievements are greater at the Paralympics than at the Olympics. It is wrong to say they should not get extensive coverage. I don't know what is fair comment and what is patronising. All I know is I find it amazing what they are able to do. If poeple like David Weir and Hannah Cockcroft don't deserve the coverage (and our support) there is something wrong.

Good luck to them.

Simple. It's people who couldn't get tickets for the Olympics and wanted the chance to visit the Park and get into the stadium.

Whilst that's true to a certain extent, it's not the whole story.

http://www.prweek.com/article/119259...lympics-change

I think British people in the main hold people with disabilitys in higher regard than in some other country's. This is a recent thing as there are of course story's of disabled people being treated with great distan in the early 20th century, but with greater education this has changed.

Aren't a lot of Olympic sports like that as well for the rest of the 3 and a half years?

How many have watched a hockey match or seen shooting/diving since or would do (ahead of a rugby/football or cricket game)

Little bit like the Wimbledon syndrome..

I do think they can inspire and bring a legacy though for disabled people (yes some are much less so than others in the Paralympians)

You are spot on Drinker. I watch sport either to support my own team or to watch top level sporting action. This is neither so I do not watch. As you say they show great commitment - good luck to them but it is not a good spectator sport for many people.

You couldn't be more wrong! I would watch Diving ahead of Football, Rugby or Cricket.
And if you think Tennis is only watched during Wimbledon, well, mistaken is too mild a word.

Interesting to note that for all the hysterical cheerleading and cringingly OTT 'commentary' from Jonathon Overend et al, 5live have decided that Mike Costello is better utilised staying at home to cover the Golovkin v Brook fight.

Was it not the case that last night, 5 Live broadcast no cycling between the two Great British cyclists or other live Paralympic action, and just chatted instead?

The coverage is hardly holistic and is in contrast with their American football coverage, whre they don't just do the Super Bowl and the matches in the UK. That's a sport that isn't in the Olympics or the Paralympics, and doesn't have as much participation in this country as many Olympic and Paralympic sports.

Well fair enough if that is what you do but figures will probably show the main stream sports are likely to still be more popular..

I know people watch tennis on the TV etc outside of Wimbledon but is there the massive fan base for it as Wimbledon suggests?

Ofcourse there is! Do you really think ITV would bother covering the French Open every year if the viewing figures didn't warrant it? And have you ever watched BBC coverage of GB Davis Cup matches? Packed venues every time, and very enthusiastic fans.

As for which 'minority' sports get coverage and which don't even get a mention on the sports bulletin, who makes these decisions? I hope it's nobody with a narrow view as you, but it probably is, hence we get extensive coverage of American Football, just another ball sport with minimal interest in the UK. Whereas UK competitors in a wide range of so called minority sports get no coverage. 5 Live used to have a Listener POV show on Sundays and my views were featured a couple of times. Not much change in outlook as to what is broadcast inspite of promises made at the time.

Yes - sorry that was a bit of an oversight I must admit with regard to the FO and Davis Cup.

I generally watch and listen to as many sports as possible (American football isn't one of them though!) and very much enjoyed the Olympic coverage for example.

Only saying the main sports will get most coverage again as usual compared to a lot of Olympic sports as a response to Lone Drinker who said no-one really cares about Paralympic sport outside of the Paralympics.