Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Monday 12th October - BBC WM
Speedway: Elite League Play-Offs Grand Final Second Leg
Swindon Robins v Wolverhampton Wolves - Mike Taylor (intermittent commentary) and Rob Gurney (crowd and pitlane interviews)”
Well, it wasn't quite intermittent commentary.
Mark Regan crossed back and forth to Swindon for commentary as and when during his Football Phone-In, but once we hit 8pm and Gurney & Wheeler it was over to the track for full coverage on the speedway.
They didn't cut back to the studio from live coverage until just after 8.30pm - when a massive hitch hit them as their line to the speedway track completely died.
Nevertheless, WM soldiered on and after Dan played records and the usual features for a short while, they managed to re-establish connection to Swindon.
Rob's work for the night was over, but Mike was back to provide commentary via his mobile phone!
Thankfully, his line held up and we were treated to a fantastic night of speedway.
It was the first time I've listened to that sport on the radio and, unlike F1 IMO, it really worked well on the wireless and with the national championship on the line it was a genuinely exciting listen.
Congratulations to the Wolverhampton Wolves on their title win, and well done WM for their coverage - I hope Mike Taylor gets paid back considerable expenses as he must have run up a massive phone bill!
WM will be doing commentary on the second leg of the Birmingham Brummies promotion play-off in Kings Lynn tomorrow night, I'll tune in for a bit and post the coverage details here.