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Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK. Presently, free-to-air means a TV channel which is free and covers 98% of the population. [ 1 ]
Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio, and is the world's longest-running sports radio programme. [1] It started on 3 January 1948, [2] and has always been broadcast from 17:00 on Saturday evenings during the football season, for most of its history featuring two readings of the classified football results, although the length of the programme has varied in ...
The demand for live televised football grew in the wake of England’s World Cup success, though the authorities remained reluctant. In April 1967, the Football League Management Committee rejected a £1m offer from BBC Television to show live League football on Thursday nights. They did, however, experiment with pay-per-view broadcasting.
Football, cricket, rugby union, rugby league, snooker, motorsport and several other sports had message boards embedded into 606. On 24 January 2011, it was announced the 606 forum would close at the end of the 2010–11 football season, due to cuts in the BBC's online budget of 25% . [4] The forum finally closed on 31 May 2011. [5]
Initially broadcast as a MW opt-out on BBC Radio 2, The launch of Radio 5 in 1990 saw a huge increase in the level of coverage on BBC Radio. Radio 5 became BBC Radio 5 Live in 1994 and the station, which combines live news and sport, provides round-the-clock coverage of sport through both live commentary and sports news and discussion. Live ...
Game times have been announced for the first three UK football games this fall. What to know about 2023 UK football schedule: game times, TV channels, streaming info Skip to main content
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (formerly BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended live sports coverage. It is a sister station to BBC Radio 5 Live and shares facilities, presenters and management, and is a department of the BBC North Group division.
IRN supplies match reports from every Premier League match, with reporters supplied by sports radio agency World Sports Communications. A classified football results check is broadcast every Saturday at 17:10. Many community, student and hospital radio stations around the UK take the hourly bulletin service. Copy and audio cuts are also used by ...