Talksport

[Nellies left peg]

Boiled Bollock semi retiring.

Laura Woods hosting Mon,Tues,Weds.

God she's fucking tedious. Used to hate her on the darts asking inane silly questions all the time and now she's everywhere

 

[The perfect fumble]

There's some competition at last.

Did a re-tune of my digital radio and noticed a channel called LoveSport

You can listen online too https://www.lovesportradio.com/player/uk/ but don't get too excited as the current program (The Final Whistle) is followed by The Manchester United Fans Show at 8 pm.

So it's probably same shit, different station.

Kelvin Mackenzie owns it.

 

[Briggs1969]

God she's fucking tedious. Used to hate her on the darts asking inane silly questions all the time and now she's everywhere

Same as Alex Scott

 

[unexpected item]

Kelvin Mackenzie owns it.

Ah, I see from the schedules that he has a daily show at 10.00, up against Jim Shite.

Also noticed they do shows specifically for fans of all prem teams. The City one is tonight at 9 pm.

Gave it a listen and heard an ad for their station, slagging off Alan Brazil and talkshite at the same time.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Ah, I see from the schedules that he has a daily show at 10.00, up against Jim Shite.

Also noticed they do shows specifically for fans of all prem teams. The City one is tonight at 9 pm.

Gave it a listen and heard an ad for their station, slagging off Alan Brazil and talkshite at the same time.

Mackenzie's on now, sack the train drivers and the guards, no early release from prisons let em die, and he's all for not paying tax.

All in under ten minutes.

Very reassuring mainstream stuff for the Great British public.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

You’d expect advertisers to start pulling out of the station unless they are on long contractual tie-ins. Trouble is I suppose, that they are now bankrolled by Sky, so it’s unlikely to cut too deep.

It would be great if Talksport folded and was replaced by an intelligent sports channel which would be a stronger business model in my view as long as the content was good. A sportsflix digital channel with video and audio content would go well if done properly. SKY and Talksport are just too moronic and fixated on Liverpool and United. They have both been losing viewers/listeners. The demand for tabloid newspapers is also plunging. There is a market for discerning sports fans if someone has the balls and deep enough pockets to back it.

 

[chesterbells]

It would be great if Talksport folded and was replaced by an intelligent sports channel which would be a stronger business model in my view as long as the content was good. A sportsflix digital channel with video and audio content would go well if done properly. SKY and Talksport are just too moronic and fixated on Liverpool and United. They have both been losing viewers/listeners. The demand for tabloid newspapers is also plunging. There is a market for discerning sports fans if someone has the balls and deep enough pockets to back it.

Talksport 2 is actually more fact based and lesson opinion based, focused more on sports news, which is great, but ends up being the same half hour on repeat loop. Let’s be honest you only need that, or 1 hour max, for a full sports digest every 24 hours; the other 23 would be repeats or filler.

I suppose you could have a mixture of that and targeted news or magazine shows for each club, but listeners would only ever tune in for their club and the general news.

 

[Gazza]

Mackenzie's on now, sack the train drivers and the guards, no early release from prisons let em die, and he's all for not paying tax.

All in under ten minutes.

Very reassuring mainstream stuff for the Great British public.

Ah, a radio version of the Daily Mail as opposed to Talksport's version of the Daily Star/Sun

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

It would be great if Talksport folded and was replaced by an intelligent sports channel which would be a stronger business model in my view as long as the content was good. A sportsflix digital channel with video and audio content would go well if done properly. SKY and Talksport are just too moronic and fixated on Liverpool and United. They have both been losing viewers/listeners. The demand for tabloid newspapers is also plunging. There is a market for discerning sports fans if someone has the balls and deep enough pockets to back it.

I think you miss the point of their existence. To make money via advertising. So they need more listeners to hook in advertisers.... Thats why they pander to the masses.
Any other station not doing otherwise wont last 3 weeks.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I listen to the 10pm -1am (UK time) Goldstein and Cundy show on my way home from work as it us usually entertaining.
Cant believe what they are doing now in the absence of live football.
They are paying Graham "Beaky" Beecroft to sit at home and watch a memorable match from the past and report back when a goal or whatever happens as if it is taking place right then. Botht presenters freaking out when a goal is scored....
Monday night was Germany 1 England 5
Tuesday was England 2 Greece 2
Wont be tuning in tonight..... Will put Morrissey on Spotify.....

 

[SWP's back]

I listen to the 10pm -1am (UK time) Goldstein and Cundy show on my way home from work as it us usually entertaining.
Cant believe what they are doing now in the absence of live football.
They are paying Graham "Beaky" Beecroft to sit at home and watch a memorable match from the past and report back when a goal or whatever happens as if it is taking place right then. Botht presenters freaking out when a goal is scored....
Monday night was Germany 1 England 5
Tuesday was England 2 Greece 2
Wont be tuning in tonight..... Will put Morrissey on Spotify.....

That would send me over the edge.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I listen to the 10pm -1am (UK time) Goldstein and Cundy show on my way home from work as it us usually entertaining.
Cant believe what they are doing now in the absence of live football.
They are paying Graham "Beaky" Beecroft to sit at home and watch a memorable match from the past and report back when a goal or whatever happens as if it is taking place right then. Botht presenters freaking out when a goal is scored....
Monday night was Germany 1 England 5
Tuesday was England 2 Greece 2
Wont be tuning in tonight..... Will put Morrissey on Spotify.....

They've turned into a shit Bluemoon*

 

[birch villa]

I listen to the 10pm -1am (UK time) Goldstein and Cundy show on my way home from work as it us usually entertaining.
Cant believe what they are doing now in the absence of live football.
They are paying Graham "Beaky" Beecroft to sit at home and watch a memorable match from the past and report back when a goal or whatever happens as if it is taking place right then. Botht presenters freaking out when a goal is scored....
Monday night was Germany 1 England 5
Tuesday was England 2 Greece 2
Wont be tuning in tonight..... Will put Morrissey on Spotify.....

Will they do the aguero moment soon

 

[chesterbells]

I think you miss the point of their existence. To make money via advertising. So they need more listeners to hook in advertisers.... Thats why they pander to the masses.
Any other station not doing otherwise wont last 3 weeks.

Agreed. But it would still be great if @bobbyowenquiff was right though.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I think you miss the point of their existence. To make money via advertising. So they need more listeners to hook in advertisers.... Thats why they pander to the masses.
Any other station not doing otherwise wont last 3 weeks.

I was considering a digital subscription model like Netflix with audio and video content provided across multi channels. I think Talksport is 20 years out of date and will struggle to survive in its current form. Radio and print advertising is on its backside. Considering it has a monopoly on 24/7 sports coverage in the UK its audience figures and revenues are dire, and slumping even more in this pandemic crisis. They may be trying to pander to the masses (like a lot of tabloid newspapers) but the masses appear to have moved on.

 

[KentBlue]

Most football fans are just that - football fans. We're fanatic about the clubs we have chosen to support but we're also happy to watch pub teams in the local park. We all love the game and want to watch and talk about it 24/7. But the typical Sky/TalkSport audience doesn't care too much about the sport, they only see the kudos in pretending to support the big glamour clubs so they are more likely to find similar lemmings in the classroom. Go to the average school and get one kid to stand up and say he/she supports the rags and you see how many other kids all say: "Me too!" You get one kid who gets up and says he supports his local non-league club and he's suddenly the outcast, the Billy-no-mates that every school has.
This is why we have platforms like TalkSport, for the great unwashed to feel a part of society, to fit in with their peers.

These kids don't see football, they see acceptance.

 

[crazyg]

I listen to the 10pm -1am (UK time) Goldstein and Cundy show on my way home from work as it us usually entertaining.
Cant believe what they are doing now in the absence of live football.
They are paying Graham "Beaky" Beecroft to sit at home and watch a memorable match from the past and report back when a goal or whatever happens as if it is taking place right then. Botht presenters freaking out when a goal is scored....
Monday night was Germany 1 England 5
Tuesday was England 2 Greece 2
Wont be tuning in tonight..... Will put Morrissey on Spotify.....

Sooner listen to the commentary.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I was considering a digital subscription model like Netflix with audio and video content provided across multi channels. I think Talksport is 20 years out of date and will struggle to survive in its current form. Radio and print advertising is on its backside. Considering it has a monopoly on 24/7 sports coverage in the UK its audience figures and revenues are dire, and slumping even more in this pandemic crisis. They may be trying to pander to the masses (like a lot of tabloid newspapers) but the masses appear to have moved on.

When a company selling shirts you can wear untucked (as if it is a new invention) is advertising on there, you know they are not receiving much money to air adverts.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Will they do the aguero moment soon

Probably not. They were talking about having to move away from England as they are a national station and suggested Liverpool 4 Newcastle 3 for tonight. I dare say rags v Munich 99 may come up.... Or Liverpool 3 down v Milan to win on pens will get picked over Aguerooooo

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

When a company selling shirts you can wear untucked (as if it is a new invention) is advertising on there, you know they are not receiving much money to air adverts.

Absolutely. Talksport tried to re-brand last year as a 24/7 sports news broadcaster and purchased the rights to cover Premier League matches. That looks like the last throw of the dice for them. I think broadcast TV and Radio are doomed long-term. Even old farts like me are now using streaming services. I have a streaming radio which allows me to listen to podcasts and digital radio from anywhere. I use Netflix and Amazon all the time. The content provided by Talksport is not good enough to sustain an audience with so much competition out there. I give them a maximum survival period of five years but Coronavirus could hasten their end. For me that will be a second occasion for jelly and ice cream.