Radio Sports Commentators and Reporters 2009-10 (non-football) - Page 4 - Radio

The Difference · 08-11-2009, 16:34

But does it really matter?

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Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly in the TV Sports Commentators thread

You should also never apologise for being a pedant.

I'm with Ian on this.

4-4-2 · 08-11-2009, 17:09

Maybe it's time to start.

The Difference · 08-11-2009, 17:18

Is there really any need for you to make an issue out of this?

Arthur (or anyone else), I apologise if I appeared rude when I made a slight addition to the details you kindly provided. That was not my intention at all, rather just to add a bit of extra info for the benefit of anyone who's interested.

Arthur Pringle · 08-11-2009, 18:03

No no - not at all, I didn't hear MacKintosh as I switched on just as it started

No offence caused at all

IanFergus · 08-11-2009, 18:28

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Originally Posted by Arthur Pringle

No no - not at all, I didn't hear MacKintosh as I switched on just as it started

No offence caused at all

Was Mr McKintosh the American voice I heard (and I don't mean the ring announcer)?

The Difference · 08-11-2009, 20:33

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Originally Posted by IanFergus

Was Mr McKintosh the American voice I heard (and I don't mean the ring announcer)?

To be honest, I'm not sure. I think McIntosh's voice/accent sounds South London-ish but I'm sure it could be interpreted otherwise - unlike that of Woodhall and Bunce who have accents which clearly identify the areas they come from.

What was said voice doing? Ron was anchoring the coverage last night. I switched off after the judges scores came in, so maybe the American-sounding voice you heard could have been from a journalist they called upon afterwards, or was it the post fight interviewer?

I don't reckon the latter would be the case though, as I'm not sure if there was much US interest in the fight to be honest. The main TV broadcasters were Germany's ARD and Sky Box Office so it wouldn't be like most fights when you hear an American HBO/Showtime commentator conducting the interviews immediately afterwards.

IanFergus · 08-11-2009, 20:37

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Originally Posted by The Difference

To be honest, I'm not sure. I think McIntosh's voice/accent sounds South London-ish but I'm sure it could be interpreted otherwise - unlike that of Woodhall and Bunce who have accents which clearly identify the areas they come from.

What was said voice doing? Ron was anchoring the coverage last night. I switched off after the judges scores came in, so maybe the American-sounding voice you heard could have been from a journalist they called upon afterwards, or was it the post fight interviewer?

I don't reckon the latter would be the case though, as I'm not sure if there was much US interest in the fight to be honest. The main TV broadcasters were Germany's ARD and Sky Box Office so it wouldn't be like most fights when you hear an American HBO/Showtime commentator conducting the interviews immediately afterwards.

To be honest, I don't really know. I only tuned in for the last few seconds of the fight.

The Difference · 08-11-2009, 20:42

Well if that's as much as you heard, then out of the four on air voices Five Live took to Germany, it was probably Ron.

I suppose you could say Ron's voice is similar to that of Sky NFL host Kevin Cadle, so if you are familiar with his work, would that seem about right?

IanFergus · 08-11-2009, 20:49

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Originally Posted by The Difference

Well if that's as much as you heard, then out of the four on air voices Five Live took to Germany, it was probably Ron.

I suppose you could say Ron's voice is similar to that of Sky NFL host Kevin Cadle, so if you are familiar with his work, would that seem about right?

There is a vocal similarity, thanks.

The Difference · 08-11-2009, 20:50

No worries.

The Difference · 13-11-2009, 13:40

Horse racing doesn't get much of a mention on here - I know BBC Five Live cover the sport pretty extensively, as do a number of bookmakers' in-house radio stations.

But today (Friday 13th November) it's the turn of talkSPORT to get back into the saddle (sorry!) to provide live coverage of the sport of kings.

Hawksbee & Jacobs are broadcasting their afternoon show from Cheltenham Racecourse in order to cover the first day of The Open Race Meeting, which is scheduled to include certain commentaries on some of the bigger races.

Rupert Bell is the station's race commentator and roving reporter out on the course.

Paddy Power, whose firm is sponsoring tomorrow's Gold Cup race, was due to be the third man of the presenting team with Paul and Andy but he missed his flight to England this morning

and so is linking up with the boys via phone from his Dublin base.

Live horse racing in this timeslot on talkSPORT has some history - it was a staple of The Afternoon Sportzone with Rob Wotton and then Richard Kaufman in the station's early days, and continued into H&J after they were switched to the 1-4pm slot in 2002 until, I think, a sponsorship deal was struck with Attheraces. This coincided with the end of live commentaries as their coverage was cut down to just a 1.30pm preview.

Andy Rimmer · 13-11-2009, 19:01

South Africa v England - First 20/20 Match (Radio 4 LW/5 Live Sports Extra)
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann & Gerald De Kock
Summarisers: Geoff Boycott & Daryll Cullinan

BBC commentary airing worldwide on the BBC websites whilst the Local SABC Radio 2000 commentary is also airing online.

Aggers just interviewing Matthew Hoggard during the current Rain Delay who is doing commentary for SABC Television out there.

Andy Rimmer · 13-11-2009, 19:52

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Originally Posted by Andy Rimmer

BBC commentary airing worldwide

Scrap that. Apparently it ended up blocked outside the UK.

Ian Cleverly · 13-11-2009, 22:53

Wales V Samoa (Invesco Perpetual RU Series)

BBC Radio Wales - Steve James host with Adrian Hadley with him for build up. Commentary from Nick Webb, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett with John Devereux pitchside. Gareth Rhys Owen as postmatch Interviewer (AM / FM / Digital / Online) (Was it a BBC Red Button option?)

BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Sion host with Kevin Morgan guest for build up. Commentary from Cennydd Davis, Emyr Lewis and Rhys Williams (FM / Digital / Online)

BBC Radio Five Live - Iain Carter and Robert Jones (updates every now and then *I guess*)

Real Radio South Wales - Hamish Stuart

Ian Cleverly · 14-11-2009, 12:57

Bath V Ospreys (LV= Cup)

BBC Bristol / Somerset - Andrew Sheridan and Mike Tremlitt (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 104.6FM / DAB / Online)

Ian Cleverly · 14-11-2009, 16:34

Scotland V Fiji (Bank of Scotland Corporate RU Test)

BBC Radio Scotland - John Beattie as host with commentary from Gordon Bullough *I think* Peter Taylor and Simon Cross (AM / Online)

Only caught last 4 minutes of game, so there may have been other people there.

Andy Rimmer · 14-11-2009, 19:35

England v Australia (Rugby League Four Nations Final)

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
David Oates (England Possession), Stuart Pyke (Australia Possession) & Ian Millward

Andy Rimmer · 14-11-2009, 20:44

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Originally Posted by Andy Rimmer

England v Australia (Rugby League Four Nations Final)

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
David Oates (England Possession), Stuart Pyke (Australia Possession) & Ian Millward

Also airing on Radio Sport New Zealand. More action in 30 seconds of this than 80 minutes of bilge at Twickenham today!

The Difference · 15-11-2009, 01:09

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Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly

Wales V Samoa (Invesco Perpetual RU Series)

BBC Radio Wales - Steve James host with Adrian Hadley with him for build up. Commentary from Nick Webb, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett with John Devereux pitchside. Gareth Rhys Owen as postmatch Interviewer (AM / FM / Digital / Online) (Was it a BBC Red Button option?)

BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Sion host with Kevin Morgan guest for build up. Commentary from Cennydd Davis, Emyr Lewis and Rhys Williams (FM / Digital / Online)

BBC Radio Five Live - Iain Carter and Robert Jones (updates every now and then *I guess*)

Real Radio South Wales - Hamish Stuart

Well, BBC Radio Wales may have been an alternative commentary option for Sky/Virgin/Freesat etc viewers, but as a Freeview viewer it certainly wasn't available on there (or indeed was it trailed as an option by Gareth Lewis when he handed over to the various commentators prior to the first half). We got the normal BBC Two Wales TV feed and Fanscene as our two options.

Ian, do you know who was reporting on last night's game for talkSPORT/IRN (if indeed they even had a reporter there)? Could it have been Hamish Stuart (as Real Radio)? I know he was their man for Wales v New Zealand last weekend.

I'd also be interested to have confirmation on the talkSPORT/IRN men on today's Autumn Internationals, judging from the talkSPORT Media Player I think they may have been Russell Hargreaves (England v Argentina) and James Gibson (Scotland v Fiji) but can't be sure as they are not name checked (and I'm not that familiar with either of their voices).

Ian Cleverly · 15-11-2009, 02:09

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Originally Posted by The Difference

Ian, do you know who was reporting on last night's game for talkSPORT/IRN (if indeed they even had a reporter there)? Could it have been Hamish Stuart (as Real Radio)? I know he was their man for Wales v New Zealand last weekend.

I would check every now and then to see if talkSPORT would cross over to get an update from the game, but I don't think anyone was there. I was at the game, so it wouldn't have mattered to me

The Difference · 15-11-2009, 14:27

Thanks for that Ian. Hope you enjoyed Friday's game (I imagine you didn't enjoy the closing stages that much!).

Here's what talkSPORT are doing today...

Sunday 15th November - talkSPORT

The Jeremy Kyle Show with Jeremy and Chris Davies, followed by Football First on Sunday with Ian Danter, Alvin Martin and Ray Houghton

Rugby Union: Autumn International
Ireland v Australia - David Brady

Cricket: Second Twenty20 International
South Africa v England - Jack Bannister (reporting off-tube, as he did for Friday's first game between the two sides)

Horse Racing: The Open
Cheltenham Racecourse - Rupert Bell

Ian Cleverly · 15-11-2009, 15:11

Bristol Rugby V Nottingham (National league 1 RU)

BBC Bristol - Dan Albutt studio host with commentary from Damien Derrick and Richard Harding (94.9FM / 104.6FM / DAB)

(Nick Webb updating Radio Wales listeners of the Blues V London Irish LV= Cup game)

Andy Rimmer · 15-11-2009, 16:11

South Africa v England - Second 20/20 Match (Radio 4 LW/5 Live Sports Extra)
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew & Simon Mann
Summarisers: Geoff Boycott & Daryll Cullinan

IanFergus · 15-11-2009, 16:44

R/U: Ireland v Australia

BBC Radio Five Live Conor McNamara, Alistair Eykyin and Denis Hickie (commentary)
RTE Radio One Michael Corcoran and Donal Lenihan (commentary)
Newstalk Simon Hick
Talk Sport David Brady

BBC London 94.9

R/U: London Wasps v Gloucester Andy Rowley and Tom Rees (commentary)

Ian Aberdon · 15-11-2009, 17:13

Conor McNamara's a busy man!

08-11-2009, 17:09	#77
4-4-2 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: Freeview; Virgin Broadband; DAB Radio. Posts: 2,283	Maybe it's time to start.

08-11-2009, 17:18	#78
The Difference Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 872	Is there really any need for you to make an issue out of this? Arthur (or anyone else), I apologise if I appeared rude when I made a slight addition to the details you kindly provided. That was not my intention at all, rather just to add a bit of extra info for the benefit of anyone who's interested.

08-11-2009, 18:03	#79
Arthur Pringle Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Barley Mow Posts: 4,024	No no - not at all, I didn't hear MacKintosh as I switched on just as it started No offence caused at all

08-11-2009, 20:42	#83
The Difference Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 872	Well if that's as much as you heard, then out of the four on air voices Five Live took to Germany, it was probably Ron. I suppose you could say Ron's voice is similar to that of Sky NFL host Kevin Cadle, so if you are familiar with his work, would that seem about right?

08-11-2009, 20:50	#85
The Difference Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 872	No worries.

13-11-2009, 13:40	#86
The Difference Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 872	Horse racing doesn't get much of a mention on here - I know BBC Five Live cover the sport pretty extensively, as do a number of bookmakers' in-house radio stations. But today (Friday 13th November) it's the turn of talkSPORT to get back into the saddle (sorry!) to provide live coverage of the sport of kings. Hawksbee & Jacobs are broadcasting their afternoon show from Cheltenham Racecourse in order to cover the first day of The Open Race Meeting, which is scheduled to include certain commentaries on some of the bigger races. Rupert Bell is the station's race commentator and roving reporter out on the course. Paddy Power, whose firm is sponsoring tomorrow's Gold Cup race, was due to be the third man of the presenting team with Paul and Andy but he missed his flight to England this morning and so is linking up with the boys via phone from his Dublin base. Live horse racing in this timeslot on talkSPORT has some history - it was a staple of The Afternoon Sportzone with Rob Wotton and then Richard Kaufman in the station's early days, and continued into H&J after they were switched to the 1-4pm slot in 2002 until, I think, a sponsorship deal was struck with Attheraces. This coincided with the end of live commentaries as their coverage was cut down to just a 1.30pm preview.

13-11-2009, 19:01	#87
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Ian Cleverly Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Caerphilly, South Wales Services: 2 x Sky+ (Sports, News and Entertainment), DAB Radio, AOL Broadband Silver Posts: 4,310	Wales V Samoa (Invesco Perpetual RU Series) BBC Radio Wales - Steve James host with Adrian Hadley with him for build up. Commentary from Nick Webb, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett with John Devereux pitchside. Gareth Rhys Owen as postmatch Interviewer (AM / FM / Digital / Online) (Was it a BBC Red Button option?) BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Sion host with Kevin Morgan guest for build up. Commentary from Cennydd Davis, Emyr Lewis and Rhys Williams (FM / Digital / Online) BBC Radio Five Live - Iain Carter and Robert Jones (updates every now and then I guess) Real Radio South Wales - Hamish Stuart

14-11-2009, 12:57	#90
Ian Cleverly Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Caerphilly, South Wales Services: 2 x Sky+ (Sports, News and Entertainment), DAB Radio, AOL Broadband Silver Posts: 4,310	Bath V Ospreys (LV= Cup) BBC Bristol / Somerset - Andrew Sheridan and Mike Tremlitt (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 104.6FM / DAB / Online)

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Ian Cleverly Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Caerphilly, South Wales Services: 2 x Sky+ (Sports, News and Entertainment), DAB Radio, AOL Broadband Silver Posts: 4,310	Scotland V Fiji (Bank of Scotland Corporate RU Test) BBC Radio Scotland - John Beattie as host with commentary from Gordon Bullough I think Peter Taylor and Simon Cross (AM / Online) Only caught last 4 minutes of game, so there may have been other people there.

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The Difference Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 872	Thanks for that Ian. Hope you enjoyed Friday's game (I imagine you didn't enjoy the closing stages that much!). Here's what talkSPORT are doing today... Sunday 15th November - talkSPORT The Jeremy Kyle Show with Jeremy and Chris Davies, followed by Football First on Sunday with Ian Danter, Alvin Martin and Ray Houghton Rugby Union: Autumn International Ireland v Australia - David Brady Cricket: Second Twenty20 International South Africa v England - Jack Bannister (reporting off-tube, as he did for Friday's first game between the two sides) Horse Racing: The Open Cheltenham Racecourse - Rupert Bell

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