BBC Radio 5 Live

Radio Five Live are particular tedious with their football coverage, the need to fill their half hour updates seemingly the problem, nothing worse than the same mindless football quotes we get repeated from people like Arsen Wenger and Alex Ferguson all day on the hour. The BBC should be populist but its remit is also about being an alternative to the main stream media. It has to judge when we have had enough and stop leaching of other news networks to keep the story going to save money so not fill the bulletins with interesting sports news. As that Northants cricket fan that approach really ... more

WRITTEN December 2009 INTRODUCTION I wrote about BBC Radio Five Live in my previous incarnation on Ciao as mrpaella. I still listen to the station every day. Usually my wife watches a plethora of Indian channels on the living room TV. I usually listen to the station broadcast from the alarm clock radio in our bedroom. It is still the best station for sport and current affairs. I don't know if our Karen ever listens to Radio Five Live? THE BREAKFAST SHOW This is hosted by Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty. I hardly ever listen to the programme. When I do, I am usually half-asleep and don't ... more

Travelling for long distances the road through the day the radio is an invaluable way of getting entertainment, news and information. Radio 5 is an all news and sport channel so can be an invaluable way of getting the news and information during the day. Whether it is entertaining or not is another matter. One thing that must be remembered about radio compared with the majority of the output on television is that radio is almost entirely live. The opportunity to edit is therefore limited. Sometimes the potential value of being a live broadcast is misused. Major incidents tend to have huge ... more

If you can't afford to keep up with the never ending cost of Sky and Cable TV - but still want to keep in touch with the World of Sports, there's only one option - Five Live. I know that when kids of my age are glued to the radio listening to all kinds of music (that's fine - but not ALL the time), I'd prefer to tune into Radio Five. Every half hour after the new bulletins there is up to date Sports news. But some of the Talk programmes often feature interesting, thought provoking stuff, ideal for all ages. I suppose most people think that Radio 4 and Radio 5 are dull, but thats far from the ... more

Although BBC Radio 5 Live was only formed in the early 1990s it has already become the UK’s leading radio station for news and sport. In fact it has a good reputation worldwide. Radio 5 Live provides unrivalled sports coverage. There are sports reports every 30 minutes. Any breaking sports stories are covered between these sports bulletins. Most of the sports journalism is of the highest standard. Before the advent of Radio 5 Live I used to listen to sports reports on BBC Radio 2. When I was at school during the 1970s I used to spend evenings listening to football commentary by the late ... more