Talk Sport

Talksport are in a good place right now after surviving falling revenues. Their commercial rivals in the likes of Heart FM, Absolute and Capital Radio are not so healthy and the squeeze on advertising revenue in the recession is starting to hurt. The recent re-branding of local radios under the one Heart symbol was not only to make the product more profitable but the chance to erase the local radio tag and cull the poorer performers. If they could syndicate more chunks of the station to be played on more of the stations and so employ less staff then they can save what's left and hopefully ... more

Women stick clear… well not because I’m sexist I just don’t think many of the shows are catering for women! Whether this is a good thing or bad thing I don’t really care to be honest! This kind of discrimination doesn’t bother me! Feminists have bigger battles to fight! Women sports fans are often welcomed but female sports lovers are generally few and far between! Why I listen to talk sport? If you’ve been reading my most recent music opinions you’ll find me “reviewing” bands like Savage Garden and Sam Mumba. This is not normal for me ... more

It is easy to knock Talk Sport, but it does offer a relief from the over-bearing Home Counties morass of Five Live. In its favour it has Tom Watt, ex-Eastenders and until recently a daily fixture on the air. He epitomises what it is to be a bloke without being a Lad - informed, passionate and able to engage in a debate rather than start a shouting match. replacing him now weekdays are Hawksby (sp) and Jacobs, clearly mining the seam struck by Danny Baker, but nevertheless amusing if not as clued-up as Watt. The other big hitter on the station is Alan Brazil, former footballer, who every ... more

Perhaps its an age thing, I don't know. What I do know is that now that I'm forty something(although still don't quite realise it) when listening to the radio I like to listen to something interesting rather than the some 20 or 30 current pop songs being played over and over(that does make me sound old doesn't it) Perhaps that is why I have found myself attracted to Talk Sport. I think it has the right balance of Talk, Sport and News. It has a mixture of presenters, all of which I think do a good job. In the morning you have Alan Brazil and Mike Parry who are rapidly developing into a hard to ... more

I started putting the radio on at night to help me get to sleep, but now that I’ve found The Human Zoo on Talk Sport listening to the radio isn’t having the desired effect. The basic premise is that anyone can call and go straight to air without the calls being screened beforehand – so people are free to say or do whatever rather than stick to a topic, and like the audience the presenter, Tommy Boyd, also has no idea what will happen next. Many people take this opportunity not to talk but to perform a comedy routines or play music. I’ve found that stand-up comedy is ... more