Category: Scotland
Date: 19.07.2006
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Sportsound - ±«Óãtv Radio Scotland's flagship sports programme - is to expand its
coverage of the Scottish football scene to offer news and match commentary on a
daily basis.
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The sports programme - presented by Richard Gordon - has, historically, proved
popular on Saturday and Sundays but the increase in midweek games has also
resulted in an appetite for more coverage throughout the week.
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Sportsound will run from 7.15 to 10.00 every night on 810 MW and on digital radio and television from Monday 31 July 2006.
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The weekday 90-minute programme's reputation for breaking stories will now be augmented by live
match coverage plus news and analysis.
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Jim Spence will alternate with Richard
Gordon as presenter and - on evenings where there is no live match - the programme
will follow a magazine format with news, discussion, packages and features,
including Off the Ball.
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Off the Ball also extends on a Saturday with a new start time of 12.30pm.
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Tom Connor, Editor, Radio Sport, said: "Sportsound has enjoyed growing popularity in recent years and we felt we had to respond to this demand with an
expanded service."
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Notes to Editors
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Radio Scotland: 92-95 FM and 810 MW
Digital platforms: Satellite (BSkyB) 0116; Freeview 719 (Scotland only);
Telewest 931; NTL 869.
MW output is also available on DAB in Scotland.
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A wide selection of Sportsound's content will be streamed from bbc.co.uk/sportscotland although certain Right
restrictions apply.
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