BBC radio lancs

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:17 pm

Weekend preview just started & they say we will squeeze Burnley in @ the end of the show? Don't they know we are premier league n the top dogs in this county!

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:22 pm

Absolute disgrace of a so called local football preview.

An hour long show with 7 East lancs teams.

And I'd say that each week Blackburn get an absolute minimum of , usually , the first 25 minutes.

The bias for Blackburn is appalling. Last season when Preston were doing far better they still concentrated in their beloved.

As for coverage of The Clarets? It's what stopped me listening yonks ago.

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:24 pm

Your right ringo, 6.20pm we are goin to concentrate on league 1 for the half hour he said. We will probably get last 5 mins of the show.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:24 pm

To be honest they are not going to get much coverage anywhere else...unlike the Clarets

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:29 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:Absolute disgrace of a so called local football preview.

An hour long show with 7 East lancs teams.

And I'd say that each week Blackburn get an absolute minimum of , usually , the first 25 minutes.

The bias for Blackburn is appalling. Last season when Preston were doing far better they still concentrated in their beloved.

As for coverage of The Clarets? It's what stopped me listening yonks ago.

You'd be wrong, they did Preston first.

The only reason they're doing Burnley last is because we play last this weekend, we're usually first on the Friday night show.

groove · Post by **groove** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:34 pm

My dad still calls it Radio Blackburn, it's original name I think.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:36 pm

Tall Paul wrote:You'd be wrong, they did Preston first.

The only reason they're doing Burnley last is because we play last this weekend, we're usually first on the Friday night show.

I'm not wrong though am I. I said "And I'd say that each week Blackburn get an absolute minimum of , usually , the first 25 minutes." USUALLY mate USUALLY. That means not every time.

Can't see what playing Sunday has owt to do with it.

There's always an excuse to not talk about us and a really important reason to cover Blackburn.

Like I say, stopped yonks ago. Johnny Vaughans on radio x at the same time. No brainer......

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:37 pm

Loyalclaret wrote:To be honest they are not going to get much coverage anywhere else...unlike the Clarets

Par for the course with "Radio Rovers" pal!

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:47 pm

WYS Daily plays out on BBC Radio Leeds each night at 6pm. It's a first-class production, which gives equal weighting to Leeds, Huddersfield and Bradford. They also give a decent amount of airtime to Guiseley, Halifax and Park Avenue. It puts Radio Lancs to shame.

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:47 pm

@ the end of the day every week the show should be done in pecking order of the league status, you never hear five live start their Friday night preview with the bottom teams on first so why do radio lancs go against the grain!

Wilsdenclaret · Post by **Wilsdenclaret** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:51 pm

Haven't listened to it for about 5 years, totally irrelevant

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:56 pm

claretdj wrote:@ the end of the day every week the show should be done in pecking order of the league status, you never hear five live start their Friday night preview with the bottom teams on first so why do radio lancs go against the grain!

Cos Blackburn are no longer in the prem!

They'll try to deny it but it's true. A couple of years I was p***** off with the coverage (lack of!!!!) of ALL the other Lancashire clubs. Not just Burnley. I contacted them.

The answer I got was they simply give the team in the premier league more profile. I remember us, PNE and Blackpool sharing he last 10 minutes after the previous 50 had been devoted to their blue n white obsession.

Now times have changed the formula for who gets covered as also changed.

Nice one.

Blatantly biased and amateurish to boot!

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:59 pm

Radio W@nkashire as far as the Clarets are concerned

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:14 pm

It's always a pleasure to drive away from Turf Moor down the M65 after another strong Premier League home display only to have to listen to extended coverage of Morecambe's narrow defeat at Wycombe , Accrington's fightback at Barnet, Blackpool's home point v Rochdale and , of course, the Barstewards latest drossfest. Usually by the time I've reached the outskirts of Wigan on the M6 I'll get to hear Sean Dyche.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:20 pm

A couple of seasons back I had to work weekends for a few months.

I had the misfortune to listen to the live match day coverage.

When they were covering Burnley away they'd go over to Ewood 5 or 6 times each half.

When they were covering Blackburn away, they'd go to the Turf once each half.

Gave up eventually and tuned into talk sport. You genuinely had more chance of an update on a national than local radio station. And one that boasts its "the station for the Clarets"

My @rse it is.

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:25 pm

Not listen to that sh*te since the Jack Holden days. Was and always will be Radio Blackburn.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:40 pm

It's insignificant. Our lose change is more than they are worth.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:01 pm

Wasn't too bad when 2br had the rights to the home games, unashamedly biased!

50 shades of Grey · Post by **50 shades of Grey** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:10 am

Seriously, are any of us surprised or bothered ? It's Radio Blackburrrrrrrrrn, always has been, always will.

I honestly cant remember who the commentator used to be, but when they went to him, it was unbelievably bad:

'welcome to Ewood, and what a setting this is, the crowds are milling in their thousands down Darwen road, you can cut the atmosphere with a knife, there will be lots of people locked out tonight, this is the home of the roverrrrrrrs, one of the great names of English football, blah, blah, blah'.

Talk about deluded self importance. Mind you, that just about sums up the majority of their (now strangely quiet) supporters.

Just fo ok off you sad bas turds.

UTC NNN.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:25 am

groove wrote:My dad still calls it Radio Blackburn, it's original name I think.

It was the original name and given the way it covers sport it probably should still be.

Deardeary · Post by **Deardeary** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:20 am

Most folk still call this Radio Blackburn for a reason, stopped listening yonks ago and so should most Clarets

JarrowClaret · Post by **JarrowClaret** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:29 am

I have to say I never really noticed the bias that everyone talked about when listening to Radio Lancs. That said I moved away when I was 19 (45 now) and have only listened to it fleetingly since so maybe I have just (luckily) missed the bad of the station.

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:48 am

50 shades of Grey wrote:Seriously, are any of us surprised or bothered ? It's Radio Blackburrrrrrrrrn, always has been, always will.

I honestly cant remember who the commentator used to be, but when they went to him, it was unbelievably bad:

'welcome to Ewood, and what a setting this is, the crowds are milling in their thousands down Darwen road, you can cut the atmosphere with a knife, there will be lots of people locked out tonight, this is the home of the roverrrrrrrs, one of the great names of English football, blah, blah, blah'.

Talk about deluded self importance. Mind you, that just about sums up the majority of their (now strangely quiet) supporters.

Just fo ok off you sad bas turds.

UTC NNN.

Jack Holden?

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:16 pm

The national footballing media has given the Dyche to Everton the attention it deserves. So you'd expect Radio Lancashire to put it top of the running order on the Friday night soccer preview.

No!

There covering a potential take over at Morecambe!

It starts at 6 and they're still covering it as I type at 20 past.

Embarrassing....

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:30 pm

It is Alan Partridge personified.

moaninclaret · Post by **moaninclaret** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:33 pm

Think radio lancs staff must be anti claret,but lets face it no one else in the media likes to sing our praises, let them talk about b......s, preston ect, we do our talking on the premier league pitches. utc

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:36 pm

"Local radio station in 'Not very good' shock"

Hold the front page...

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:05 pm

Who's the boss @ the station? Going to fire a email off to him/her as the coverage we get is a disgrace..

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:19 pm

They opened last week's programme with 20 minutes about Burnley. Once again, we play last this weekend so they don't discuss our game until later.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:30 pm

Who cares. If you tune into Sky Sports News we’ll probably get a mention within half an hour. Lets let the small local teams get the local coverage whilst we can enjoy the international coverage.

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:41 pm

Interesting to see that they haven't improved from the 80's when I still lived in the area. They were shockingly biased then and everyone knew it. They even devoted an entire show to denying that there was an anti Burnley bias which I think spoke volumes.
I preferred to listen to Red Rose Radio who despite being based in Preston were much more balanced.
Out of interest are Red Rose still broadcasting?

Eloise Laws · Post by **Eloise Laws** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:32 pm

I have contacted them in the past, and also Graham Liver to comment about how one side and anti Burnley FC their reporting is, of course they disagreed. Sadly it was and always will be Radio Blackburn....boooooo

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:11 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:The national footballing media has given the Dyche to Everton the attention it deserves. So you'd expect Radio Lancashire to put it top of the running order on the Friday night soccer preview.

No!

There covering a potential take over at Morecambe!

It starts at 6 and they're still covering it as I type at 20 past.

Embarrassing....

I for one relied on radio lancs when I was growing up to give me interviews and information that I’d never get off national tv or radio.

Why shouldn’t the local radio station concentrate on local teams in the lower divisions?? What do you want them to talk about? Clubs may or maybe not being interested in our manager??!

Now I can honestly say I don’t listen to them anymore because there’s that much about us on the terrestrial and Sky etc.

F-cking lighten up because in ten years you could easily be listening out for a whistle and the shout of ‘goooooal action’....and be grateful for it.

Cleveleys_claret · Post by **Cleveleys_claret** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:23 pm

To be truthful I kind of expect the lower clubs to get most airtime. We are in the top flight and have coverage in many more places. If it was reversed I would expect the same although I know it didnt work like that in the past.

Not in the know but clubs lower down surely have better links and utilise local stations more as there form of promoting the club. We have bigger media partners and they will always come first with interviews and information and the like with the far reaching benefits to the clubs. We will be wanting to crack the asian market....not a chinese chipshop in east lancs with radio lancs on in the background

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:24 pm

I remember Jack Holden. Jack was one of the best, if not the best radio personalities of the 70s. Jack was a true gentleman and lancastrian who was Burnley and Rovers through and through, he always gave a honest and thoughtful opinion of the Rovers and Clarets

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:55 pm

Jack Holden was as pro Rovers and anti Burnley as they come. The epitome of Radio Rovers in the 80s and 90s. Thankfully i haven't suffered their diatribe for 20 years or more. UTC

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:28 pm

2BR is a big miss for Burnley.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:24 am

laughable station, amateurish and crap.
Thought it was just myself that thought they were biased, obviously not the case.
Putrid programming from dawn till dusk. Budgies and Edith with her false teeth, have you heard graham Liver ? Dross personified.

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:52 am

Not that I would wish it.....but “radio”...Blackburn....

How long will that format last?

Don’t get me wrong I still listen afte the match etc, but will Sky for example bury it?

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:36 am

Herts Clarets wrote:Jack Holden was as pro Rovers and anti Burnley as they come. The epitome of Radio Rovers in the 80s and 90s. Thankfully i haven't suffered their diatribe for 20 years or more. UTC

Got to agree with you on this. I remember our first home game after the Orient game, v Rochdale. For some reason Jack Holden was at Turf Moor. He belittled is at every opportunity. One I remember was when he was asked by the studio what the crowd was like. Holden replied that it was a good turn out, possibley as many as 3,000. The actual attendance was 7,500. He was clueless when it came to anything Burnley.

I stopped listening to Radio Blackburn due to the fact that on the drive home to Rammy, all you’d hear was Gary Hickson* telling us what was coming up, rather than actually getting on with it. I’d be back in the cricket club in Rammy and Burnley wouldn’t have been mentioned, except for the score.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 3:32 am

file alongside Talkshite for radio stations, utter bilge

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 5:09 am

Don't get wound up over 'the media'. Just like their mates in the Papers, they'll have their agendas.

Just as you don't expect "Jeremy for PM" from The Daily Telegraph and "Teresa May gets it right" from The Mirror, don't expect objective reporting from a bunch of second rate reporters and presenters who were brought up on "Uncle Jack is God", "The Tangerine Army", and "Tom Finney walks on water". Remind me, when did Preston Both Ends last win something? 3rd Division 17 years ago?

If I tune it, it's for a soundbite of "Mr Personality" Gary Bowyer. God, is he boring?!

Jealousy causes their blinkered approach to Burnley. Let 'em crack on.

Want objective insights into the Clarets, log on to this forum and feast on the drivel that's served up here... especially after a defeat

9thMay1987 · Post by **9thMay1987** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 8:03 am

Except for a period of 2BR I have had to listen to this biased "Radio Blackburn" station since its inception.

Paul Weller was very good and factual so he disappeared. Our main reporter is taken off to report cricket and we are left with any old dross they can find.

The stations top people , and presumably top paid, cover Blackburn ( with a Scottish sidekick who is difficult to understand) sometimes Preston but never Burnley.

Since we achieved PL we are treated to such gems as " this is the worst PL season ever" though they do not go to any matches , and "Blackburn have had a great transfer window" though simple results prove otherwise.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:57 am

Winstonswhite wrote:I for one relied on radio lancs when I was growing up to give me interviews and information that I’d never get off national tv or radio.

Why shouldn’t the local radio station concentrate on local teams in the lower divisions?? What do you want them to talk about? Clubs may or maybe not being interested in our manager??!

Now I can honestly say I don’t listen to them anymore because there’s that much about us on the terrestrial and Sky etc.

F-cking lighten up because in ten years you could easily be listening out for a whistle and the shout of ‘goooooal action’....and be grateful for it.

Hey I'm totally relaxed about it. I was in a mates car and he put it on the radio. I was obliged to listen to it. But I'll say one thing. If Blackburn were in the prem and there was massive attention on their manager during the week. They'd have at least given it the FIRST 30 minutes of an hour long show. If not actually broadcast an hour long phone in special!

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:02 pm

Although I haven't listened to Radio Lancs for a while I always used to think that it's sport coverage was really good for a local station. Their commentaries on the game where always good especially if it was Scott Read and/or Chris Boden. Always gave a good insight I thought. Scott Read now does a lot of the cricket and this, as well, is really good.

I've never really understood the anger towards Radio Lancs - particularly when you consider that they are probably operating off a ridiculously low budget.

However, away from sport the content is terrible. But, it probably isn't aimed at someone like me.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:27 pm

We have a 3pm Saturday kick off this week and (shock!) Radio Lancs covers us first on the Friday night preview show.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:33 pm

begrudgingly covering us though, barrel scraping sports coverage from a joke station.

gtclaret · Post by **gtclaret** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:38 pm

Can anybody tell me if Jack Holden is still alive

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:54 pm

blackburrrrrrrrrrrrrn Rrrrrrrrrrrrrroverrrrrrs, jack holden ,

Im_not_Robbie_Blake · Post by **Im_not_Robbie_Blake** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:58 pm

Is Norman Shakeshaft still with us?