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MACacd Full Member Offline Posts: 80 Swansea Gender:	Why no TALKsport ? Nov 21^st, 2003 at 1:06am Considering that talksport was the first commercial station to go digital and is the number 1 commercial station in the uk, why are they not on freeview ?
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vuittion Newbie Offline Visitor to www.radioandtelly.co .uk Posts: 9	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #1 - Nov 22^nd, 2003 at 7:52pm thats a great point,i was wondering that myself,im a big listener of talksport and would love to hear it via freeview.
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MACacd Full Member Offline Posts: 80 Swansea Gender:	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #2 - Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 4:11pm Talksport is the only Radio station i listen to anymore. Ian Collins on the weekends is the best thing on radio, but i feel he hasn't reached the standard that he was during his "Creatures of the Night" show. but i was extremly dissipointed not to find it on freeview.
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Reply #3 - Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 6:39pm

An oddity indeed!, no Talksport on Freeview, on AM it's free, on DAB it's free, on Sky it's part of the Family Package and therefore you pay, perhaps they just can't make up their minds whether they are a payed for or free channel!
It would certainly make sense for them to go on Freeview as their signal on AM after dark is absolute crap down here (East- Kent).

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vuittion Newbie Offline Visitor to www.radioandtelly.co .uk Posts: 9	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #4 - Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 8:01pm going to eventually get myself a DAB digital radio,just waiting to let the scene pan out a little and then read a few reviews and take my pick,until then i'm quite content to continue listening to talksport on 1089AM as i live in london and the signal is very strong on my little old sony fm/am radio.
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MACacd Full Member Offline Posts: 80 Swansea Gender:	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #5 - Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 10:19pm TALKsport has a great signal all day in the swansea area, but i would still like it on freeview.
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DigiMac Senior Member Offline Posts: 251 Manchester Gender:	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #6 - Nov 25^th, 2003 at 6:27pm Even though it is free on AM and DAB, due to the fact that its part of a pay package on Sky may have something to do with it not becoming free-to-listen on Freeview. I know people have e-mailed TalkSport about coming to Freeview, all to little success.
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DigiMac Senior Member Offline Posts: 251 Manchester Gender:	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #7 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 5:12pm Mind you to totally contradict my last post, we have some TV channels on Freeview that are pay channels on Sky (ITV2, Ftn etc). Maybe someone could confirm that.
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Reply #8 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 8:15pm

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the fact that its part of a pay package on Sky may have something to do with it not becoming free-to-listen on Freeview.

I understand that talkSPORT & (until recently) BBC 5Live are not free-to-air stations on SKY is because they only have sports rights for Britain. With the right equipment, SKY can be received in some parts of mainland Europe.

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Reply #9 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 11:51am

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I understand that talkSPORT & (until recently) BBC 5Live are not free-to-air stations on SKY is because they only have sports rights for Britain. With the right equipment, SKY can be received in some parts of mainland Europe.

That would make sense Wink

But then this would not be a problem for Freeview as it is not possible to receive it on the continent, so the reason it is pay on sky couldn't be an excuse for it not to be on Freeview.

Interesting.

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Ianpb Newbie Offline Visitor to www.radioandtel ly.co.uk Posts: 9 London	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #10 - May 28^th, 2004 at 11:22pm Talk Sport reception in late evening not too good here in West London even! However, only thing I listen to on Talk Sport is James Whale and Mike Dickin, which are not sport content, and excellently non-PC. Oh and Charlie Wolf, but by then I'm in bed anyway.
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technik Full Member Offline PVR-8000T Posts: 51 South Midlands	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #11 - May 29^th, 2004 at 7:01pm Quote: Ian Collins on the weekends is the best thing on radio, but i feel he hasn't reached the standard that he was during his "Creatures of the Night" show. Ian Collins is the worst presenter on Talksport in my opinion. Should have been sacked a long time ago.
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Ianpb Newbie Offline Visitor to www.radioandtel ly.co.uk Posts: 9 London	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #12 - May 29^th, 2004 at 10:43pm I agree. Ian Collins is very bland.
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GaryH Full Member Offline Always cap in hand Posts: 75 Glasgow Gender:	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #13 - May 30^th, 2004 at 7:30am Rather listen to Clive Bull and Steve Allen on LBC than Talksport
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DigiMac Senior Member Offline Posts: 251 Manchester Gender:	Re: Why no TALKsport ? Reply #14 - Jun 4^th, 2004 at 2:10pm In all fairness, because the government want DAB to take off, it is in there interests to ensure that the 'major' players on the DAB scene (i.e. TalkSport, Classic FM etal) remain solely on DAB, rather than going onto Freeview which wll one day be in 20 million+ households.
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