Thankfully theres more support now, she said. I meet up with Stan Collymore, who's another 5 Live refugee. talkSPORT @talkSPORT 1.23M subscribers Subscribe Shorts Live Recently uploaded Popular 9:30 "WE'RE DELIGHTED!" | Pep Guardiola reacts to Bristol City 0-3 Manchester City in the FA Cup! And remember, You can switch to other radio, contact Audentio support. It really is. Unfortunately theres still some very lazy stereotypes out there. talkSPORTs Faye Carruthers also echoed that support has certainly improved, but there is still a long way to go. "It's not like the old days where if a female listener rang in, everybody would be like" he puts on a cave-man voice, and beats his chest: "WOMAN!". I made the following changes: When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}). I was an in-studio guest on the drive-time show at talkSPORT some years ago when I was about to present the FA Cup final for ESPN. to Alice. It has been 40 years, but I remember it to this day. It was for the talent, and their broadcasting experience, that he hired them, Dee says. Listen Live: The Hit Mix The biggest hits from the biggest artists. Olivia Wayne. But that does not make him an anti-semite. They just vanished.". Nothing is given to you and if you want something in life, you have to give something to that as well. In fact, talkSPORT is a success that's been built on the back of failure: it was born from the corpse of Talk Radio UK, the deliberately "controversial" station founded by an American company back in 1995. It's the reason afternoons exist. NOW! RM 2D6639Y - Stuart Pearce working for TalkSport radio RM D9C1CW - Hulk Hogan arriving at talksport radio studios London, England - 25.01.12 When I got to Birmingham I did not think Id be there for more than a year. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 18 January 2022). Martin Kelner is mostly popular for his time at BBC. "Because when you talk about us, people sort of smirk at you when you use those big words. She shrugs. [3] [4] At weekends, the station featured Alexis Conran, Eamonn Holmes, Bob Mills, Martin Roberts, Penny Smith, Jerry Springer, Anna Williamson, and Jake Yapp. My little black book of contacts got bigger and bigger, and by the end of it I had an immense contact book. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Unless my assumption that it is two separate programmes is incorrect in which case it would be worthy of note. And 2), he is a supporter of Hizbullah, but it is a subjective opinion that they are terrorists. 1107 kHz Torbay no longer works, so it looks like this has been turned off. Imagine working in an environment where you are constantly having to prove yourself, Sawyer said. TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been fired by the radio station for calling a London councillor a "Nazi". If they gave you a landline instead of a mobile, you would be like, Do you have a mobile? so you would not wake up the whole house when you called the house. One time Mr Galloway said; 'any man who wants to attack a Jew is going to have to fight his way past me first, (George is an ex Boxer)'. Presenter Laura Woods has responded to claims from one of her talkSPORT colleagues that Arsenal have benefitted from "huge luck" this season. There still needs to be more support in and around other people, and I think sometimes its easy for people to say theyre okay, but not okay. She has also covered Boxing and MMA on live events before moving to ESPN. David Cameron's coming on later this month. My first job was as an assistant producer on the breakfast show on. pic.twitter.com/4pTljPGOkG. Some commentators still look at us and seem to believe we get up every morning, drag ourselves out of a cave, dust ourselves down and get out our microphones. if espn lasts it will be because a women , YET AGAIN , has given life/birth to it . This has been fantastic rehabilitation for us both, the station, and the people who work here. I'd come from BBC local radio and we didn't really know what that meant. She is one of the rare sports presenters who is fluent in multiple languages. My best friend there was Phil Rogers, who went on to write for the Chicago Tribune and write books. It'd be cool if someone more in the know about the station could tackle it. Spanish repoted who has worked as on-field and hosted countless football shows on prominant spanish channels. What we were put through. The station has changed, Dee says, "partly by building credibility and dare I use this word? Things I never thought I'd ever need to know. 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I was there for a little over a year. I sent out this long form and then completely forgot about it. He covered everything. Looks like this section of the page needs revision. And they phone us up. I could not enjoy the weekends because I was exhausted, my body clock was all over the place. PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe suggested his next career move could be a surprising one after being pressed on his future as he arrived at FIFA's The Best awards on Monday. I could not have been further away from being on air then if I tried. She started out as NFL side reporter for Fox before moving on to host Fox Sports "NFL Kickoff Show". Call the show on 03717 22 33 44 (Calls charged at. As I recall it started off as the local rate 0345 105389 and at some point became a free 0500 number, before changing back to something that charged (possibly more than a local rate), but I don't know when these changes occurred. Who have properly lived life and who have a real insight into what life is like. the women are the only reason espn is watchable anymore . Yeah theres a few blokes around, but theyre probably looking at you and thinking Phew, Im intimidated by her. I think of it like a pirate ship. You're not getting me, are you son? It was a six-month contract with the BBC on television. Radio 5 Live have been trying to lure him back but he's refused to go. talkSPORT is the world's biggest sports radio station and has exclusive live coverage of Premier League games, broadcast in the UK and around the worl See more 2,624,088 people like this 3,034,873 people follow this http://talksport.com/ Radio station Photos See all Videos See all 4:00 Adrian Durham thinks Arsenal's success falls down to luck! "Have you wiped that custard pie off your face yet?" he asked. Just a little note to say I just picked this up for the 2nd year in a row & I couldnt be more proud (and emotional) Back to back @SportSJA Presenter of The Year! John Anderson is talkSPORT's England correspondent and covered the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 for the station. A TalkSport spokesman confirmed that Gaunt was dismissed . The retired English cricket star is on the verge of being announced as Yorkshire's new director of cricket, which would obviously involve him stepping down from his long-term role at talkSPORT Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. "Why talkSPORT?" And that I now wonder if there's any way I can de-know. And talkSPORT has finally, perhaps, emerged from its ghetto, too. Be normal, be a person, not a plastic presenter. To this day, the time with him on the bus there and back he gave me incredible access was one of the most memorable moments of my career, just to be around someone of his greatness. Try a week on us. There was not much for me to do, but I was 22 years old and pretty consumed with my work. The first one with Ed Miliband. Follow Richard on Twitter @richarddeitsch. Danny Kelly & Charlie Baker A serving of sports news, guests and a sideways look at the big stories of the day. Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.46.14 (talk) 22:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply], Galloway supports Hezbollah - he has made various speeches to this effect. Kelvin MacKenzie sacked him twice, the second time when he got roaring drunk at the Cheltenham Gold Cup, slept through his alarm call and failed to turn up for his programme. In a 30-year broadcasting career he has covered three World Cups, five European Championships and six Olympic Games, and his experiences as a globetrotting reporter are chronicled in his memoir A Great Face For Radio. I ask. "And I had my doubts because it really wasn't a great station at the time. It seems like hot now means any woman who wears tight clothes and shows a bit of flesh.These women are not hot at all. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No prosecution of this caller resulted. !Yellowmellow45 19:02, 15 February 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], There seems a disappointing lack of info on the change from Talk Radio to talksport, why this happened, who arranged it, what happened to the presenters etc etc. You get these brilliant calls. Had I stayed in East Tennessee I dont know if I would have ever left. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Tommy Boyd's "wonderful hour" on Friday afternoons was superb radio - the best anti-depressant you could hope to take and 100% no side-effects! Freelance Radio Presenter. "And some of the wisest men I've ever met have been in the back of a van. It's now the sport of brickies and prime ministers (Cameron claims to be a Villa fan, although Sean Dilley tells me he's checked Hansard and in 2001 he definitely wasn't). He said he switched on the FA Cup and said he mistook it for an episode of Love Island, because the presenter could have been a contestant, Woods explained. talkSPORT has revealed its talented line-up for the new Premier League season. Broadcast Journalist. Former England international Lianne Sanderson also acknowledged this rise in support and awareness in comparison to when she was growing up, and explained that this has helped her in her transition from player to pundit. I had two different beats college and pro. All Rights Reserved. And you know it. For a first job I really appreciate it much more 40 years later than I did at the time. I did laugh as well when Rod Lucas referred to him as a nightmare when a caller called up and mentioned him. And they know all the presenters. IT MAY BE A MANS WORLD but its a womans REALITY . About three months after I took the job, the aforementioned girlfriend sent me a Dear John letter, breaking up with me. Listen to live sports coverage and more on talkSPORT Listen Live: The Fit Mix High energy hits to take your workout to the next level! To say Mr Galloway is Anti Jewish is rediculious.Johnwrd (talk) 03:47, 21 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply], " traditionalist attitudes towards issues such as capital punishment, immigration, and the ongoing military action in Iraq and Afghanistan". ", Collymore's somewhat defensive with me. I think the biggest change that we need to be able to see is from the top down. Which is talk. Two. The presenters are mostly (but not entirely - listen to their news team) male due to it, oh, covering sports. I was not a journalism major at the University of Tennessee. The best thing I was told when I arrived here was 'Just be yourself. All the footballers, cricketers, sportsmen, they all listen. Twenty-four hours later, I know so much about Avram Grant I feel like I may once have been married to him. Since than she has move on to bigger and better things and currently working for FoxSports as reporter for Atlanta Braves and also host shows on Fox network. And that Paddy Power is an actual person. Last month, it . People are more aware of it. Roy Keane has been described as "warm" and "generous" by TV presenter Laura Woods. Luigi30 23:47, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC), I think that the comment about Jewish presenters may not be intended as anti-semitic, but as a point that there are no female presenters because of the content. Join darren gough bring you a good music, adam catterall talksport presenter for this year round of robbie williams after. Fucking 'ell. And Sedition is not personal intent. From one search on google image you will know that why she is keeping hold of her job. You have to be relentless and even tell them you will work for free. James Whale, Ian Collins, Charlie Wolf, Mike Dickin, Howard Hughes, Mark Keen, Mike Mendoza and Duncan Barkes are not sports presenters, and any mention of sports issues is stricly forbidden on their shows. But some of your signings slightly send out that message, I argue. So I had to leave talkSPORT, who were great to me, and I had to call my poor friend who was graduating later that year to say, sorry, I am going to take this job. Of course, being talkSPORT, nothing is straightforward and the opinions are hotly . the employment of jewish presenters, is to show that this is not because, of predjudice on the stations part Lazmac 15:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], I would like to see a more descriptive passage about the station, about its history and output as someone who had not listened to station, would have little idea what it was like. We were considered 'red-neck radio'. For me, a talkSPORT ingenue, it is Bloke-ish for Beginners, with the presenters leading me into alien territory (football, basically, but so minutely dissected that they could be talking about hare coursing or trout tickling); while the advertisements open up a world of products I didn't even know existed, much less ever imagined wanting. "I just got really fed up of listening to people like David Mellor talking about football. But the job was incredible. TOM BRADY TO EVERY QUARTERBACK EVER , and baseball and golf are boring . He should know. Sports Presenter on BBC World and BBC Breakfast News . Meanwhile, Woods described one of the many experiences of misogyny shes had to deal with during her career, explaining a review she received from a male journalist in a national newspaper after she presented her second ever FA Cup match. I just wanted to do everything I could. End of the fucking month? Well maybe not the full-time reported here but Katherin Webb did went on to covere inside edition before the Superbowl. One of the most prominent reporter who cover different sports in the US. Can future editors of this article try to bear in mind what I've said here about recentism, and look at this station in a broader historical perspective in which everything notable that has happened from 1995 (and potentially before) to the present is equally important. Now she works as a fulltime NBA TV reported and also appear on NBA programs on TNT. "Although, of course, we do have lots of women listeners," Paul Hawksbee, who co-presents the afternoon show with Andy Jacobs, tells me. I've just gone through this page and done what I could to get the opening section into better shape. While in the past, it . We had to effectively write the show in two hours and provide all the different links for Alan and Mike. One campaign that has helped in mobilising normalising female voices in football in particular and helping facilitating the change is Her Game Too a fan led campaign aiming to stomp sexist abuse out of football. They offered me $145 a week and I took it. I was living at home with my mum in West London and a car would pick me up at 3:15 a.m. and wed drive over the River Thames to the talkSPORT studios in Waterloo so I could be at my desk at 4 a.m. Excuse the lack of vocabulary here, I'm into Law not Literacy so much. She started out as NFL side reporter for Fox before moving on to host Fox Sports NFL Kickoff Show. . The first thing the assistant producers would do is go through all the morning papers. Carole Cadwalladr meets the "renegades and ne'er-do-wells" behind one of Britain's favourite radio stations, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, TalkSPORT presenter Stan Collymore in the press box at Wolverhampton Wanderers' ground Molyneux. So Id have a swim, get back on the Tube, and then go home and be in bed by a quarter to seven in order to do it all again the next day. Its latest star signings are Andy Gray and Richard Keys, freshly disgraced from Sky (where they made off-air comments about the competence of a female linesman); it also boasts George Galloway and Stan Collymore, and it was where Russell Brand made his first radio excursion after Sachsgate. Moz looks less like the bossman-in-charge than the work experience boy. Not just that, it carried off the top accolade: Station of the Year. Way way better than half of these women. And the anti-semitism charge is a load of nonsense. He replies: "He's called Stan. It's four months since the pair left Sky and the trauma is still fresh on their faces. ", It's the interaction between the presenters, many of whom are retired professional sportsmen, and the listeners that has somehow made talkSPORT the success it was never quite meant to be. And a load of blokes, going Phwoar!' "blast from the past" and all the rest. Finally, are the medium wave frequencies used vacated BBC ones from the days before widespread FM reception? Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. The list below is in no perticular order and we will be updating the list below from time to time. It was a bit of a culture shock, yes. 'End of the month? I would leave work between noon and 1 p.m. and, because I didnt have a lot of money, I tried to find somewhere I could work out. It was a horrendous time in my family's life. was always a great listen also. Laura Woods', Natalie Sawyer 's, Lianne Sanderson 's and Faye Carruthers ' experiences demonstrate that even those who make it to the very top of their game still have to deal with obstacles,. He now does a show with Saggers "and we've talked about it all," Saggers says. "I'm not one of those people who can watch EastEnders and then go to bed," he says. It has the lowest audience of any national station? And I said, 'It's this new round-up of news and sport we're just starting.' fter a couple of days of listening to talkSPORT's output, there's an awful lot of things I know. Carole Cadwalladr meets the "renegades and ne'er-do-wells" behind one of. Which, of course, is just what an ailing, shock-jock radio station needs: the man who put "Gotcha!" --Charliewbrown (talk) 20:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]. Do it. Chelsea's Mason Mount in action with Newcastle United's Jonjo Shelvey and Isaac Hayden TalkSport presenter Tony Cascarino has claimed that Mason Mount would "fit really well" into the Newcastle United team amid uncertainty over the player's future. For the producer job, I had to get up at half-past two in the morning. While it could be quite possible that the event would be broadcast on both stations, they would most likely have two completely separate broadcast teams. Why the hell has the page been reverted back to what it was after I had put up more detailed introductions and information about each show on the weekday schedule!??!?!?! He comes from an Irish family, grew up in the Midlands, became an actor as a teenager, appearing in several David Puttnam films, and then set up his own theatre company and wrote plays before stumbling into radio. It's definitely journalism that he's doing. --tgheretford (talk) 21:19, 18 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply], I surprised it wasn't mentioned that Steve Wright was a presenter on Talk Radio in 1994, on the same frequencies (1089, 1053 AM) that only a year earlier he was broadcasting his show for Radio 1 before it went to FM. It really helped shaped me. I would get off the Tube at Victoria Station, which was the only place I could find a swimming pool that was like 20 pounds a month. But within weeks I loved it. It was bizarre. Rod Lucas, a talkSPORT presenter with links to Radio 1 was removed from his position with the sporting talk show after a list of people connected with the BNP was listed on the internet. Lovely girl but with eyebrows that look like animated caterpillars. I majored in political science and history, so plenty of newspapers had no interest in me upon graduation. talkSPORT is shaking up its schedule this season to maximise insight and entertainment for listeners. If information is being added back in, then please feel free to remove it immediately as per BLP policy, add the relevant template (adding unreferenced controversial information about living persons) from here and if it continues, report it at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Im going to have to work alongside her, what if she knows more than I do?'. When asked what advice she would give girls hoping to one day work in sports media and are fearful of the abuse they could receive for being female, Woods said she would say what she would love to say to her younger self. When the producer calls me and says, Okay, Rebecca we are going to get you on in five minutes, they dont know that I used to be the person with that job. Just because this isn't an article about a person doesn't mean it is acceptable - BLP applies to all Wikipedia articles. It is gratuitous. Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.46.14 (talk) 19:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply], Just what we need, another left wing apologist for terrorism eh? She has been part of SkySports UK team on and off for a decade now. I tried to fix myself a glass of water but the water had been turned off because I did not have enough money to pay the bills. Just a thought.Olaf Legend 16:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply], There's an AFD on Alice Soundtech, a leading UK supplier of studio and transmission equipment for ILR and RSL radio stations (from mixing consoles to AM/FM transmitters) also operating some transmission sites for TalkSPORT and Virgin Radio. They put me on from 6-7, R5's audience bit the dust and that was the end of Nick. The main producer of the show, an Australian guy named Gary, taught me so much in three months and he had a huge impact on my career. Currently she host Fox Sports NET and also work as reporter for LA Kings (Ice Hockey) and Los Angeles Angels (Baseball). 1) It is a libel to say that he is an anti-semite. It was not a great social life. Richard also hosts a weekly sports media podcast. The current version under live sport heading states "FA Cup final (simulcast with BBC Radio 5 Live)" - normally in broadcast terms I've always taken a "simulcast" as being the broadcast of the same programme on multiple stations. To me it is mass slaughter - but I didn't alter the article to say that. Any news? Any big sporting event, the BBC spends days beforehand setting it all up, whereas talkSPORT turns up a couple of hours before the match in a van that looks like it's out of The Sweeney, and just starts broadcasting, with the presenters just saying what they think, and somehow it manages to give the listeners a far better flavour of what's actually going on.". I see you haven't really read it, the guy co-founded Wikipedia, and is also a supporter. At the start of the day, for example, I have no opinions, really none, on West Ham. It was not the happiest year of my life, but I got valuable experience. Jenn Brown has worked for Showtime and hosted inside the NFL show earning her emmy award for outstanding studio show. Those were people like Alan Shearer, and Id hope to God theyd pick up the phone and remember they were supposed to be on. Can anyone justify keeping it? I may change this to VfD after thinking about it for a while. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. "Which really didn't work," says Moz Dee. Kelner has spent more than 40 years . I was paid 18,000 pounds a year and for a 21-year-old I was absolutely delighted with that. Sara Carbonero trended in 2010 world cup when her husband (Spanish captain Iker Casillas) kissed her on live tv after winning the 2010 world cup in South Africa. People in the biz or in the know can chime in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Soundtech. I was determined to get to the New York Times by the time I was 30. And it's true that footballers take their calls. But Hezbollah being a terrorist organisation is dependent on POV. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. "Well, it wasn't exactly planned," says Gray. Weve made massive strides. Bauer Media offers his top tips for radio presenters. This page seems extremely POV. For example, the 'programming highlights' and 'controversies' sections which list events not particularly distantly separated in time begin after the rebrand, mysteriously not saying anything about the station before it was known as Talksport, and the 'former presenters' sections talks about Talksport's original line-up, which I think means the line-up at the point of the rebrand (James Whale was on at midnight and I remember listening!).