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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2021 10:56:57 GMT
DAB is the best frequency now not FM. New devices by and large are DAB with no FM Exit: I'm going to have buy an FM radio now I don't have DAB on mine, lord. Hope I don't have to buy a DAB one if listeners upset the apple cart. OS. I imagined you having one of those with the big horn speakers that have to warm up. 'Here are the latest Association Football results'
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Post by lordb on Aug 10, 2021 16:27:40 GMT
No I'm not but in order of priority they should be third. You can't tell me other areas give equal billing to the small clubs like that do here Well that's exactly what priority they are. 1. Stoke City - FM 2. Port Vale - DAB 3. Crewe Alex - Freeview Seeing how most people still listen on FM as people don't have DAB in their car CURRENTLY etc I think the priority is as you suggested it should be. Surely more people have DAB than FM ?
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Post by midtempo on Aug 10, 2021 17:26:55 GMT
[/quote]Surely more people have DAB than FM ?[/quote]
My Samsung phone which was only released 6 months ago has an FM radio on and is great walking to and from the ground. So I'm happy
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Post by fortressbritannia on Aug 10, 2021 18:26:17 GMT
I would think that the overwhelming majority of Stoke fans who listen to the match day commentary actually live in the city and surrounding areas so why would they NOT broadcast it on the best local radio frequency - that being 94.6FM? The BBC will know the figures better than anyone and that's why the least popular listened to game has been relegated to Freeview now medium wave has been discontinued. So from now on, Stoke, being the top team, will be broadcast on the channel most listeners use and The Fail will get 2nd spot on DAB, the second most popular listened to channel. I understand that some Stoke fans will be disappointed that they can't get to hear the game if they live out of town but it's always been like that until recent times when they added Freeview for listeners. I won't comment on the other matters like streaming etc. because I know very little about them. OS. I would love to know the actual numbers of Stoke supporters who live outside the FM broadcast. Lest not forget that even parts of Staffordshire Moorlands can't get a good FM signal. There are over 20K residents of Cheadle, Leek, Uttoxeter, Buxton etc where there are strong supporters for Stoke City, who now can't follow their team unless they come into the Potteries. Plus there are holiday and temporary residents on the North Wales coastline, Blackpool, Southport, and in all the major Cities within 50miles of Stoke. Freeview came in around 2014 for radio popularity, so there are thousands who have listened to it for 7 years. Even residents of the nearest prisons follow Stoke on Freeview, and have no other access to info from the game. There are stats you can access about the radio station and its listeners but it won't tell us who they support, however Sport is the most popular programme and radio Stoke is listened to by 7.4% of all the BBC station listeners. So that runs into the hundred thousands. I've never heard anything more daft then concern for peados, rapists, woman beaters and murderers who might not be able to listen to the match. The majority of people who want to go to the match do. Those who don't either live local and listen to it on the radio or watch a stream or watching soccer saturday or are more than happy checking the Internet for updates while they're off doing more interesting things on a Saturday than sitting at home listening to the radio. They're not going to reintroduce it on free view for the sake of 1 unhappy bloke nor should they
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Post by BuzzB on Aug 10, 2021 18:33:31 GMT
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Post by OldStokie on Aug 10, 2021 18:44:14 GMT
I don't have DAB on mine, lord. Hope I don't have to buy a DAB one if listeners upset the apple cart. OS. I imagined you having one of those with the big horn speakers that have to warm up. 'Here are the latest Association Football results' I still use one where I have to have the accumulator charged at the local ironmongers. I spend hours listening to airplanes and cops and listening out for secret code messages on the thousands of foreign channels I tune into. The latest one I heard was from Radio Afghanistan where the message from a Yank spy said, "The Eagle has returned to its nest," which I took to mean that that, like Korea and Vietnam and the Kurdish territories in Iraq are concerned, they've admitted defeat, deserted their allies, and have pulled out. Now who would have thunk the 'greatest nation on earth' would have done that? OS.
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Post by liathroid on Aug 10, 2021 18:50:09 GMT
Thanks for this perfect in Ireland
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Post by aj on Aug 10, 2021 18:54:09 GMT
Download the radio garden app from the play store, has pretty much every radio station worldwide and currently has tonight's match on radio Stoke.
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Post by BuzzB on Aug 10, 2021 18:54:36 GMT
Thanks for this perfect in Ireland
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 10, 2021 18:59:01 GMT
Thanks for this perfect in Ireland Only because it’s a Cup game. Contractual restrictions don’t allow BBC Radio Stoke to broadcast EFL games.
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Post by lordb on Aug 10, 2021 19:40:20 GMT
Thanks for this perfect in Ireland Only because it’s a Cup game. Contractual restrictions don’t allow BBC Radio Stoke to broadcast EFL games. That's a shame Currently in hollibobs in Cornwall so that link has been great
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Post by scfcwebby on Aug 10, 2021 19:43:46 GMT
Thanks for this perfect in Ireland Only because it’s a Cup game. Contractual restrictions don’t allow BBC Radio Stoke to broadcast EFL games. I don't think that's correct mate... This link may be a godsend at times because there is still that daft message if you try and listen through BBC sounds or on the BBC Stoke website tonight so shouldn't be able to listen to it
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Post by dirtclod on Aug 10, 2021 20:15:11 GMT
Thanks Buzz, coming in loud and clear in the US.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 11, 2021 8:02:41 GMT
Only because it’s a Cup game. Contractual restrictions don’t allow BBC Radio Stoke to broadcast EFL games. I don't think that's correct mate... This link may be a godsend at times because there is still that daft message if you try and listen through BBC sounds or on the BBC Stoke website tonight so shouldn't be able to listen to it Hope you’re right Webby. Not been able to listen to any Championship games on internet for about 3 seasons now. In our first relegation year it was free but now you have to buy a pass on Stoke City +.
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Post by muggly on Aug 25, 2021 7:18:25 GMT
So to add insult to injury last night's Stoke match was only broadcast on FM, while the other, Crewe match , was afforded the luxury of both Digital and Freeview commentary. Now this smacks of something sinister. Surely to offer the handful of Crewe supporters a choice of listening whilst thousands of Stoke supporters are left in the dark as to what is happening to their team, if they are outside the FM broadcast area, sounds like there is a plan to either punish the SFC followers or a future route to shift the directive of Radio Stoke sport away from providing the service to the greater of the two listening consumes.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 25, 2021 7:19:41 GMT
So to add insult to injury last night's Stoke match was only broadcast on FM, while the other, Crewe match , was afforded the luxury of both Digital and Freeview commentary. Now this smacks of something sinister. Surely to offer the handful of Crewe supporters a choice of listening whilst thousands of Stoke supporters are left in the dark as to what is happening to their team, if they are outside the FM broadcast area, sounds like there is a plan to either punish the SFC followers or a future route to shift the directive of Radio Stoke sport away from providing the service to the greater of the two listening consumes. We were at home, they were away. What’s sinister?
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 25, 2021 7:22:08 GMT
Being stuck with McGarry last night made me sort of think that maybe the current shadow of Nigel Johnson we've got isn't as bad as things might be.
Every single time a Leeds player touched the ball he insisted on saying how much they'd cost. 'The £26m Rodrigo' every single bastard time.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Aug 25, 2021 7:23:43 GMT
The only crime last night was the fact coverage on radio stoke stopped at 10pm, whereas radio derby carried on with post match interviews, etc.
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Post by potterburt on Aug 25, 2021 7:25:43 GMT
So to add insult to injury last night's Stoke match was only broadcast on FM, while the other, Crewe match , was afforded the luxury of both Digital and Freeview commentary. Now this smacks of something sinister. Surely to offer the handful of Crewe supporters a choice of listening whilst thousands of Stoke supporters are left in the dark as to what is happening to their team, if they are outside the FM broadcast area, sounds like there is a plan to either punish the SFC followers or a future route to shift the directive of Radio Stoke sport away from providing the service to the greater of the two listening consumes. People have been sharing web links to our commentary on here, I’ve managed to listen to those (albeit the cup games) where as I’ve always struggled to get Radio Stoke on match day due to not living in the area. Freeview- is a company, that provide a service. It would be one of the last places I would think to go to to listen to internet radio, could it be something as innocuous as no one was listening to the radio on tv other than you (very few) and so to save space on bandwidth they’ve removed those channel to offer other things?
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 25, 2021 7:27:38 GMT
Maybe the thinking is more Stoke-based radio listeners of a certain age will be familiar with the FM - and not so much with digital or freeview. And with Stoke having the biggest fanbase, they want to inconvenience them less?
Can certainly understand how it will massively piss some people off - but it's a juggling act with having to accommodate Vale and Crewe.
Would definitely be helpful to get some kind of statement from Radio Stoke about what the thinking is - and what research it's based on
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Post by skemstokie on Aug 25, 2021 8:18:01 GMT
So to add insult to injury last night's Stoke match was only broadcast on FM, while the other, Crewe match , was afforded the luxury of both Digital and Freeview commentary. Now this smacks of something sinister. Surely to offer the handful of Crewe supporters a choice of listening whilst thousands of Stoke supporters are left in the dark as to what is happening to their team, if they are outside the FM broadcast area, sounds like there is a plan to either punish the SFC followers or a future route to shift the directive of Radio Stoke sport away from providing the service to the greater of the two listening consumes. People have been sharing web links to our commentary on here, I’ve managed to listen to those (albeit the cup games) where as I’ve always struggled to get Radio Stoke on match day due to not living in the area. Freeview- is a company, that provide a service. It would be one of the last places I would think to go to to listen to internet radio, could it e something as innocuous as no one was listening to the radio on tv other than you (very few) and so to save space on bandwidth they’ve removed those channel to offer other things? Freeview is not internet radio,it is "live" radio readily available with quite a few stations featured included Radio 1/2 etc. the rule is that if the radio stations radio signal can be received in a area covered by the television transmitter then the radio station can be broadcast, as a example i live in Lancashire covered by B.B.C. Northwest the Radio Stoke can be received in he southern parts of the county so Radio Stoke is relayed on the Winter hill transmitter.
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Post by nott1 on Aug 25, 2021 8:31:57 GMT
It seems that the BBC Radio Stoke have decided that anyone who normally listens to the match on Freview 724, can only get the amazing commentary from the Crewe match, and no longer listen to Stoke. The only radio platform it is broadcast on is FM. We are in 2021 and FM is rapidly becoming an outdated service, especially if you live just outside the coverage. There must be thousands of Stoke City supporters that cannot receive 94.6FM, or even have an FM radio. Does this impact you? If so please message radio Stoke on 81333, start the message with Stoke, and tell them. I estimate there are 40000 possible fans losing out, and seeing that Crewe can't fill their ground capacity of 10000 even on big games, I estimate the Freeview Crewe listeners will be very low., less than 6000. I tried to send them a message on this number....it was blocked....they don't care about us!
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Post by potterburt on Aug 25, 2021 8:45:01 GMT
People have been sharing web links to our commentary on here, I’ve managed to listen to those (albeit the cup games) where as I’ve always struggled to get Radio Stoke on match day due to not living in the area. Freeview- is a company, that provide a service. It would be one of the last places I would think to go to to listen to internet radio, could it e something as innocuous as no one was listening to the radio on tv other than you (very few) and so to save space on bandwidth they’ve removed those channel to offer other things? Freeview is not internet radio,it is "live" radio readily available with quite a few stations featured included Radio 1/2 etc. the rule is that if the radio stations radio signal can be received in a area covered by the television transmitter then the radio station can be broadcast, as a example i live in Lancashire covered by B.B.C. Northwest the Radio Stoke can be received in he southern parts of the county so Radio Stoke is relayed on the Winter hill transmitter. Ok, wrong term used. But that is beside the point I was making. Listening within the realms of traditional radio is only ever getting to become more restricted / unavailable as technology advances and people use alternative devices/channels to listen.
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Post by skemstokie on Aug 25, 2021 9:29:06 GMT
Freeview is not internet radio,it is "live" radio readily available with quite a few stations featured included Radio 1/2 etc. the rule is that if the radio stations radio signal can be received in a area covered by the television transmitter then the radio station can be broadcast, as a example i live in Lancashire covered by B.B.C. Northwest the Radio Stoke can be received in he southern parts of the county so Radio Stoke is relayed on the Winter hill transmitter. Ok, wrong term used. But that is beside the point I was making. Listening within the realms of traditional radio is only ever getting to become more restricted / unavailable as technology advances and people use alternative devices/channels to listen. Living where i do and outside Radio Stoke coverage it was a godsend,i am no longer able to attend through ill health.
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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2021 9:40:17 GMT
So to add insult to injury last night's Stoke match was only broadcast on FM, while the other, Crewe match , was afforded the luxury of both Digital and Freeview commentary. Now this smacks of something sinister. Surely to offer the handful of Crewe supporters a choice of listening whilst thousands of Stoke supporters are left in the dark as to what is happening to their team, if they are outside the FM broadcast area, sounds like there is a plan to either punish the SFC followers or a future route to shift the directive of Radio Stoke sport away from providing the service to the greater of the two listening consumes. We were at home, they were away. What’s sinister? That a significantly smaller club is getting priority over Stoke , the head of radio stoke sport is a confirmed Crewe man It's reminiscent of when the Sentinel Sports editor was massive Vale fan & Stoke hater
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Post by potterburt on Aug 25, 2021 9:44:18 GMT
Ok, wrong term used. But that is beside the point I was making. Listening within the realms of traditional radio is only ever getting to become more restricted / unavailable as technology advances and people use alternative devices/channels to listen. Living where i do and outside Radio Stoke coverage it was a godsend,i am no longer able to attend through ill health. Sorry to hear that Skem. Are you with out any way of listening to the commentary then at the moment? I’d be happy to point you in the direction of an internet link when they are shared before the game or similar, if that’s any help?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 25, 2021 9:44:44 GMT
We were at home, they were away. What’s sinister? That a significantly smaller club is getting priority over Stoke , the head of radio stoke sport is a confirmed Crewe man It's reminiscent of when the Sentinel Sports editor was massive Vale fan & Stoke hater It’s not sinister though is it. Crewe fall under their remit. We were at home. They were away. It makes sense. You put the away side on more channels.
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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2021 9:48:36 GMT
That a significantly smaller club is getting priority over Stoke , the head of radio stoke sport is a confirmed Crewe man It's reminiscent of when the Sentinel Sports editor was massive Vale fan & Stoke hater It’s not sinister though is it. Crewe fall under their remit. We were at home. They were away. It makes sense. You put the away side on more channels. You do if the fan base is broadly similar i.e. Radio Sheffield would do that with Weds & Utd You don't when one club is massively bigger than the other
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 25, 2021 10:50:51 GMT
It’s not sinister though is it. Crewe fall under their remit. We were at home. They were away. It makes sense. You put the away side on more channels. You do if the fan base is broadly similar i.e. Radio Sheffield would do that with Weds & Utd You don't when one club is massively bigger than the other I disagree it’s sinister. I think it’s daft from a business POV but it’s the way it is.
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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2021 11:16:21 GMT
You do if the fan base is broadly similar i.e. Radio Sheffield would do that with Weds & Utd You don't when one club is massively bigger than the other I disagree it’s sinister. I think it’s daft from a business POV but it’s the way it is. If Graham McGarry wasn't the head of sport there would assume it was simply not thinking things through
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