soccer on the radio

Woden

I posted something on this in wireless but this might be a better place

Hi my dads looking for a personal radio for xmas. The only real criteria is that its small and that he can listen to the football on it.

His says that the football is on radio 1 and can be gotten on FM/MW but that the radio station only plays the football on MW. However he thinks that the football can also be heard on AM.

Does anyone know if this is true? as it means i can get him a nice small sony one i have my eye on.

cheers

data

eirebhoy

I don't know about AM but you can listen to a klot of the matches on BBC Radio 5, I think it's fm95.2.

mike65

Small confusion - AM is MW! Yep its like FM is VHF but no-one says VHF anymore! Am means amplitude modulation and covers both MW and LW however thats not relevent as LW is only good for BBC Radio 4 who dont do footie.

As for radio if you want quality and are willing to spend a bit more then check out Roberts they are sold by Argos.

What do mean by personal? Pocket sized?

http://www.robertsradio.co.uk/lifetime_personal_radio_range_page.htm

The main sources for footie on radio are Today FM on Saturday, Radio Five Live either on FM via cable or on MW 693 and 909. RTE Radio 1 has some footie some MW
during the eircom league.

Mike.

Woden

thanks for the quick reply folks.

yeah its pocket size i'm looking for. i was looking at the roberts one in the argos it looked good i was also looking at the sony one beside it.

check out the irony i already both that sony one for the g/f as she wanted a pocket radio now the da wants one also weird.

i think it was the radio 1 football he mentioned which is played on mw but not on FM

eirebhoy

Mike65 mentioned that you can get BBC Radio 5 on FM if you have cable but I haven't got cable and I am using a normal Hi-Fi. It is around 95.2-95.7.

Also Dataisgod, I don't think Radio 1 commentate on football as Radio 5 do but I can get tRadio 1 on FM too. Its at 99.7.

Maybe its just where I live (Dublin South Centre) but give it a try and tell me how you get on.

Woden

tbh i've no idea when the football is on just as my dad said to me its some station which on mw changes to football when its on but on fm stays with other stuff.

so from this info does it mean it doesn't matter if i get one with mw/lw or one with am i will be able to recieve the same stuff?

therecklessone

Could your father be referring to RTE Radio 1 by any chance? All the replies here seem to be from people talking about the BBC, and their footie coverage on Radio 5 (BBC).

I seem to recall that when RTE Radio 1 are doing football commentary, they broadcast the football on MW (AM) and keep their usual programming running on the FM band. Which would match your initial description.

Hope that helps.

Woden

yeah i think it was RTE radio 1 and yeah that matches my initial description thank you, once i can get the football on AM

can you get LW on AM also?

jank

if he is into football big time especialy the premership etc then radio 5 (5 live) is the one to look out for they cover all the matches there and have phone in's and stuff afterwards. today fm covers only the saturday matches i think while radio 5 will cover them all week round!

mw 909 i thnk its on so a good personal radio would be needed if you want to pick it up

therecklessone

Originally posted by Dataisgod
yeah i think it was RTE radio 1 and yeah that matches my initial description thank you, once i can get the football on AM

can you get LW on AM also?

Originally posted by mike65
Small confusion - AM is MW! Yep its like FM is VHF but no-one says VHF anymore! Am means amplitude modulation and covers both MW and LW however thats not relevent as LW is only good for BBC Radio 4 who dont do footie.

T'would appear so.

rollover

does anyone know whether you can receive radio 1 and what frequency its on?
(i live in galway btw)

Woden

hmm he didn't mention Radio 5 to me, though i think i know the one your on about. their is a radio on argos with mw but i do prefare the sony one have to say its neater.

ah what to do

Woden

http://www.robertsradio.co.uk/r984_page.htm

this seems to be the way forward thanks for all the replies folks much appreciated