Yorkshire Radio GONE!!!

Twiggster · Post by **Twiggster** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:04 am

LUFCRACE wrote:I agree it probably has been on the cards for a while, but 6pm on a Tuesday is an odd time to cease in that case. End of the week (or maybe even end of the month i.e. tomorrow) might have made more sense.

Decision was sudden, apparently...

weasel · Post by **weasel** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:13 am

It was in theory a good idea - the only trouble was that not being able to broadcast live commentary to the world killed it as it meant that it never got a big audience and as such could never cash in with advertising. If more people could have got live commentaries I dare say they would have listened on matchdays and then also started listening before and after games and then sometimes during the week. Without the commentaries out of towners had no reason to tune in.

It also showed the changing face of media as with the internet people aren't listening to the radio for any new LUFC developments as they can just log on to any of several sites. Video may not have killed the radio star but t'internet is giving it a good kicking.

PaulUSA · Post by **PaulUSA** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:01 am

LUFCRACE wrote:Simple answer: we'll use Radio Leeds. Nothing will change.

Thanks, Anna. Good to hear.

Your answer was slightly easier to interpret than Harry's blanket "Yes" :mrgreen: ...although both were well appreciated.

Mr T · Post by **Mr T** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:05 am

I really liked Yorkshire Radio, I would quite often put it on here in australia. Just a shame they couldn't stream games live on the net.

Post by **1964white** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:12 am

becchio bear wrote:
Speak for yourself you grumpy little old man

Makes business sense.....glad my season ticket money is going into the club/ team building rather than a loss-making radio station just to keep people in jobs......a radio station I rarely listen to I hasten to add with it's predictable limited music.....should have been more sports orientated anyway which it wasn't ......bland comes to mine !

On the commentators front.......there are better out there !

becchio bear · Post by **becchio bear** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:21 am

1964white wrote:
Makes business sense.....glad my season ticket money is going into the club/ team building rather than a loss-making radio station just to keep people in jobs......a radio station I rarely listen to I hasten to add with it's predictable limited music.....should have been more sports orientated anyway which it wasn't ......bland comes to mine !

On the commentators front.......there are better out there !

How would you know its content since it was a station you rarely listened to? They played a lot of new music actually.

Brader · Post by **Brader** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:33 am

Sad, but if its not running a profit then in a way im glad its gone. We all talk about how frustrating it is not buying the players we feel we need, so in a way its a good step in closing these sort of sink holes. Fingers crossed all the people involved will manage to find work elsewhere - hiopefully still within the club.

Post by **YorkshireSquare** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:50 am

Yorkshire Radio
Reach 99,000
Share 0.5%

Radio Aire
Reach 140,000
Share 5.8%

Capital Yorkshire
Reach 1,128,000
Share 9%

Real Radio (Yorkshire)
Reach 350,000
Share 7.9%

BBC Radio Leeds
Reach 232,000
Share 4.7%

I'd suggest on audience share Yorkshire Radio was a long way behind it's rivals. No wonder it lost money, who would pay for advertising on a station with a 0.5% market share. I know the reach figures look encouraging but they are massivley bolstered by people tuning in for one thing, the football.

becchio bear · Post by **becchio bear** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:13 am

Switching on my radio this morning and it was still tuned to Yorkshire Radio, sadly running across the LCD screen it said "Now playing I Predict a Riot by Kaiser Chiefs"

barryanorak · Post by **barryanorak** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:14 am

Does make me wonder about the wider reach of Leeds commentaries. The digital platform meant that you could listen to YR anywhere, I'm right on the edge of Radio Leeds transmission area and have had no real luck tuning in on DAB.

Whither next?

LUFCRACE · Post by **LUFCRACE** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:19 am

weasel wrote:It was in theory a good idea - the only trouble was that not being able to broadcast live commentary to the world killed it as it meant that it never got a big audience and as such could never cash in with advertising. If more people could have got live commentaries I dare say they would have listened on matchdays and then also started listening before and after games and then sometimes during the week. Without the commentaries out of towners had no reason to tune in.

It also showed the changing face of media as with the internet people aren't listening to the radio for any new LUFC developments as they can just log on to any of several sites. Video may not have killed the radio star but t'internet is giving it a good kicking.

I think this has a lot to do with it, it is difficult for local stations to gain massive audience.
Back when I first started listening to commentaries, when they were on Radio Aire, I listened on an fm radio with no presets on it, this it was easier to leave the radio tuned in to one station and I would listen to R Aire as my main station. It's much easier to skip around the stations now, and as you say, people get their news from other places.
I listened to Y Radio for a couple of hours once or twice, plus a few occasions when I left it on after matches, never that impressed. Spend the money in more important places.

LUFCRACE · Post by **LUFCRACE** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:22 am

barryanorak wrote:Does make me wonder about the wider reach of Leeds commentaries. The digital platform meant that you could listen to YR anywhere, I'm right on the edge of Radio Leeds transmission area and have had no real luck tuning in on DAB.

Whither next?

DAB commentaries still work locally like the FM ones do though, these days you can pick up FM stations using apps/Internet. Which won't broadcast the commentaries because of the rights already in place. That hasn't changed. What has changed is that wider audiences can pay for their LUTV subs and get commentary.

Twiggster · Post by **Twiggster** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:39 pm

So I understand Thom and Eddie will be doing live match commentary on LUTV, whilst Popey covers the games on R.Leeds.
Good to see Thom is still involved

eastyorkshirewhite · Post by **eastyorkshirewhite** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:13 pm

Have just been to an elderly gentleman who used to go to Uniteds matches but cant now tried to get Radio Leeds on his DAB radio but have had no luck so he will now miss out on commentries.

Twiggster · Post by **Twiggster** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:31 pm

eastyorkshirewhite wrote:Have just been to an elderly gentleman who used to go to Uniteds matches but cant now tried to get Radio Leeds on his DAB radio but have had no luck so he will now miss out on commentries.

I thought most DAB radios also had an FM option?

eastyorkshirewhite · Post by **eastyorkshirewhite** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:34 pm

Twiggster wrote:
I thought most DAB radios also had an FM option?

It has but still cant pick it up so i am afraid he will have lost one of his pleasures.

Twiggster · Post by **Twiggster** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:30 pm

eastyorkshirewhite wrote: It has but still cant pick it up so i am afraid he will have lost one of his pleasures.

Radio Leeds on DAB. I didn't know that. If your friend could get YR on Dab - he must be able to get R.Leeds? http://www.ukfree.tv/dabtx.php?station= ... io%20Leeds

LUFCRACE · Post by **LUFCRACE** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:07 pm

(Might be a daft question but has he tried retuning it?)

eastyorkshirewhite · Post by **eastyorkshirewhite** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:57 pm

have tried everything for him

Dr.Leeds · Post by **Dr.Leeds** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:53 pm

Twiggster wrote:
Radio Leeds on DAB. I didn't know that. If your friend could get YR on Dab - he must be able to get R.Leeds? http://www.ukfree.tv/dabtx.php?station= ... io%20Leeds

I could get YR but having retuned my DAB I can't get Radio Leeds. Can get it via Tune In Radio on my iphone though.