opinions4u Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I think there's an element of urban myth on the City v United fan numbers in Greater Manchester. If I went of the kids at my school in Cheadle it was about even. My instincts today tell me it's probably about even. But I don't really care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Here's a thought and it may be a stupid one but why don't Oldham Revolution radio cover our games, it would save on listening to eurythmics or erasure and it's OLDHAM? just a thought I wouldn't listen after what Penk did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 GMR main football presenter is a Citeh fan. I still think they give a little too much attention to Bolton though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 And so Latics get the relative amount of time on GMR compared to the wider listening public who are far more concerned with first City and then some way after Bolton. If anything those two get more coverage than would be expected given the proportion United get is much lower than one would expect given their fanbase in the region. Here is where you are more likely to find the United Fanbase listening....! http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbclondon/programmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I wouldn't listen after what Penk did. What did Penk do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Radio Manchester give better coverage to City than United because they pay for it. How exactly do City pay the BBC for coverage!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc-latics Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The best time to listen to GMR is when City and Bolton have had bad results. You'd think it was the end of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Im planning on driving down tonight, setting off at around 4, should leave plenty of time, whats the best way to the m1 at that time from oldham? Woodhead, snake pass or up the m62? Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 There might be more City fans than United fans in Manchester but to say the same about Greater Manchester, which is more pertinent to the debate, is utter codswallop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 There might be more City fans than United fans in Manchester but to say the same about Greater Manchester, which is more pertinent to the debate, is utter codswallop. Why? They're not called Greater Manchester United or Greater Manchester City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) What did Penk do. Oldham had the best radio station in the country then he took it over and went all ITV with it. Edited October 29, 2013 by HarryBosch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simoncorneyisgod Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Im planning on driving down tonight, setting off at around 4, should leave plenty of time, whats the best way to the m1 at that time from oldham? Woodhead, snake pass or up the m62? Any suggestions? At that time I would have thought Woodhead pass.....Glossop is a car park so wouldn't go down Snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoundaryBulldog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Steve Penk used to be big in the 1990's on Piccadilly Key 103. He then moved to London to do some high-profile programmes for ITV. For the past few years it's all been downhill for him though, ending-up on a local Oldham radio station. How the mighty have fallen. He's a City fan aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Why? They're not called Greater Manchester United or Greater Manchester City. Because BBC Radio Manchester covers the Greater Manchester area, hence formerly being GMR. Therefore in an assessment of their listening figures and the relative coverage they give to each club, their support across the entire region is more pertinent to the debate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoundaryBulldog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Because BBC Radio Manchester covers the Greater Manchester area, hence formerly being GMR. Therefore in an assessment of their listening figures and the relative coverage they give to each club, their support across the entire region is more pertinent to the debate. Jimmy Wagg has always said down the years that GMR's/BBC Radio Manchester's listening figures have always been bigger when they've covered City, rather than United. This proves that theres more 'proper' City fans, than United fans, in the Manchester and Greater Manchester area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) Jimmy Wagg has always said down the years that GMR's/BBC Radio Manchester's listening figures have always been bigger when they've covered City, rather than United. This proves that theres more 'proper' City fans, than United fans, in the Manchester and Greater Manchester area. I like you, can you come back more often? Edited October 29, 2013 by jsslatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoundaryBulldog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) I like you, can you come back more often? Certainly. No problem attall. Anyway, it's about time that we had some decent coverage on GMR. I couldn't make the Carlisle home game, a week last Saturday, so instead listened to Bolton, who were the commentary match on GMR because City weren't playing until the evening. I couldn't believe the match-reporting order. When they went round the grounds, Latics were last every time to be covered. Shocking really. Bury and Rochdale were covered before us. Edited October 29, 2013 by BoundaryBulldog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) How exactly do City pay the BBC for coverage!?!Somewhere between the jet lag, the comma and the poor sentence construction that didn't come across clearly. I believe Man Utd supply their own radio commentary via MUTV and, other than the PL arrangements with BBC Fivelive and Talk:censored:e, nobody else can cover them. Radio Manchester will pay Manchester City whatever the going rate is when the do live commentary outside of those national deals. Or they'll pay a smaller sum to cover Championship / Football League games instead. Edited October 29, 2013 by opinions4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoundaryBulldog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 The glory days of football on the wireless was in the 1980's. On Piccadilly we had the brilliant duo of James H Reeve and Tommy Docherty. City fanatic Reeve replaced Mike Sweeney because he was too biased towards United. Yet further proof that the Manchester radio stations have always favourited City. The commentators were pretty good aswell. There was Stuart Pyke covering Latics, Brian Clark covering City and Tom Tyrell covering United. Jonh Gwyne was a decent commentator for Latics on GMR aswell, even though he was a City fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 City fanatic Reeve replaced Mike Sweeney because he was too biased towards United. Yet further proof that the Manchester radio stations have always favourited City Doesn't the first sentence contradict the second? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Oldham had the best radio station in the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoundaryBulldog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Doesn't the first sentence contradict the second? No. Sweeney was just too obvious in his bias towards United and his dislike towards City, hence why he was dropped as Piccadilly's Saturday afternoon anchorman. James H replaced him and did a decent job without being too biased towards City. James H and The Doc were brilliant together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 No The word "always" is undermined by you saying they had Sweeney doing the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Because BBC Radio Manchester covers the Greater Manchester area, hence formerly being GMR. Therefore in an assessment of their listening figures and the relative coverage they give to each club, their support across the entire region is more pertinent to the debate. rudemedic was talking about whether there were more City or United fans in Manchester (Or Greater Manchester) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoundaryBulldog Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 The word "always" is undermined by you saying they had Sweeney doing the job. Yes, I can see your point. But the fact they soon got rid of him proves that they prefered City and couldn't put up with someone who was constantly biased towards United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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