Villa commentary rights bought by Absolute Radio?

[The Villa Werewolf]

Absolute Radio has today announced that it will broadcast on FM in the Midlands on the 105.2 frequency previously occupied by Kerrang.

Tucked away in the announcement is this:

105.2 will carry regional adverts plus some original programmes such as coverage of West Brom and Aston Villa football matches.

Guessing this means they've won some local rights from either Free or WM?

[bertlambshank]

Planet Rock are on that frequency Kenneth.

[saunders_heroes]

So have WM lost their rights to Villa commentaries?

[London Villan]

I know free radio arent likely to bid for the rights.

[Dave]

Absolute Radio broadcast the commentary from one Premier League match per week.

Occasionally that match will feature us or West Brom, most of the time it won't.

Nothing has changed in terms of commentary rights.

Edit: that's my understanding anyway

[in exile]

Planet Rock are on that frequency Kenneth.

This (and my name is Kenneth!)

[The Villa Werewolf]

Absolute Radio broadcast the commentary from one Premier League match per week.

Occasionally that match will feature us or West Brom, most of the time it won't.

Nothing has changed in terms of commentary rights.

Edit: that's my understanding anyway

'Original programming' sounds, to me, like it's things that will only air on the Birmingham FM frequency, and not nationally on AM... so separate from its existing national commentaries.

[The Villa Werewolf]

Planet Rock are on that frequency Kenneth.

I know. It was previously Kerrang, though.

[junxs]

Kerrang was my favourite station, didn't like planet rock at all, they played more American 70s & 80s tracks which I'd never heard and made me reach for the Benzedrine uh huh, so stopped listening.

Are you sure the frequency is right kenneth? Planet Rock is no more?

[Villan For Life]

I found this announcement. The wording of the football coverage can be intrpeted a couple of ways but I don't read it that they've won any local rights.

http://absoluteradio.co.uk/midlands/

Planet Rock are going digital only:

http://www.a516digital.com/2015/07/absolute-radio-to-replace-planet-rock.html

So no more Planet Rock on FM

[simon ward 50]

I think PLANET ROCK should be said by one of those macho voice over artists!

[Gregorys Boy]

AR is a London station so they were just broadcasting the odd Villa game if they played a local club.  This is a good thing as I should be able to get to hear more Villa games throughout the season, but I am pretty pleased with Fivelive's coverage even if they do whore out the big teams a bit much

[castlefields_villan]

I think R5's coverage is superb, Pat Murphy, (who seems to do more Villa matches than most) for me, usually tells it as it is.  Yes I know for some obscure reason we're not necessarily always regarded as as a big a club as we should but I've learned to live with that.

[Gregorys Boy]

That's the thing, and by contrast I hate Talkshite's coverage so much that even if we're on and listening is the only way to follow our game live I still won't bring myself to do it.

[UK Redsox]

That's the thing, and by contrast I hate Talkshite's coverage so much that even if we're on and listening is the only way to follow our game live I still won't bring myself to do it.

TalkSport are more concerned about promoting betting on games than they are on commentating on them.

Its pretty much unlistenable for me