Radio WM

[Percy McCarthy]

Stating the bleeding obvious here but why don't people just stop listening to Radio WM? I'm lucky as I am not even tempted as I live in Bedfordshire but I took the decision to boycott Talksport about two years ago. I can only imagine that this type of bottom of the barrel sport reporting deliberately incites supporters so that they ring in- perhaps there is a correlation between advertising fees and being able to prove listener figures?

Seems to me that the anger towards such poor broadcasting only serves to act as oxygen to keep the fire going, starve them of it and I am sure they will disappear.
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I never tune in to WM at home at any time of the day or week, but very often my drive home coincides with the football phone-in. Unlike some, I like the "so bad it's good" aspect, and despite the seemingly lack of support for our club I find the basic level of broadcasting quite funny, particularly with the same repetitive cycle of regular banal callers who don't help to raise the standard one iota. I even have a little cheer to myself when D

Go on....

[papa lazarou]

Stating the bleeding obvious here but why don't people just stop listening to Radio WM? I'm lucky as I am not even tempted as I live in Bedfordshire but I took the decision to boycott Talksport about two years ago. I can only imagine that this type of bottom of the barrel sport reporting deliberately incites supporters so that they ring in- perhaps there is a correlation between advertising fees and being able to prove listener figures?

Seems to me that the anger towards such poor broadcasting only serves to act as oxygen to keep the fire going, starve them of it and I am sure they will disappear.

I'll try again.......
I never tune in to WM at home at any time of the day or week, but very often my drive home coincides with the football phone-in. Unlike some, I like the "so bad it's good" aspect, and despite the seemingly lack of support for our club I find the basic level of broadcasting quite funny, particularly with the same repetitive cycle of regular banal callers who don't help to raise the standard one iota. I even have a little cheer to myself when Dennis phones in.

And don't buy a Microsoft Surface with the Touch type keypad, they're crap.

[in exile]

Stating the bleeding obvious here but why don't people just stop listening to Radio WM?

The very point I have made a couple of times.
Don't listen to them, don't read the Birmingham Mail or it's click links.
It makes for a happier life

[Nev]

Stating the bleeding obvious here but why don't people just stop listening to Radio WM?

The very point I have made a couple of times.
Don't listen to them, don't read the Birmingham Mail or it's click links.
It makes for a happier life

There is quite a difference, we (or most of us anyway) pay for the BBC so have a vested interest in it's output and that includes WM. Having said that, I hardly listen these days but that's not say I don't care about the quality. I expect the majority of commercial radio to be shit, and am rarely dissapointed but without getting too "points of view" I expect better from the BBC particularly locally. With the resources at their disposal, to produce Radio that sounds as bad as WM does at the moment is unforgiveable.

[dave.woodhall]

I don't think think us paying for it is particularly important - we pay for all media one way or another - but the BBC has a duty to broadcast quality, not go the way of commercial shock jockism.

[villabear]

The bit I heard tonight was that Ayew needs to go out on loan. FFS

[Smirker]

1-1, Adama.

[somec]

The bit I heard tonight was that Ayew needs to go out on loan. FFS

Wanksey could do with going out on loan, to another planet preferably.

[Villafirst]

Already saying we had a "dodgy" penalty. Always has to focus on the negative. No mention of a hat-trick man!

[ozzjim]

Don't listen to the troll!

[PeterWithesShin]

In fairness it was very dodgy.

[LTA]

Traore getting stick too. 

[KRS]

Eh? Why and who is giving Traore stick? On the basis that he's too good so he must be cheating...or that he thinks its his one man mission to take on the whole of the opposition team before getting into the penalty area?

[tomd2103]

Don't listen to the troll!

I can only listen to small doses and tonight was no exception.  Franksy is bad enough, but the callers on there seem to be the most negative people they can find.   

[Louzie0]

Stating the bleeding obvious here but why don't people just stop listening to Radio WM?

The very point I have made a couple of times.
Don't listen to them, don't read the Birmingham Mail or it's click links.
It makes for a happier life

I just thought I'd put in a quick acknowledgement of the Mail's review of last night, with Matt K's positive article about the Villa match and the shared coverage throughout last night of all three Cup matches. It is great to read. Even about the other two!
Maybe some positive recognition will help Matt to convince more senior editorial staff that this is the way to go with coverage of the Villa in a Birmingham paper.

Sadly, I think WM is beyond help...or even satire. What I hear whenever I tune into football comment on there is dire.