www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/24 ... o-campaign We do need to take this seriously and let the BBC know our thoughts on the matter.

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/24 ... o-campaign We do need to take this seriously and let the BBC know our thoughts on the matter.

Coverage of sports without a commercial value is exactly what the BBC should be doing. Not chucking millions at something ITV or another channel could show for free.

That said, if anyone from Radio Leeds is reading this, I've stopped listening to your coverage and gone to Yorkshire Radio. I want commentary, not inane Facebook messages and tweets massaging the ego of the presenter. Even John Boyd was better!

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I actually really like that idea Chris, but I can already guess what would happen - the BBC currently hold radio coverage rights for RL, and would insist upon maintaining their exclusivity, despite the fact that the local producers and schedulers have little to no interest in it.

Still ... we can but dream ...

Not a chance from me.

At one time Radio Leeds gave decent coverage to all the 'pro' teams in its area. Now it merely helps to perpetuate the myth that only SL is of any importance. On a Sunday afternoon they give vastly greater amounts of airtime to reruns of the commentary of the Friday night's Leeds game than to reports/comments on all of the area's Championship games.

If Radio Leeds disappeared completely I would not miss it.

I don't really know the ins and outs of the licensing agreements to be honest. Once upon a time we did semi-regular magazine shows on online broadcast via rlfans, and we never had any complaints about it from the RFL or rights holders. But then again, at the time we were much smaller and less 'on the radar' than now.

Radio Cumbria, Radio Manchester and Radio Merseyside couldn't be further away from that description.

Radio Manchester's RL coverage is absolutely top notch IMO. Of course, precedence for live commentary is inevitably given to the ongoing SL games, and I can understand why that would be frustrating for 'non-SL fans', but they do have reporters at all the championship games who give frequent updates on those games.

I think we're just unlucky in West Yorkshire that our BBC station is so poor for rugby league compared to others. The repeating of a commentary is just cheap and, more importantly, lazy. Why would you want to listen again to a commentary from two nights ago? Not as if it's a game from years ago.

It makes you pine for the day of Boydy taking no crap from listeners and Kevin Maguire phoning in. That's how bad it is.

Yorkshire Radio make them sound like amateurs, on probably a fraction of the budget.