Source: FOOTYMAD
Humberside: FM frequency for away games
BBC Radio Humberside's Managing Editor Simon Pattern has insisted the station has reverted back to allocating away teams the FM frequency as a first choice. After an ongoing sense of bias towards Hull City amongst the Scunthorpe supporters, a strong campaign was launched in the hope Scunthorpe United would gain some FM airtime coverage. The station have on the whole, reverted back to allocating the away team the FM coverage, enabling Scunthorpe and Hull fans who cannot get or choose not to travel to away games to listen to the commentary. There was no mention of Grimsby Town, who are likely to receive mostly DAB and online coverage. Scunthorpe United's game against Sheffield United on Tuesday 14 September could be the first of the season with full commentary on the 95.9fm frequency. The follow up email from Simon, if you haven't already read it on the Iron-Bru.net messageboard, can be read below: "A follow up message to your recent e mail... Dear Matt, I thought you might appreciate an update on our recent e mail exchange regarding BBC Radio Humberside's coverage of football, in particular the concerns Iron fans have been raising in connection to the allocation of frequencies used for carrying our coverage. We have been listening very carefully to the feedback that we've been getting in recent days, particularly from supporters of Scunthorpe United. As a result, we have reviewed the criteria we use to decide on which frequency is allocated to each game that we cover. I hope that you will be pleased to hear that for the rest of this season we will be adopting the principle of the "away team" being allocated to our FM frequency as a first choice. However, I should also say that there are likely to be a few occasions during the season where the editorial story at the home teams match might need to override the basic principle. For instance, if Scunthorpe United were drawn at home in the Carling Cup to a major Premier League side - we are likely to decide to place that game on FM instead of a Hull City away fixture. That, or course, might also mean the occasional coverage of Hull City at home game on FM, if an important editorial story drove the need. I hope that this e mail update will help to reassure you that we do listen and take note. Yours faithfully," Simon Iron-Bru.net would like to thank Simon Pattern in his co-operation with not only ourselves, but the many fans that also got in contact. Don't forget, you can make contributions to the show after Saturday's game with Crystal Palace on the Football Phone in, by calling Burnsy or Matt (01482) 225959 or texting on 07786 200 959.
