dune Posted 24 May, 2012 Share Posted 24 May, 2012 As we're back in the top flight it'd be great to have one again. Can't see it happening though because of the effect on saintsplayer revenues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat from Poole Posted 24 May, 2012 Share Posted 24 May, 2012 I'm probably in a minority on this, but I think that Solent's football coverage is top-notch. I think that any competitor would have to go some to match them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 24 May, 2012 I'm probably in a minority on this, but I think that Solent's football coverage is top-notch. I think that any competitor would have to go some to match them. But you could get The Saint by tuning in your sky box, but you can't get bbc local football commentary other than on local frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Tel49 Posted 24 May, 2012 Share Posted 24 May, 2012 But you could get The Saint by tuning in your sky box, but you can't get bbc local football commentary other than on local frequencies. But it is Solent commentary that Saints Player provides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 24 May, 2012 Share Posted 24 May, 2012 I personally miss The Saint SO much, loved the post-match phone-in (even got on there myself on 1 occasion) and the dedicated coverage. Solent is OK don't get me wrong, but it has to juggle the skate bastards, Bompey and Us which makes it a bit sh it IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 24 May, 2012 But it is Solent commentary that Saints Player provides You have to pay for it though. I shan't bother next season though because i'm sure we'll be able to get commentary for free on a stream now we're in the bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc1971 Posted 24 May, 2012 Share Posted 24 May, 2012 You have to pay for it though. I shan't bother next season though because i'm sure we'll be able to get commentary for free on a stream now we're in the bigtime. Will be able to watch every moment of every game as it happens via World wide webby thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 24 May, 2012 Share Posted 24 May, 2012 You have to pay for it though. I shan't bother next season though because i'm sure we'll be able to get commentary for free on a stream now we're in the bigtime. And you have to pay £45 a month for Sky. Hmmmm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beancounter saint Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 As we're back in the top flight it'd be great to have one again. Can't see it happening though because of the effect on saintsplayer revenues. Great idea, but only if they get Beattie and Prutton back on to revive their legendary show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxstone Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 For me, the Saints Radio Station is a reminder of past failures - Let's not go there again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastal Saint Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 For me, the Saints Radio Station is a reminder of past failures - Let's not go there again ! You could say the same about being in the premier****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 As we're back in the top flight it'd be great to have one again. Can't see it happening though because of the effect on saintsplayer revenues. To be bang up to date, we should put the radio station on a ship in the Solent, and have it broadcast on short wave for maximum reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMEONYOUREDS Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 i miss the prutts and beatts show bah, beancounter got there first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I'd like to see one of the local radio stations doing a daily drive home show if that is financially possible. Obviously not otherwise they'd be doing it already. The skates used to have a show on The Quay starting at 6pm that was pretty interesting. They had player and staff interviews, guests and a range of stuff that Chris Wise and fellow skates would natter over. You'd get the usual nutters calling in, some betting stuff etc. The Quay went into admin, so that's not a good sign, but the format worked well IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I personally miss The Saint SO much, loved the post-match phone-in (even got on there myself on 1 occasion) and the dedicated coverage. Solent is OK don't get me wrong, but it has to juggle the skate bastards, Bompey and Us which makes it a bit sh it IMHO I'm hoping that next season Saints will be given the DAB! With Saints in the Prem and Pompey in League 1, surely we should be awarded digital quality coverage. I'm sure DAB Merseyside covers Everton and Liverpool games rather than Tranmere?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I just don't understand why in this day and age there is not a facility for listening to radio coverage of a decent quality on iPhones. Surely it makes commercial sense to create an app and charge people for the commentary? I'm sure the demand would be huge and it would be very convenient for me considering I am out of the country at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I'm hoping that next season Saints will be given the DAB! With Saints in the Prem and Pompey in League 1, surely we should be awarded digital quality coverage. I'm sure DAB Merseyside covers Everton and Liverpool games rather than Tranmere?! I've been hoping this will happen now too. In fact it would be good if Radio Solent just totally filtered out all Pompey talk all together, unless of course its to tell us about them being thrashed or going out of exsistance entirely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 No. Tijuana Tim would be allowed back on the radio if The Saint comes back. NONE OF US WANT THAT!! Anyone remember hearing a guy phone up after a loss (in the dark days), started crying on the radio. Think it was Dave Watson he was talking to, I couldn't stop laughing, cheered me right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I just don't understand why in this day and age there is not a facility for listening to radio coverage of a decent quality on iPhones. Surely it makes commercial sense to create an app and charge people for the commentary? I'm sure the demand would be huge and it would be very convenient for me considering I am out of the country at the moment. I would expect that in the near future, possibly even by the start of next season, the Club Player architecture will be migrated from Flash to HTML5, which would make it iPhone friendly. Of course you already have TuneIn but it just streams the Internet feeds, so no commentary. So it's an issue of licensing at the end of the day, not technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I would expect that in the near future, possibly even by the start of next season, the Club Player architecture will be migrated from Flash to HTML5, which would make it iPhone friendly. Of course you already have TuneIn but it just streams the Internet feeds, so no commentary. So it's an issue of licensing at the end of the day, not technology. It's an issue of technology because the technology has not been adapted to find a solution to the licensing issue. All I know is that it has been something I have wanted for at least three years an I'm sure many others are in a similar situation. It isn't difficult to create something. I may fire off a suggestion to the club but after last time when I got no response I'm not so keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintNeil90 Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 It's an issue of technology because the technology has not been adapted to find a solution to the licensing issue. All I know is that it has been something I have wanted for at least three years an I'm sure many others are in a similar situation. It isn't difficult to create something. I may fire off a suggestion to the club but after last time when I got no response I'm not so keen. I'm sure they'll be gutted your holding back your suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I'm sure they'll be gutted your holding back your suggestion. I'm not bothered what they think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 I'm hoping that next season Saints will be given the DAB! With Saints in the Prem and Pompey in League 1, surely we should be awarded digital quality coverage. I'm sure DAB Merseyside covers Everton and Liverpool games rather than Tranmere?! DAB to FM really not that big a leap. Barely any cars have DAB so still think FM is preferable. That's the plum spot on Solent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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