Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio, and is the world's longest-running sports radio programme.[1] It started on 3 January 1948,[2] and has always been broadcast from 17:00 on Saturday evenings during the football season, for most of its history featuring two readings of the classified football results, although the length of the programme has varied in more recent times depending on whether the BBC has a commentary of a 17:30 Premier League match.
Originally produced by Angus Mackay,[3] it was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme until 25 April 1964. On 22 August 1964 it became part of Sports Service and moved to Network Three (which later became BBC Radio 3) where it initially started at the earlier time of 16:42.[4] On 4 April 1970, however, it moved back to what had by then become BBC Radio 2,[5] where it remained until 25 August 1990 as part of Sport on 2. From 1 September 1990 to 26 March 1994 it moved to the original BBC Radio 5, and since 2 April 1994 it has been broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live as part of 5 Live Sport.
The start of the 2022–23 English football season saw the axing of the Saturday afternoon classified football results without prior warning or fanfare. This was confirmed on 8 August 2022 when the BBC announced it has dropped the results from the programme because it has been shortened ahead of the 17:30 Premier League match.[6][7]
Extraordinarily, the programme has used the same theme music since its inception - "Out of the Blue", written by Hubert Bath. It is said that Lynam prevented the theme from being dropped in the 1970s due to it sounding old-fashioned.
The use of the closing part of “Out of the Blue” to end the programme was unceremoniously dropped by the BBC without consultation in the mid-2000s.
On Saturday 5 January 2013, Sports Report did not open with "Out of the Blue" for the first time, prompting a string of tweets and presenter Mark Pougatch to tweet shortly afterwards that:
For clarification. The Sports Report music has not been axed.
"Out of the Blue" was subsequently played an hour later.[1]
^ ab"Sports Report at 70: Presenters' memories, royal recognition & THAT theme tune". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018. I had to say 'I'm really sorry, it's clearly not the music' and there was such a reaction to it, we played the right music later. It was like the ravens had left the Tower of London, it was like the worst thing you could have ever done.
^Andrews, Eamonn; Mackay, Angus (1955). Sports Report. London: Sportsmans Book Club. p. 10. OCLC 11471101.
^"BBC Radio 5 Live drops classified football results". 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^"Classified football scores end on BBC Radio 5 Live". 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^"Obituary: James Alexander Gordon". The Daily Telegraph. London. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^"Charlotte Green makes BBC football results debut". BBC News. BBC. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
January 28, 2023
sports, report, longest, running, programmes, british, radio, world, longest, running, sports, radio, programme, started, january, 1948, always, been, broadcast, from, saturday, evenings, during, football, season, most, history, featuring, readings, classified. Sports Report is one of the longest running programmes on British radio and is the world s longest running sports radio programme 1 It started on 3 January 1948 2 and has always been broadcast from 17 00 on Saturday evenings during the football season for most of its history featuring two readings of the classified football results although the length of the programme has varied in more recent times depending on whether the BBC has a commentary of a 17 30 Premier League match Sports ReportGenreSports news and resultsRunning time30 60 minutesCountry of originUnited KingdomLanguage s EnglishHome stationBBC Light Programme 1948 1964 Network Three 1964 1967 BBC Radio 3 1967 1970 BBC Radio 2 1970 1990 BBC Radio 5 1990 1994 BBC Radio 5 Live 1994 present Hosted byMark ChapmanOriginal release3 January 1948 1948 01 03 presentOpening theme Out of the Blue by Hubert BathWebsitewww wbr bbc wbr co wbr uk wbr programmes wbr b00cx435Originally produced by Angus Mackay 3 it was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme until 25 April 1964 On 22 August 1964 it became part of Sports Service and moved to Network Three which later became BBC Radio 3 where it initially started at the earlier time of 16 42 4 On 4 April 1970 however it moved back to what had by then become BBC Radio 2 5 where it remained until 25 August 1990 as part of Sport on 2 From 1 September 1990 to 26 March 1994 it moved to the original BBC Radio 5 and since 2 April 1994 it has been broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live as part of 5 Live Sport The start of the 2022 23 English football season saw the axing of the Saturday afternoon classified football results without prior warning or fanfare This was confirmed on 8 August 2022 when the BBC announced it has dropped the results from the programme because it has been shortened ahead of the 17 30 Premier League match 6 7 Contents 1 Presenters 2 Classified football results announcers 3 Theme tune 4 External links 5 ReferencesPresenters EditRaymond Glendenning 1948 53 Stephen Grenfell 1948 53 Eamonn Andrews 1950 64 Robin Marlar 1964 68 Liam Nolan 1965 66 Peter Jones 1968 70 Des Lynam 1970 80 Mike Ingham 1980 85 Renton Laidlaw 1985 87 John Inverdale 1987 94 Ian Payne 1994 2000 Mark Pougatch 2000 2016 Mark Chapman 2016 present Classified football results announcers EditJohn Webster 1948 1974 James Alexander Gordon 1974 2013 8 Charlotte Green 2013 2022 9 Theme tune EditExtraordinarily the programme has used the same theme music since its inception Out of the Blue written by Hubert Bath It is said that Lynam prevented the theme from being dropped in the 1970s due to it sounding old fashioned The use of the closing part of Out of the Blue to end the programme was unceremoniously dropped by the BBC without consultation in the mid 2000s On Saturday 5 January 2013 Sports Report did not open with Out of the Blue for the first time prompting a string of tweets and presenter Mark Pougatch to tweet shortly afterwards that For clarification The Sports Report music has not been axed Out of the Blue was subsequently played an hour later 1 External links EditSports Report at BBC Online References Edit a b Sports Report at 70 Presenters memories royal recognition amp THAT theme tune BBC Sport BBC 5 January 2018 Retrieved 5 January 2018 I had to say I m really sorry it s clearly not the music and there was such a reaction to it we played the right music later It was like the ravens had left the Tower of London it was like the worst thing you could have ever done Andrews Eamonn Mackay Angus 1955 Sports Report London Sportsmans Book Club p 10 OCLC 11471101 Butler Bryon ed 1987 Sports Report 40 Years of the Best Queen Anne Press p 12 ISBN 0 356 14863 7 Sports Service Radio Times Vol 164 no 2128 London amp South East ed BBC Publications 20 August 1964 p 13 Retrieved 18 February 2018 via BBC Genome Project Sports Report Radio Times Vol 187 no 2421 London amp South East ed BBC Publications 2 April 1970 p 22 Retrieved 26 January 2020 via BBC Genome Project BBC Radio 5 Live drops classified football results 8 August 2022 Retrieved 8 August 2022 via www bbc co uk Classified football scores end on BBC Radio 5 Live 8 August 2022 Retrieved 8 August 2022 Obituary James Alexander Gordon The Daily Telegraph London 19 August 2014 Retrieved 18 February 2018 Charlotte Green makes BBC football results debut BBC News BBC 28 September 2013 Retrieved 8 February 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sports Report amp oldid 1123245013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
