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TalkSport Cries Foul Over Radio 5 Live Expansion
- The Guardian, Tuesday, May 5, 2015 6:26 AM
BBC plans to expand Radio 5 Live’s sister digital station, 5 Live Sports Extra, have been attacked as “ill-judged and ill-timed” by TalkSport owner UTV Media. 5 Live controller Jonathan Wall wants to extend the broadcasting hours of 5 Live Sports Extra, including 10 hours of new magazine programming a week that will feature weekly shows about netball and women’s football. UTV Media chief operating officer Scott Taunton said his company had “substantive concerns” about the plans.
