DAB station Yorkshire Radio and Minster FM have renewed their arrangement to simulcast Leeds United match commentary.
The agreement for the 2011/12 season will see Yorkshire Radio’s matchday coverage and match commentary continue on the York station.
The coverage starts on August 6th when the npower Championship season kicks-off when Leeds United travel to play Southampton.
Yorkshire Radio station director Ben Fry told RadioToday.co.uk: “I’m delighted we are continuing our relationship with Minster FM which benefits both stations and Leeds fans across the region. We now have a peak audience of 32,000 listeners enjoying our coverage and we have new ideas on the way to improve the matchday programme for the new campaign.”
“This deal also gives listeners the chance to experience Yorkshire Radio and find out more about our comprehensive sports coverage including full match commentary on 50 Super League games and being official media partner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Go Racing In Yorkshire”
David Green, Programme Controller at Minster FM, said: “Our listeners enjoyed following the club last season and we as a station are delighted to team up with Yorkshire Radio to provide a great matchday service to Leeds fans across Yorkshire.”
Posted on Friday, July 1st, 2011 at 10:14 am by RadioToday UK