Have Radio Humberside done one?

Hopefully, now they're not beholden to the club, they'll waste no time in ripping the Allams a massive new arsehole by reporting how it actually is.

 

Employ some commentators that are actually interested in talking about the football and not what they've eaten that day and we're onto a winner.

 

Like for your excellent editing.

 

Oh yeah , I see what you mean , misunderstood you at first

 

As Ben says, I hope it'll give RH a freer hand to check the regime, although I haven't listened in an age, from past experience - I doubt they have the acumen to do so.

Also, haven't heard Viking for years too but seem to recall in the 80s, they'd have match reports from York City too.

 

I know he's not every bodies cup of tea, but I like Burnsy

 

Burns is a decent bloke and is one of the biggest advocates and supporters of this City.
He supports a hell of a lot of the local events.
You can shove the Viking commentary where the Sun doesn't shine.
They will be stuck up the Allams arse big time.

 

I have to say we have Viking radio spouting before and after the match in the lounge, they really do my head in.

 

They always refer to us as Hull or the Tigers when advertising us on the radio.
Probably been told what they can and cannot say before signing g the deal.

 

Wtf they doing in your lounge John. Personally, I wouldn't let them in my garden!

 

It's just typical that I normally do 75% of away games, but this season due to change of circumstances won't be going to many , and would be relying on the radio more - can't even get streams for championship games can you?

 

I know that not everyone is a massive fan of Burnsy and Swanny. But you won't find many better than them in local radio stations. My views may be slightly skewed, as I remember the horror show that was Radio Humberside in the 1980s and 1990s, when Dave Gibbons ran the show. He made no secret of his support of Arsenal, celebrated opposition goals as much as those scored by City (remember the Luton FA Cup game?), and generally sucked up to the Needler (C), Lloyd and Hinchliffe/Buchanan regimes. Phone-ins were carefully vetted so no one criticised the running of the club, and should any reporter break ranks and do some reporting on the mismanagement of the club - Burnsy was one, Chris Harvey and a guy called Stuart Whincup are others - they wouldn't last long at all. City games were rarely given full commentary status, and if the game didn't kick off at 3pm on a Saturday, you were often left sitting through a country and western show, a rugby league commentary or some such nonsense waiting for goal updates or half-time/full-time reports. Hull City, and football in general, were treat with contempt by the station.

When Burnsy came back for his second spell (I think it was around 2001) everything seemed to change overnight. True, certain things were available to him - split frequency commentary, for example - but the whole attitude towards City changed at the station. City mattered. If a game was being played, you would get commentary no matter what. Round this time Radio Humberside's excellent coverage stood in sharp contrast to the pathetic efforts of the HDM with John Fieldhouse covering City.

I know that Burnsy isn't everyone's cup of tea, but a Radio Humberside sports presenter has to be all things to all people. He has to be as accessible to the fanzine-reading 20-something as he is to the 80-odd year old granny sat doing her knitting. And he does a good job of pulling that off. True, the station - and Burnsy in particular - were a disappointment for much of the name change saga. They couldn't go all out in criticising the Allams, as they have to answer to bosses and secure funding as much as any more commercial entity in the media. But the free run that the station gave the Allams around the time of the hideously flawed 'vote' on the name change was a low point. That was a blip, however. On the whole, Radio Humberside has served Hull City fans very, very well over the past 15 years. And Burnsy is a keen advocate of all things Hull. He's undoubtedly a positive force within the city. If this move is a foot-stamping, revenge-fuelled move by the club in response to some imagined criticism from Humberside staff, it's another massive black mark against the Allams, whose quest to become entirely friendless takes another lurch forward.

 

This.

I grew up with the likes of Elliott Oppel commentating on City. If I thought that was bad, Gibbins took it to a whole new level.

 

One of RH's producers James Hoggarth is also very critical of the current regime on social media.

 

An excellent post and spot on