Sportsmedia announces new community radio service & 11 new stations

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N E W S R E L E A S E 11 MORE STATIONS JOIN SPORTSMEDIA’S NETWORK AS DOZENS OF COMMUNITY STATIONS TAKE BRAND NEW DAILY SERVICE. Sportsmedia Broadcasting, the UK's leading provider of bespoke radio sports and finance bulletins is delighted to welcome the Total Star and Touch stations, including Banbury Sound and Rugby FM to its roster. Daily bulletins will now be heard on FM through an unbroken area from the West Country to the West Midlands and Warwickshire, adding to the 120 other stations already covered across the country. Sportsmedia also announces a brand new twice-daily service to the Community Radio sector. Commenting on the new stations and service, Jonny Gould, CEO, Sportsmedia Broadcasting Ltd. said: “Community radio is emerging in UK radio, helping to serve local communities when more and more stations are being networked from London. Sportsmedia needs to be in community radio too.” "We’re also delighted to welcome new stations to our growing network (below). We broadcast to the country's most populous regions and reach a combined audience larger than any single national station. Because of this, they offer us unique opportunities to drill down into each community like no other national network can offer."

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Sportsmedia Broadcasting announces the launch of a brand new service for Community Radio, plus 11 more stations join The Sportsmedia Bulletin Network.

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N E W S R E L E A S E

11 MORE STATIONS JOIN SPORTSMEDIA’S NETWORK AS DOZENS OF COMMUNITY STATIONS TAKE BRAND NEW DAILY SERVICE.

Sportsmedia Broadcasting, the UK's leading provider of bespoke radio sports and finance bulletins is delighted to welcome the Total Star and Touch stations, including Banbury Sound and Rugby FM to its roster.

Daily bulletins will now be heard on FM through an unbroken area from the West Country to the West Midlands and Warwickshire, adding to the 120 other stations already covered across the country.

Sportsmedia also announces a brand new twice-daily service to the Community Radio sector.

Commenting on the new stations and service, Jonny Gould, CEO, Sportsmedia Broadcasting Ltd. said:

“Community radio is emerging in UK radio, helping to serve local communities when more and more stations are being networked from London. Sportsmedia needs to be in community radio too.”

"We’re also delighted to welcome new stations to our growing network (below). We broadcast to the country's most populous regions and reach a combined audience larger than any single national station. Because of this, they offer us unique opportunities to drill down into each community like no other national network can offer."

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Sportsmedia and Businessmedia's programming slot live and direct into each station’s daytime programmes across Great Britain, Ireland and Spain.

The studio-based broadcasts will also contain live on-site reports from major sports events and interview clips with a who’s who of sport.

As always, Sportsmedia and Businessmedia’s sponsorship clients will wholly support the bulletins. The company's staff skilfully broadcast commercial messages within the editorial environment of each bulletin, thus delivering high attention messaging without compromising the information or reporting.

Chief Editor, Sportsmedia Broadcasting Ltd., Jonathan Hart, who negotiated and completed the deals said:

“New stations and networks are always a tremendous boost and we’re set up to provide localized content to every part of the country.”

CONTACT: Jonny Gould, CEO, Sportsmedia Broadcasting Ltd. 020 8964 6555 [email protected] Hart, Chief Editor, Sportsmedia Broadcasting Ltd. [email protected]

EDITORS NOTES:

Sportsmedia Broadcasting, and sister company Businessmedia Broadcasting

broadcast sports and finance bulletins throughout the UK to independent regional and

local radio stations and the BBC on FM, AM, DAB, the internet and Sky.

Sportsmedia’s websites www.footballaudio.com and www.bettingpreview.co.uk

deliver on-demand audio bulletins and exclusive interviews with managers, players

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and coaches and other stars from the world of sport. It also white labels this live

content to other major sites.

The bulletins are wholly funded by sponsorship from blue chip corporations such as

Yahoo!, Tesco and IG Index and SPAR

The company is wholly privately owned, becoming the largest independent provider

of packaged sports and finance news to the radio industry