Tuesday, 18 March 2008

It's not just footy..

..I couldn't help but notice that Shaun's blog centred around football and pretty much ignored everything else!

But we do follow other sports and will be discussing them on the show.

Shaun's a mad keen rugby league fan and I take an interest in most sports, particularly snooker and tennis. Well, women's tennis at least...

As for Matt, well Matt knows about all sorts of random things! He might even fill you in on himself at some point. If you're lucky.

Anyway, we're hoping to get a podcast recorded and sorted soon, before the spring break (woop woop) with any luck.

Catch you later,

Jamie.

Friday, 14 March 2008

The Issues....

Alright everyone. Sporting Heads is the newest show on Utopia FM. I think it's the first time there's ever been a dedicated sports show on the station so already we're breaking boundaries.

In this blog I just want to outline briefly what to expect from us. We'll start with Matt.

Matt is our resident Newcastle fan, he knows all the facts and figures about any Premiership game - he's just that kind of guy! Unfortunately, he doesn't believe in life outside the Big League, so he doesn't have the greatest knowledge on that front.

Next is Jamie. Jamie is sarcastic and opinionated. He is our resident Championship expert, although he does have a general knowledge of most other leagues. He has an opinion about most things, and he is usually very hard to budge from it!

And then theres me, I am the brains behind it all! I have knowledge on the Premiership (as do most football fans) but I also have knowledge on the Blue Square Premiership, where my home town team, York, currently find themselves.

We want to know what you think about anything to do with the show. Let us know, our email address is sportingheads@hotmail.co.uk, or leave a comment on here, or find us on facebook!

Monday, 10 March 2008

Welcome to Sporting Heads!

This feels incredible. I'm almost a complete newcomer to radio, and I'm going to be live throughout May as part of the Sporting Heads team! Amazing.

This blog will document our exploits as we go about producing the show.

The show will go out Sunday nights from 7-9pm on Utopia 87.7 FM, and you will be able to listen online and via your wireless box if you are lucky enough to live in the Sunderland area.

Let's face it, we have to be more appealing than Heartbeat.

Soon we will be doing podcasts for the show which you will be able to get on iTunes - how exciting is that!

We're open to ideas you may have for the show. The basic premise is that it will be a sports discussion show rounding up the week's action and looking forward to the next week's action, as well as discussion of key issues in sport and some nice light features to break up the chitter-chatter. We might even be allowed to play some nice music, but we're not in charge of that, which is probably a good thing with Matt and Shaun involved...

I'll sign off for now, Matt, Shaun and I will all be using this blog regularly, happy reading, and happy listening!

Jamie.

PS - Please comment on the blog. It makes us feel loved.