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[KiwiPie]

After previous petitions have been successful (FA Cup shown live on TV in 2010, The Crowd Goes Wild moved back to early evening), the news that Radio Sport is to drop live coverage of Plunket Shield cricket could mean only one thing. Apparently they plan to have no more live reports and commentary from the grounds, but a "central commentator" will give regular updates ... which means of course some guy sitting in front of a computer will read out the latest scores.

So if you love cricket and you like to listen to Alan Mac from Cornwall Park or Ron Snowden from the Basin Reserve, sign this petition now.

http://www.ipetition...ion/radiosport/

I kicked it off first thing this morning and about 16 hours later, we already have an amazing 332 signatures including some people you will have heard of. Go to it, Ferners.

[fatbaldbloke]

I grew up listening to plunket shield on the radio , it was a highlight of summer.I hope this petition will save it ,but Im not confident.Some fucking accountant sitting in an office can pull the plug on something that brings a lot of pleasure to many people.

[Voltman]

Signed, and chucking it on my Facebook as well.

[KiwiPie]

Martin Crowe is a card.

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[Higgins]

I am all for full commentaries too and will be adding my name to the list. Cricket commentaries are a traditional part of summer in NZ and we must fight hard to keep them going.

In reality what Radio Sport appear to be doing is simply renaming what they pretty much do nowadays during the domestic part of the season anyway when they shoot off for (prolonged) advertiment breaks far too frequently. It seems you get only a couple of overs between these intrusions, and that does get rather irritating.

[Immenso Rapido]

I love listening to the cricket commentary on the radio, but despise Radio Sport. A conundrum.

The only reason for me to return there (and put up with their adds and personalities) would be removed. This might not be a bad thing for me :think:

I miss the days of the Comalco/Mobil sponsored Radio New Zealand summer grandstand (except when it would be interrupted by parliament)

[Virgil]

Great stuff KP, awesome work from Hogan..lets not forget hes making a comeback so who doesnt want to him him smashing 100's for Auckland in the coming weeks!

[mariner4life]

One of my favourite summer memories was being at the beach listening to the cricket. It was a particularly boring game between Canterbury and someone. Coney and Waddle spent most of the day telling inane and random, but always amusing stories, interjecting every 5 miutes or so when something happened "oh, Chris Harris has hit a four. anyway..." don't you dare radio sport, don't you fucking dare. How about firing Deaker and using that money to pay for it. Damn accountants....

[scruffy-lookin]

fatbaldbloke said:

I grew up listening to plunket shield on the radio , it was a highlight of summer.I hope this petition will save it ,but Im not confident.Some fucking accountant sitting in an office can pull the plug on something that brings a lot of pleasure to many people.

Leave us fucking accountants out of this. Some of us love cricket too

Surely Radio Sport need some content to play their ads for ED and wet and forget around.

[hydro11]

You can't blame them for not having it on if people aren't listening to it. I still like listening to it though so I signed the petition.

[Donsteppa]

Signed it. Summer without cricket on Radio Sport would be, well, a summer without listening to Radio Sport at all...

[Cactus Jack]

One of the things i love about summer is pissing my kids off by turning the cricket on in the lounge . i will definately be signing the petition .

[ZinDog]

While I think domestic cricket on the radio it has a certain nostalgia, unfortunately I think this is inevitable. If the domestic comp attendances are anything to go by, then I can't imagine the radio ratings are any better.

Weekends are good for it but I don't care that Otago 5 for 87 when I just want to hear the sports news driving home frmo work during the week.

Anyway it's somewhat ironic given the origins of RS.

[KiwiPie]

Thanks to all who signed so far. Prodding this thread to see if any more cricket-lovers want to add their names to the petition.

http://www.ipetition...ion/radiosport/

742 so far.

[nzzp]

990 now... get in and sign

[KiwiPie]

nzzp said:

990 now... get in and sign

1000 now! 250 since first thing this morning, amazing how this one has taken of and lots of famous cricket names on it.

[cricketman]

Signed as well. I love listening to domestic cricket and can't believe that the pencil pushes in HQ would even consider getting rid of our summer game on the radio waves.

[Xpat2]

Love your work KP!!!
Theres nothing better than listening to the cricket then dozing off and waking back up to it.
Its summer personified!!!
Now if we can just find a way to keep the half drunk beer cool whilst we have the Nanna nap................

[hydro11]

cricketman said:

Signed as well. I love listening to domestic cricket and can't believe that the pencil pushes in HQ would even consider getting rid of our summer game on the radio waves.

Even if other things that they put on the radio would be more popular?

[Allstar]

hydro11 said:

Even if other things that they put on the radio would be more popular?

like what? More endless talkback?

[hydro11]

Allstar said:

like what? More endless talkback?

Endless talkback may not be more popular but it may make more financial sense. Radio Sport is a business, it must turn over a profit. Having commentators at three grounds throughout New Zealand is expensive. I bet the cost of one cricket commentary would be quite high. Even with Plunket Shield on the radio they still have to pay the talkback host. Personally, I want first class domestic cricket live on the radio but I can't blame radio sport for making a cost effective decision for their business.

[Immenso Rapido]

Radio Sport actually needs content.

What suprises me, is when reading a 'review' in the newspaper or on Stuff of a Plunket Shield match - is you can tell it's someone just looking at a scoreboard from blackcaps.co.nz and putting it into sentences. No actual comment on the quality of play/players etc.

Why don't the commentators double up with some written journalism? Or a journalist ask the comentator - and quote them - for a few lines about how well the century-maker or 5 wicket taker played?

With no radio commentators, and seemingly no print journalists attending domestic cricket ...... well, probably not much change TBH

[KiwiPie]

I like the times when the commentator has one of the players in the box for chat during the play - cricketers are mostly articulate and it is interesting to hear some of the less well-known players air their views.

[hydro11]

Immenso Rapido said:

Radio Sport actually needs content.

What suprises me, is when reading a 'review' in the newspaper or on Stuff of a Plunket Shield match - is you can tell it's someone just looking at a scoreboard from blackcaps.co.nz and putting it into sentences. No actual comment on the quality of play/players etc.

Why don't the commentators double up with some written journalism? Or a journalist ask the comentator - and quote them - for a few lines about how well the century-maker or 5 wicket taker played?

With no radio commentators, and seemingly no print journalists attending domestic cricket ...... well, probably not much change TBH

I completely agree. If I want to know the scores, I can find out myself. I would rather have a piece reviewing a pleyer's technique and saying how well they may do at international cricket.

[BartMan]

have you done the facebook thing with this??

[nzzp]

1244 now... keep it up.

I think the thing that frustrates me is that this was the beginning of Radio Sport. Back in the forgotten ages when I were a lad, they used to broadcast part time on selected frequencies over the summer months. The cost must be in the presenters -- and there must be a benefit for NZ Cricket in there somewhere too. FFS, they just got >$50M from the indians, we should be able to subsidise a few punters at the cricket. Maybe (heaven forbid) an NZPA type deal with a few forms of media? Print, internet, radio... this is not impossible.

Gibbit - an option for BSport and Radio Trackside perhaps? Cheap content in summer?

I know I wouldn't be into cricket the way I am now if it weren't for these commentaries... and long car trips in summer would be substantially more painful.

[nzzp]

and an update... maybe Radio Sport could rename itself to Radio Knee Jerk Opinon! Frustrated dude here

[Voltman]

nzzp said:

1Gibbit - an option for BSport and Radio Trackside perhaps? Cheap content in summer?

No hope for space on Radio Trackside after 2pm-2.30pm. There are up to 14-15 races an hour from there on in most days, which require markets and results to be read out.

[BartMan]

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I know I wouldn't be into cricket the way I am now if it weren't for these commentaries... and long car trips in summer would be substantially more painful.

I remember listeningto M Crowe's summer of centuries, when he scored 8 or 9 in the domestic season, can't remember what it was, but there were a ton. Working in a diary, out the back doing the stock boy thing, radio sport on the AM radio.

Good days.

[Allstar]

if you're on twitter, and an ND fan particularly, follow Margot Butcher, she's giving fantastic updates from the game today.