Sport
Sport is a major part of the schedule, with a 3-hour sports-based programme each weeknight evening and 4-hour sport specials on Saturdays and Sundays. This time slot is considerably more than most other BBC local radio stations and reflects London's large number of sporting teams and events.
During the cricket season, BBC London 94.9 also supports Internet-only streamed commentary of all games featuring Surrey County Cricket Club (with Mark Church as main commentator) and Middlesex County Cricket Club (with Kevin Hand as main commentator). The commentators give brief game updates on main BBC London 94.9 broadcast throughout the day.
The current presenters and commentators include Phil Parry, Andy Rowley, Ankur Desai, Nick Godwin, Emma Jones, Emilia Papadopoulos, Steve Bunce, Mike Lawrence, Simon Watts, Kevin Hand, Mark Church, Pete Stevens, Sara Orchard, Will Shindler and David Croft.
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“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
“How long, then, Catiline, while you abuse our patience? How long is this madness of yours to make sport of us?”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)