Sportsound is BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle...

's main radio sport

Sport

A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

s show. It provides coverage to listeners on medium wave, FM

Frequency modulation

In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...

, DAB Digital Radio and via the internet. It is best known for its exclusive live commentary of Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 games. It is broadcast 7 days a week, and on on-match days has a 1810–2200 slot on 810 MW. On Saturdays, at least two matches are broadcast by MW, and the main FM frequency with the Open All Mics feature broadcast on the BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a British radio station, broadcasting in Scottish Gaelic. It is operated by the BBC as part of its portfolio of television and radio services broadcasting to Scotland....

 frequency and the remaining matches online where the other matches are simulcast.

Presenters

• Richard Gordon
  Richard Gordon (broadcaster)
  Richard Gordon is a Scottish radio and television presenter.Gordon, an ex-banker, was educated in Aberdeen at Skene Square Primary, Aberdeen Grammar School and Aberdeen College of Commerce....
  
   (host of most live matches; sometimes works as a commentator)
• Dougie Vipond
  Dougie Vipond
  Dougie Vipond is a Scottish musician and television personality. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1985. He was one of the founding members of Scottish soft rock / pop band, Deacon Blue.Dougie Vipond is one of the busiest and most versatile broadcasters in...
  
   (host when Richard Gordon is unavailable or commentating)
• Annie McGuire
  Annie McGuire
  Annie McGuire is a Scottish reporter and presenter on BBC Scotland programmes including football phone-in show 'Your Call' and Sportsound. Occasionally links Radio Scotland's New Music Zone and T in the Park coverage and stood in for presenter Vic Galloway. She also wrote occasionally for the...
  
   (host of midweek shows and Friday 'Footloose' edition)
• Kenny MacIntyre
  Kenny MacIntyre
  Kenny Macintyre is a Scottish sports broadcaster who works for BBC Scotland.MacIntyre provides match reports for Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland and occasionally hosts the programme...
  
   (host of midweek shows)
• Kheredine Idessane
  Kheredine Idessane
  Kheredine Idessane is a Scottish football commentator for BBC Scotland. and a former athlete. He is commonly heard on Sportsound, providing live commentary of Scottish Premier League matches, but he can also be heard commentating on highlights of Scottish Cup matches for Sportscene...
  
   (a further host of the midweek shows)
• Jim Spence
  Jim Spence
  Jim Spence is a Scottish Sports broadcaster from Dundee who works for BBC Scotland.Spence presented the nightly football magazine 90 Minutes on BBC Radio Scotland from 2004 until it was axed in 2006 to make way for more comprehensive sports coverage. Spence now hosts the station's weeknight...
  
   (a host, formerly of the now defunct 90 Minutes - which was replaced by the weekday Sportsound)
• Stephen Craigan
  Stephen Craigan
  Stephen James Craigan is a professional footballer, currently playing for Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League. He plays in central defence, and has enjoyed two spells at Motherwell, where he is currently the club captain...
  
   (co-host of The Pitch on Sportsound on Tuesday evenings)
• Jack Ross
  Jack Ross
  John James "Jack" Ross is a former Scottish professional footballer who played in defence and midfield.-Early career:Ross had spells as a youth player at Dundee and Forfar Athletic...
  
   (co-host of The Pitch on Sportsound on Tuesday evenings)

Commentators/reporters

• David Begg
  David Begg
  David Begg is a Scottish football commentator who appears on Sportsound as part of BBC Radio Scotland. He has been a commentator since 1980.- References :...
  
   (main commentator)
• John Barnes
• Paul Mitchell
  Paul Mitchell (broadcaster)
  Paul Mitchell is a Scottish football commentator for BBC Scotland and has been their main commentator since Rob MacLean left for Setanta Sports in 2004....
  
   (also works for Sportscene
  Sportscene
  Sportscene is the name of a range of Scottish sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland. Its main anchors are Dougie Donnelly, David Currie, Rob MacLean and Dougie Vipond, with Alison Walker and Richard Gordon acting as relief presenters...
  
  and Match of the Day
  Match of the Day
  Match of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in English football's top division, the Premier League...
  
  )
• Scott Davie
  Scott Davie
  Scott Davie is a British football commentator for BBC Scotland and can frequently be heard on Sportsound, providing live radio commentary of Scottish Premier League football matches...
  
  
• Liam McLeod
  Liam McLeod
  Liam McLeod is a football commentator and sports journalist for BBC Scotland. He is currently a radio commentator for Sportsound and is the main commentator for Sportscene....
  
  
• Rob MacLean
  Rob MacLean
  Robin Maclean is a freelance Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer.MacLean began his career with the Highland News Group in Inverness before working for an Aberdeen news agency between 1979 and 1981...
  
  
• Kheredine Idessane
  Kheredine Idessane
  Kheredine Idessane is a Scottish football commentator for BBC Scotland. and a former athlete. He is commonly heard on Sportsound, providing live commentary of Scottish Premier League matches, but he can also be heard commentating on highlights of Scottish Cup matches for Sportscene...
  
  
• Alisdair Lamont
  Alisdair Lamont
  Alisdair Lamont is a Scottish Sports broadcaster who commentates and reports for BBC Scotland's Sportscene programme and also commentates and occasionally reads the Sports news on BBC Radio Scotland.-References:...
  
  
• Jim Spence
  Jim Spence
  Jim Spence is a Scottish Sports broadcaster from Dundee who works for BBC Scotland.Spence presented the nightly football magazine 90 Minutes on BBC Radio Scotland from 2004 until it was axed in 2006 to make way for more comprehensive sports coverage. Spence now hosts the station's weeknight...
  
   (generally games at Dundee
  Dundee
  Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
  
  )
• Chick Young
  Chick Young
  Charles "Chick" Young is a professional association football pundit, who regularly appears for BBC Scotland on Sportscene and Sportsound...
  
  

• Bill Leckie
  Bill Leckie
  Bill Leckie is a Scottish Sports journalist and broadcaster who currently writes for the Scottish edition of The Sun newspaper.Leckie also does commentary on Scottish Football League matches for BBC Radio Scotland and makes regular contributions on Talksport and BBC Radio 5 Live.-External links:*...
  
   (generally covers Scottish Football League
  Scottish Football League
  The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...
  
   matches)
• Jane Lewis
  Jane Lewis
  Jane Lewis is a Scottish sports journalist and broadcaster, best known as a main sports presenter for Scotland Today, STV Central's now-defunct regional news programme.- Career :...
  
  
• Dougie Vipond
  Dougie Vipond
  Dougie Vipond is a Scottish musician and television personality. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1985. He was one of the founding members of Scottish soft rock / pop band, Deacon Blue.Dougie Vipond is one of the busiest and most versatile broadcasters in...
  
  
• Charlie Mann
  Charlie Mann
  Charlie Mann is a Scottish sports broadcaster and Public Relations guru who currently appears on Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland as a match reporter and occasionally does trackside work....
  
  
• Martin Dowden
• Sandra Brown (generally Queen of the South
  Queen of the South F.C.
  Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS...
  
   matches)
• David McDaid
• Charles Bannerman (generally games in the Highlands)
• Brian McLauchlin

Analysts

• Sandy Clark
  Sandy Clark
  Alexander "Sandy" Clark is a former professional football player and currently a pundit for BBC Scotland. He was a centre forward....
  
  
• Steve Cowan
  Steve Cowan
  Steve Cowan is a Scottish former professional association football player.Cowan began his career with , but followed Alex Ferguson to in 1980. Cowan was a fringe player with Aberdeen for five seasons...
  
  
• Jim Duffy
• Derek Ferguson
  Derek Ferguson
  Derek Ferguson is a Scottish football manager and former player.A creative midfielder, he is best remembered for his time with Rangers and Heart of Midlothian and made two appearances for the Scottish national side. He is the elder brother of current Birmingham City midfielder Barry Ferguson...
  
  
• Stephen Frail
  Stephen Frail
  Stephen Frail is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently the Celtic under-19s coach.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Brian Irvine
  Brian Irvine (footballer)
  Brian Irvine is a former international footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Irvine began his career with Falkirk in 1983. After two years and nearly forty league appearances for the Bairns - where he played alongside his brother - Irvine moved to Aberdeen...
  
  
• Des McKeown
  Des McKeown
  Desmond "Des" McKeown is a retired Scottish footballer who played for Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Queen of the South in two spells, Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir...
  
  
• Murdo MacLeod
  Murdo MacLeod
  Murdo Davidson MacLeod is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. MacLeod, who played as a midfielder, made 20 appearances for Scotland and played in the 1990 World Cup Finals. He had a successful club career, mainly with Dumbarton, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund and Hibernian...
  
   (generally Celtic
  Celtic F.C.
  Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
  
   games)
• Craig Paterson
  Craig Paterson
  Craig Paterson is a Scottish former football player, who currently works as a pundit for BBC Radio Scotland and Sportscene....
  
  
• Allan Preston
  Allan Preston
  Allan Preston is a retired Scottish professional footballer and manager. He is currently a radio sports pundit for BBC Scotland.- Playing career :...
  
  
• John Robertson
• Gordon Smith
• Jim Traynor
  Jim Traynor
  James 'Jim' Sexton Traynor is a sports journalist with the Scottish newspaper the Daily Record and presenter of BBC Radio Scotland's football-based phone-in show Your Call....
  
   (not an in-match analyst, host of "Your Call")
• Scott Booth
  Scott Booth
  Scott Booth is a former Scottish football player. He began his career at Aberdeen as a teenager in 1990, before moving to Germany in 1997 to play for Borussia Dortmund. After a spell in the Netherlands, he returned to Aberdeen in 2003 before retiring a year later...
  
  
• Billy Dodds
  Billy Dodds
  William "Billy" Dodds is a Scottish former professional footballer, he was assistant manager at Dundee, but was made redundant when the club went into administration in October 2010, one of his former clubs...
  
  

In addition, managers or assistant managers of Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

 clubs can be heard as "guest" analysts, especially for Sunday games.

Pitchside reporters

• Chick Young
  Chick Young
  Charles "Chick" Young is a professional association football pundit, who regularly appears for BBC Scotland on Sportscene and Sportsound...
  
  
• Chris McLaughlin

Both reporters also provide reports for Sportscene

Sportscene

Sportscene is the name of a range of Scottish sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland. Its main anchors are Dougie Donnelly, David Currie, Rob MacLean and Dougie Vipond, with Alison Walker and Richard Gordon acting as relief presenters...

.

Former commentators

• Alasdair Alexander
• David Francey
• Donald Garden
• Derek Rae
  Derek Rae
  Derek Rae is a Scottish football announcer for ESPN, working as a sports commentator for its coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Scottish Premier League. He is also the host of ESPNsoccernet's PressPass.- Career :...
  
  
• Jock Brown
  Jock Brown
  Jock James Brown is a football commentator for STV, previously for BBC Scotland and Setanta Sports.-Professional career:Brown is a solicitor by profession and is currently a partner with Brodies.-Broadcasting:...
  
  

External links

• BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound