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Come on NRL get yiur Radio rights In Orader ditch 2GB and bring 2UEv and Super Radio Network ti tge Party.
We need coverage in rural and regional area. In Newcastle the second biggest city in NSW we get ABC for all games, but no games on commercial radio on Sundays. Its a joke - we need to get 2SM and 2UE to team up and allow the game into these areas. Plus, it will give other callers an opportnity to have a go.
For too long, 2GB and Macquarie have masqueraded a weekend less than humorous six hour drivel as a rugby league program, onselling it to regional markets. The review of NRL radio rights presents the ideal opportunity for that exclusivity deal to be shut down for all time.
Why not allow multiple commercial radio stations to cover the NRL, in much the same way as the AFL is handled? That way, decent rugby league coverage can be achieved without the garbage that the "continuous call team" presents all season disguised as rugby league.
2UE/4BC, 2MMM/4MMM and the so-called Super Radio Network between them will multiply the reach and steer us back to serious coverage of this great game.