I listened to about an hour and half of BBC Radio Scotland on the way to the game today (the bus was slow). The best bit was the discussion of Rangers - particularly Derek Ferguson talking about walking into Ibrox and the fan saying "welcome to hell". Where the the programme goes wrong is when they stop focusing on stories/ talking points (stuff like the Old Firm) and instead go round the grounds in a very perfunctory unthinking way filling us in on the team line-ups and totally inane chats with managers. I just don't care who is playing for Kilmarnock, ICT, Aberdeen, Hamilton etc... today. They shouldn't do this anymore, yes there are a precious few seconds when they tell us the Thistle team - but that's tainted by the fact that i know the great majority of the listeners are just not interested. The pre-match intv's with managers are just a string of interchange-able cliche's and are so dull and meaningless i'd much rather listen to Chick Young talk about St Mirren or his wildly inaccurate take on the Rangers situation.
So..... I prefer Open all Mics (is anybody saying there is a better radio alternative?).
Off The Ball is annoying but funny, Jim Murphy was good today (his PR team will be delighted be came across as human and passionate about football)