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Title: BBC World Service World Cup Netherlands/USA 21630 AM 1558 utc 3 Dec 2022
Post by: Ct Yankee on December 03, 2022, 1558 UTC

Very good reception, English service.  Round of 16 match between USA and The Netherlands.  Broadcast started at halftime.

1558 Bow Bells IS
1559 YL with halftime recap
1601 News summary
1606 Sportsworld ID - match JIP.  OM "Welcome to BBC World Service joining in."
1610 "The US keeps knocking on the door."
1613 Bouncing back and forth to coverage and general soccer talk
1620 More general football coverage than play by play of match, interjections of game highlights

Title: Re: BBC World Service World Cup Netherlands/USA 21630 AM 1558 utc 3 Dec 2022
Post by: Pigmeat on December 04, 2022, 2102 UTC

The only exposure I had to high level soccer was via SW radio and the World Cup growing up. We had a local sportswriter who referred to it as "Commies running around in their underwear." His family's business did a lot of advertising in the papers, which is how he got his job.

As the three nearby teaching hospitals grew, we had more people from overseas attending them. His underwear line ticked someone powerful off, and that was goodbye to him.