{"id":339803,"date":"2026-03-11T03:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/339803\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T03:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:00:14","slug":"times-radio-wins-exclusive-boat-race-rights-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/339803\/","title":{"rendered":"Times Radio wins exclusive Boat Race rights \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Times_Radio_YouTube.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RTUKPackageDeal2.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Times Radio will provide live commentary of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race after securing exclusive UK radio rights in a three-year partnership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The agreement makes the station the official radio partner of The Boat Race until 2028 and marks the first time Times Radio has been the official broadcaster of a live sporting event.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners will hear live radio commentary of both the Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races on Saturday 4 April during Easter weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Mulkerrins will host a special live edition of her Saturday afternoon programme from the Putney riverbank between 1pm and 4pm, close to the start of the race on the Championship Course.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage will include guests from the rowing world along with reaction and analysis from the riverbank as the races unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the event, the station plans a series of interviews and features with the presidents and crews from both universities to introduce the teams and the stories behind this year\u2019s races.<\/p>\n<p>Programme director Tim Levell said: \u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with The Boat Race in a three-year deal through to 2028. The Boat Race is a brilliant fit for Times Radio and our listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The partnership also comes as the Women\u2019s Boat Race approaches its centenary in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Siobhan Cassidy, chair of The Boat Race Company, said the organisers were pleased to confirm Times Radio as the event\u2019s radio partner on a multi-year agreement starting with this year\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bs-push-noti-message\">Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSubscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Times Radio will provide live commentary of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race after securing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-339803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}