{"id":510904,"date":"2026-04-03T14:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/510904\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:28:18","slug":"track-radio-to-launch-on-london-dab-with-mix-of-sport-and-music-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/510904\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Radio to launch on London DAB with mix of sport and music \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Track_Radio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A new station will combine sports discussion with music when it launches next month.<\/p>\n<p>Track Radio will begin broadcasting on 4th May, offering a mix of talk and music aimed at listeners who enjoy in-depth conversation about daily sporting stories.<\/p>\n<p>The station will be available on London DAB and online from its studios in Notting Hill, with plans to expand further.<\/p>\n<p>Each hour is expected to include several speech segments alongside a run of music tracks, with presenters covering a wide range of sports and speaking to expert guests.<\/p>\n<p>Short hourly news bulletins will also feature, and the station says it will cover men\u2019s and women\u2019s sport together rather than separating them into different programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Track Radio is owned by Track Record Corporation and led by Iain Macintosh, previously CEO of Muddy Knees Media. The station is advised by non-executive director Jonathan Arendt, who was launch director of XFM and CEO of Jazz FM.<\/p>\n<p>A list of presenters is due to be confirmed, with long-time BBC sports broadcaster John Inverdale, advising on the launch of the station.<\/p>\n<p>Iain Macintosh said: \u201cIt\u2019s all sports, not just football, and it\u2019s expert-led at all times. If we\u2019re not telling you something you don\u2019t know every day, we\u2019re doing it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Inverdale added: \u201cSport is full of brilliant stories and fascinating people, and fans love getting under the skin of it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrack Radio gives us the chance to bring these elements together in a way that feels relaxed, informed and genuinely welcoming for listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new station will combine sports discussion with music when it launches next month. Track Radio will begin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-510904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}