Moray Firth Radio to broadcast live SPL football

Inverness based radio station MFR has secured the rights to broadcast all Inverness Caledonian Thistle games in the Scottish Premier League for the season 2010/11.

The local commercial radio station, which is owned by Bauer Media, already covers sporting events across the largest geographical area in mainland UK including the Highlands, Moray and parts of Aberdeenshire.  It is delighted to be adding broadcasts from the area’s only team in the SPL.

The radio station’s live commentary venture is in partnership with the largest house builder in the Highlands, Inverness based Tulloch Homes who will sponsor the 2010 SPL season on Moray Firth Radio.

MFR reaches out to over half the population in the area. It is another achievement for the station which has already won a clutch of awards in the last 10 months and more recently was named ‘UK local radio station of the year’ for 2010.

There will be live coverage of all 36 games, home and away, starting with the curtain raiser at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium on August 14^th against Celtic.

Danny Gallagher, Managing Director at MFR said: “I am absolutely delighted to have negotiated this deal with the SPL for our listeners. Many have made it known that they would love MFR to follow the first division champions as they move back up to the SPL. I’d like to thank Tulloch Homes, our broadcast partners, who have been instrumental in supporting us.”

David Sutherland of Tulloch Homes said: “As a vibrant company focused on playing our part in seeing local communities grow and prosper this is a real positive tie up for us.  We are hoping the communities of the North of Scotland will support our only SPL team bringing even greater confidence to the area.”

Terry Butcher, Manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle said “I know many of our supporters are big MFR listeners and I know they will be ecstatic that we are getting so much coverage. We have a great relationship with the radio station and its partner in this venture Tulloch Homes”