...local TV channels all we've had is the 'countdown' to the so called Wear -Tyne Derby .......... ..which leads me to wonder, there's all this talk about North East idenetity , it's bollox, as it all identifies with is the area around Tyne and Wear.

i agree,its newcastle ,united,falcons,vipers, then sunderland and the smoggies,and as an afterthought hartlepool and darlington might get a mention if were lucky. i always say is that it i would,nt have fooking bothered,but i still sit there in anticipation we might get some sort of mention

The Newcastle basketball gets more coverage than we do....lanky gets paying a game that always ends ... 98-96 watched by an audience that scares me. AND DON'T GET ME GOING A BOUT...LOOK F*****G NORTH,

I see we dropped behind Darlo for the highlights and goals the other night

alistare brownose whats he about a total twonk going on about the borer

I found it quite amusing when him and Slaven couldn't report on the borers anymore..... the only useful thing to come out of BBC Tees aka Radio Cleveland aka Radio Borer.

Dont suppose if anyone knows,did the local radio stations hounour the minutes silence for Mr Maidens ?

Not sure, but I was working in Saltburn til 2 and when I was driving home I was lkistening to BBC Radio Tees and they only briefly mentioned Michael.

Any sort of news or sport on BBC Tees decreases in importance or coverage in proprtion to the distance it is away from a mythical point midway between the BBC Tees studio and the Riverside...... Your postcode is a useful indicator ..TS1 TOP COVERAGE, TS25....where the f***s that?