On 6 May we re-launched our weekly, 15-minute radio programme for sports fans, Planet Sport. Nine radio stations are broadcasting Planet Sport in countries including Australia, Grenada, Kenya, Malawi and UK and more stations are expected to start broadcasting the show later this year. The show is also available at www.planetsport.tv to listen to and as a download. It is also available as a podcast from iTunes.
Planet Sport is designed to engage sports fans with the leading issues in sport and also explore the stories behind the headlines.
Scotland and British and Irish Lions forward, Euan Murray, Kenya’s double Olympic marathon silver medallist Catherine Ndereba and Britain’s double Olympic rowing silver medallist, Debbie Flood are all lined up to feature on the show.
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Norman Brierley has been appointed 2K Plus’ new Africa Development Director. His part-time role is to develop relationships with radio stations across Africa and identify new broadcasting outlets. He will also contribute to the weekly Planet Sport programme and report from major sporting events.
Prior to joining 2K Plus, Norman has spent the past 37 years working with partner group Feba in Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ethiopia. He has worked with 2K Plus on secondment from Feba at a range of major sporting events since 2002 including Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
"I'm looking forward to spending more time with 2K Plus,” said Norman, “particularly in developing the Africa contacts. Africans are crazy about sport and to be able to supply programmes and interviews about Christian sportsmen and women who want to share their faith, will be a great privilege for me.”
“We are delighted to have Norman on board,” said 2K Plus Chief Executive Officer Adrian Barnard. “His understanding of Africa, stemming from over 30 years living in the continent, coupled with his experience of 2K Plus for the past seven years makes him ideally suited for this role. We look forward to expanding our work in Africa through Norman’s expertise and endeavour.”
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Planet Sport, our weekly 15-minute sports programme, is set to re-launch in 2009 with a new format. The new programme will have two presenters instead of one and will involve more listeners through competitions, discussions and the show’s website www.planetsport.tv. To date twenty radio stations have shown interest in airing the show in countries such as Australia, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, the UK and Uganda. The long-running show took a break in October after 178 consecutive programmes. |
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2K Plus has announced details of the sporting events it plans to report from during 2009. These include: - Confederations Cup, South Africa (14-28 June)
- IAAF London Grand Prix (24-25 July)
- 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin (15-23 August)
Events planned for 2010 include the African Cup of Nations (Angola), FIFA World Cup™ (South Africa) and Commonwealth Games (Delhi). |
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Radio listeners to over 1500 radio stations in nine languages heard our reports, features and interviews from the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. This is the largest number of stations we have reached from one sporting event in our history, by far eclipsing the 1000 stations broadcasting our programmes from Athens in 2004. Several websites featured our content including one for browsers in Central Asia. During the Paralympics fifteen stations carried our reports and interviews in English and Chinese. |
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