Quay Radio will no longer broadcast Pompey games
The owners of Quay Radio have announced the station will no longer broadcast live commentary of Pompey games.
The station, recently purchased out of administration by Celador Radio Broadcasting, had been in discussions with the football club about renewing its broadcasting agreement with the club.
However it has said that no agreement could be reached and the station - which will be renamed Breeze on Saturday - will not broadcast commentary of every Pompey game.
Celador Radio Broadcasting chairman Paul Smith said: 'It is deeply regrettable that we have been unable to reach a satisfactory conclusion to our negotiations to allow the continued and uninterrupted broadcasting of the football commentaries and associated programming for the benefit of the fans.
'Unfortunately the investment to acquire the rights and the associated technical and staffing costs of providing the live coverage plus weekday programming far outweighs any income likely to be generated from the initiative.
'Whilst we would have been prepared to break even or to even to make a small loss on this side of the business in order to meet the fans' expectations, the deal offered to us is just not commercially viable.'
There is no news on whether the new station will continue broadcasting the popular Football Hour programme.
Pompey games will continue to be broadcast on BBC Radio Solent.
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