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Noel Gallagher joins Wrighty…

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Ian Wright is back this Saturday with an FA Cup special on Absolute Radio.

Our commentary game last Saturday saw Arsenal defeat Sunderland with a last-gasp Thierry Henry goal. They face off again on Saturday and Wrighty will have his eye across it while taking your calls.

Plus the one and only Noel Gallagher will be Wrighty’s guest between 5 and 7 this Saturday on Rock n Roll Football.

Every Race Live for James and Jennie!

USP Content has recruited former ITV commentator James Allen as our new Formula 1 commentator and correspondent for BBC Radio 5 live. Jennie Gow joins full time after stepping in for two races last year. Jennie was BBC tv’s MotoGP presenter. The season gets under way in Melbourne on 18th March and USP Content will be delivering every race live for BBC Radio 5 live. The team will travel the planet through until 25 November when the season ends in Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Superbowl 46 on BBC Radio 5 Live

We are in Indianapolis this weekend for the biggest annual event in sport – the NFL Superbowl.

The US television audience alone is twice the population of the UK and the meeting between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots is expected to be one of the biggest ever.

USP Content will be providing six hours of continuous coverage including live commentary for BBC Radio 5live and 5live Sports Extra from 22.00 on Sunday night as Darren Fletcher, Greg Brady and former Superbowl winner Rocky Boiman follow the action from Lucas Oil Stadium.

Kraftwerk – The Man Machine

There’s another chance to listen to USP Content’s Sony Award winning show on Kraftwerk this Sunday.

Hosted by Jarvis Cocker, we hear from all the major players in the German Electronic Revolution, 30 years after ‘The Model’ by Kraftwerk was number 1 in the charts. The band’s influence on pop music can still be heard today.

Tune in Sunday from noon on BBC 6 Music as part of 6 Music celebrates Kraftwerk this weekend.

This week’s football….

USP Content makes the short trip to Craven Cottage this weekend.

Newcastle United have confounded all the critics this season and will go 5th in the Barclays Premier League with a win on Saturday.

After last week’s humiliation at Blackburn, Fulham desperately need a win to ease their relegation worries.

It’s Fulham v Newcastle United live on Absolute Radio Extra on 1215MW, online and DAB.

Join Russ Williams and Jim Proudfoot from 1.30, then it’s Ian Wright with all the reaction from 5 on Absolute Radio

7 hours of NFL live action….

USP Content will be in San Francisco this weekend with Greg Brady & Darren Fletcher for full live commentary on the NFL Championship game on Sunday between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants.

Prior to the game at Candlestick Park, Nat Coombs and former New York Jets player Johnnie Mitchell host Westwood One coverage of the game between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. The winners of these matches will meet in the Superbowl on February 5th.

It will be  a marathon seven hour broadcast from 20.00 on Sunday on BBC Radio 5live Sports Extra with BBC Radio 5live joining the broadcast after midnight.

Another year of f1…

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USP Content has been re-commissioned to produce Formula 1 for BBC Radio 5 Live for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

The company has been producing 5 Live Formula 1 for the BBC since 2006 and this latest deal comes at a time when the BBC’s radio coverage assumes added importance, with Sky Sports’ acquisition of TV rights from 2012 onwards.

USP Content as they embark on their 7th year of live Formula 1 coverage with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this March.