I'm going to upload the interviews and shows to my SoundCloud account as the BCB servers are pretty full.

Starting this coming Wednesday at 7.30pm-8.30pm myself, Hobbo and Ross (T&A) plus special guests will be starting a new weekly Rugby League show about the Bradford Bulls on BCB.

Be sure to join us as we hope to offer something a little different for supporters.

Excellent, sounds good. Will try and tune in, but if not then I will try to catch on Soundcloud. Thanks!

Why does everyone give Mick such a hard time?
How much time do you all dedicate to the club?

this sounds really interesting I'll be sure to listen. will this have the rohan question and answer session we submitted questions to? if you haven't yet asked can you add a question about supporter relations between players and club over here compared to hat happens in the NRL? thank you.

some of the bullying towards him and others on here is shameful.

I don't know if you're on Twitter, but some of his tweets are what cause the flak chucked his way. Can't fault him for his commentary though.

Admittedly I was not aware of it so unfortunatley no. I have however noted the times of subsequent programs which sounds like it could be interesting. Hopefully there will be an opportunity to ask some interesting questions of guests rather than simply pushing out the usual public relations lines. Tricky to balance of course if you rip coaches/players to shreds every week you'll likely soon find no-one prepared to turn up!

Having never played League (some RU - don't worry I was fully converted around the start of SL) I would be interested to hear what the training consists of (yes I know) and what physical P.B's they might have e.g. Bench/Deadlift/Power Clean or perhaps rowing machine 2k times of which I have some experience of?

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The bcb broadcasts have improved massively since Mick took over although he really needs a new co-host, Hobbos negativity is incredibly tedious at times. Only criticism of Mick is he seems to like to sound like he's in the know leading to misleading and rather cryptic tweets, stop trying so hard Mick! It's fine that you're just as in the dark as us half the time!

It's next Friday is the question and answer @TheBeast I'm not sure of the time but I'll let you know.

Sometimes my opinion on Rugby League issues I regularly post on twitter does get misconstrued and in hindsight should be made clearer as I can't expect everyone who follows to be on the same wavelength.

Thank you for the kind comments.

What? A win?

No bother pal. I was listening whilst putting myself through hell at the gym on Sunday. You helped me through it. Just a shame that the team were so diabolical.

On a side note. How will the failure to reach the middle 8's affect the listener figures for BCB and, therefore, advertising revenue that can be made from people tuning in to listen to the game? With all due respect to Whitehaven, but I doubt too many will be that bothered?

I suppose though that it might go the other way and more people will tune in now that we are not going to be televised in the middle 8s and therefore there is no competition?

Whatever, well done. I thought you were excellent Mick and I am one that often gives you a bit of stick and for that I apologise. It is meant more in jest than nastiness. There is no doubting your love for your team and we all get carried away now and again.

Well there may be more tuning in to the Haven game given that it's all the way up there and even fewer than normal will be bothered going.

But once someone pushed the front door open for you, did it get easier?

It'll be interesting to see what happens to the listening figures in the Championship Shield.

This season we've been averaging around 7,300 listeners per game with three five figure listenerships of over 10,000 for the games vs London (A), Leigh (A) and Featherstone (A) which is overwhelming and shows just how massive our lapsed support base is in terms of people who will listen either online around the world or on our FM frequency a little closer to home.

If we can keep that average above 7,000 then that would be job well done. Now obviously I want as many lapsed supporters to leave the radio and head to the grounds but a lot don't live within commuting distance to Odsal, so they only have BCB and Bulls TV to listen and watch the games.

What I'm looking at doing is covering the U19s if the figures justify it.

The advertising revenue for the gameday shows is paid for at the start of the year regardless of what division or Super Eights competition the Bradford Bulls find themselves in.

Can I just say a big thank you to Provident for sponsoring and supporting the show this year, they really are one of the most proactive sponsors I've ever come across and what they've done this season for the Bradford Bulls supporters I'd nothing short of phenomenal.

And finally, thank you to anyone who has listened this year, and please don't divert your ears away just because of the Championship Shield.

Academy commentary would be quality.

Mick, have you got plans in place for the broadcast from Haven this week? I seem to remember you had loads of issues due to the lack of technology earlier in the season? I'll certainly be listening but it was difficult to stick with last time, through no fault of yours or Hobbo's.

It wasn't so much the lack of technology that was the problem.

It was the medieval facilities at Whitehaven that bamboozled us - no power sockets in the press box, no working ISDN line, no WiFi, no press seats so sat amongst the supporters and with that no press bench for all the equipment and notes I carry.

It was difficult to say the least and trust me when I say that I did everything in my power to avoid using the mobile phone.

In the end that's what we had to use, which is far from ideal, but after driving all the way up to the Recreation Ground I had to deliver something.

I've recently invested a significant amount of money in a new piece of kit that doesn't keep me tied to battling with the BBC for the sole ISDN line at some of the grounds.

I've used it for the games at Leigh and Featherstone and so far so good, the feedback on the broadcast quality has been excellent.

Trust me when I say this - it's not just the case of me and Hobbo turning up ten minutes before kick off and turning everything on.

Sometimes the conditions and facilities I have to work in turn me grey, but where there's a will there's way and God loves a tryer.

We're on at 2pm next Sunday with all the pre-match build up.

Thanks for listening.

Thanks for that.Must admit I am guilty of taking it for granted.Brilliant coverage always for those of us who can't attend matches.Thankfully Mick you take the job seriously enough to invest for the benefit of us all.Good luck on the trip to the dark side and may the forces of technology be with you!

Impressive numbers Mick. Just out of interest is that just the online listeners? How do you count those who listen on FM?

You get two sets of listening figures - one for online and one for FM listeners.

The FM figures are always higher as more people have access but when the online listeners are tipping above the 4,000 mark, you know you're going to hit the 10,000 barrier.

On the print side of the coin the T&A sells around 26,000 copies a day, so the club is getting a lot of exposure from both BCB and T&A.

There's a Bradford Bulls related show on BCB today at half past one, if anyone is needing a Rugby League fix before the start of Warrington v Wakefield.