Xu and Manchester United Commentary
In May 2007, the then-owner of Xfm Manchester, GCap Media, announced that all presenters would be removed from the daytime (10 am-4 pm) lineup. Instead, a fully interactive show, incorporating listener requests via the website and phone in, 'vox-pops', live music and entertainment news would be broadcast. This show, named Xu was officially launched later that month. However, it received mixed reviews, and was eventually dropped a year later.
In August 2007, Xfm Manchester acquired the rights from 105.4 Century FM to broadcast commentary from all Manchester United games, which was something of a diversion from the station's usual music programming. Commentary was provided by Phil Blacker and Mickey Thomas. However, the contract ran for just one season with Key 103 becoming United's official commentary partner for 2008-11.
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