The BBC’s rivals LBC on Thursday announced that they will broadcast the classified football results at 5.05pm every Saturday during the season.The station had previously aired a pre-recorded results service later on Saturdays, but will now look to attract some of the BBC’s disgruntled listeners with an earlier timeslot.Tim John, managing editor of LBC News, said: ‘We already broadcast the football scorecard, so will be making a change to our schedule to ensure that football fans have the option of listening to the classified football results at 17.05 every Saturday during the season.’Des Lynam has described the BBC's controversial decision to axe the traditional reading of the classified results as 'cheap' and 'change for change's sake'.Sportsmail revealed that the broadcaster had taken the shock move to can the much-loved 5pm scores on Radio 5 Live's Sports Report programme on Saturdays following eight decades.Bosses said the decision – made without notice - had been made to save on time, but it has immediately triggered outrage.James Alexander Gordon was an icon of broadcasting for the millions that tuned in to Sports Report over the years.And Lynam, a BBC legend and OBE whose career with the broadcaster started in 1968, has questioned the move.'It seems cheap. It has been going for 50 to 60 years so why change it at all? It feels like change for change's sake,' the 79-year-old said.'It's tradition and I guess traditions come and go but I know that the older people will miss it greatly. It was part of the Saturday night routine. You would get into the car after the game and the scores would come on.'
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