BBC loses rights to air Boat Race after almost 100 years leading coverage in major break from tradition

The BBC will have no radio or TV coverage of this year s Boat Race for the first time in nearly a century. The corporation, which began airing the Oxford versus Cambridge contest on radio during the mid 1920s, has now lost both platforms to commercial rivals. Times Radio announced it has acquired the radio rights just six months after Channel 4 secured the television deal for three years. The departure marks a significant break from tradition for an event that became synonymous with BBC