GEM RADIO ON 2025 CPL

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We mentioned on Tuesday that Gem Radio has signed a new three-year contract with CPL to bring you more ball-by-ball coverage.  Station manager Raoul De Souza talks about giveaways fans can look out, with the focus being on Taj 92.3FM, which is the radio station for the biggest party in sport exclusively in Trinidad and Tobago.

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00:00On Tuesday, it was made public that GEM Radio signed a new three-year deal with the Caribbean Premier League

00:05to provide ball-by-ball coverage of matches.

00:08In Trinidad, listeners can tune in to Taj 92.3 FM for exclusive coverage.

00:13And the good news for fans is that there will be an increase in giveaways through the digital platform,

00:19that being the Taj Instagram and Facebook pages.

00:22The handle for that is TAJ923.

00:26GEM Radio station manager Raul D'Souza says such goodies are sure to bring smiles to the faces of cricket lovers.

00:34So one of the things that we've done in the past, but this year we're probably going to ramp it up.

00:39You know, if you want to look at some very exclusive giveaways,

00:45opportunities to win signed shirts by the teams, by your favorite player,

00:50maybe some signed caps, some signed bats.

00:52For fans, for real fans, things like this,

00:55would be the items that blow their mind.

00:58And Taj 92.3 in Trinidad is going to be the station that has all of that for you.

01:03The partnership between the GEM Radio team and the Caribbean Premier League started in 2019,

01:08with the 2020 tournament being held in a bubble in Trinidad.

01:12But then came Warner Park the following year,

01:15with a bond between the two parties becoming even stronger.

01:18But 2021 was the bubble in St. Kitts, where we would have all spent 41 days locked in the St. Kitts Marriott.

01:29And it was quite interesting in terms of one may say it was stressful.

01:33However, it gave us all our opportunity to really mesh, and not just with the CPL team and my team,

01:39but also with players, with managers.

01:42And we really grew a lot closer.

01:45I'd be honest, you know, these guys took care of me to the point where they shuttle me to every game and back.

01:50And from that, I mean, we really have developed a great relationship with CPL.

01:55Speaking of the relationship between the two,

01:58CPL head of PR and communications Peter Miller was delighted with the viewership in 2024.

02:04GEM Radio's sister station, CCN TV6, carried exclusive television coverage in TNT,

02:10which is also going to be the case in 2025.

02:14Based on the figures, Miller is hoping for more success this year.

02:17Yeah, and I think this year is going to be, you know, another great year for CPL.

02:21Lots of really interesting firsts for CPL in 2024.

02:24You know, we had the best ever viewing figures we've had for the Women's Caribbean Premier League,

02:28the best ever viewing figures we've had for the Men's Caribbean League,

02:32Caribbean Premier League, passing a billion viewers across the tournament for the first time,

02:36which is a huge moment for us.

02:39The 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League bowls off on August 14th in Bastyr,

02:45with the St. Kitts and Nibus Patriots facing the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons.

02:50Then we're now on ETV6port.

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