Radio 5 add McCoy to their team Tony McCoy will join BBC Radio 5 live as a regular racing pundit later this month, it has been announced. The 18-times champion will feature in a Friday night spot with host Dan Walker from October 18, discussing his views on the week's news as well as previewing the upcoming action. McCoy will also front a special audience show on the station once he has ridden his 4,000th winner, as well as other as-yet unconfirmed programmes over the next year. The rider said: "I'm looking forward to chatting to Dan Walker every week about the Premier League, assessing Arsenal's performance - it's a big season for them. Oh, and chatting about racing too, obviously.'' Richard Burgess, BBC head of radio sport added: "Its fantastic to have AP as a regular contributor to 5 live Sport. "Racing is a very important part of 5 live's sport output and this addition to our team means our audiences will get a regular insight from one of the sport's greats.''
