Sports radio

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Contents 1 Sports talk stations 1.1 Terrestrial 1.1.1 Australia 1.1.2 Canada 1.1.3 Ireland 1.1.4 New Zealand 1.1.5 South Africa 1.1.6 United Kingdom 1.1.7 United States 1.1.7.1 K 1.1.7.2 W 1.2 Satellite 1.2.1 XM 1.2.2 Sirius 1.3 Internet Sports Radio 2 Networks 2.1 Canada 2.2 United Kingdom 2.3 United States 3 Defunct networks 4 Notable syndicated programs 4.1 Canada 4.2 United States

Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and callers; political commentary is rare. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play of local sports teams as part of their regular programming.

Sports talk is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried in some form on both major North American satellite radio networks. In the United States, most sports talk formated radio stations air mostly syndicated programming from ESPN Radio, Sporting News Radio, and Fox Sports Radio.

[edit] Sports talk stations

[edit] Terrestrial

[edit] Australia

• SEN 1116 - Melbourne

[edit] Canada

CFAC	"The Fan 960"	Calgary, Alberta
CFGO	"The Team 1200"	Ottawa, Ontario
CFRN	"The Team 1260"	Edmonton, Alberta
CKAC	"CKAC Sports 730"	Montreal, Quebec
CKGM	"The Team 990"	Montreal, Quebec
CKST	"The Team 1040"	Vancouver, British Columbia
CJCL	"The Fan 590"	Toronto, Ontario

[edit] Ireland

[edit] New Zealand

• Radio Sport

[edit] South Africa

[edit] United Kingdom

• BBC Radio 5 Live
• BBC Sport
• talkSPORT

[edit] United States

See also List of college radio stations.

Sortable lists of commercial sports talk radio stations:

[edit] K

Call sign	Branding	Affiliation	Ownership	City	State
• KABZ	103.7 The Buzz	Fox	Signal Media	Little Rock	Arkansas
• KBME	790 The Sports Animal	Fox	Clear Channel Communications	Houston	Texas
• KEJO	1240 Joe Radio		Clear Channel Communications	Corvallis	Oregon
• KCSP	610 Sports		Entercom	Kansas City	Missouri
• KDKT	Fox Sports Radio 1410	Fox	Digital Syndicate Network, LLC	Bismarck	North Dakota
• KENO-AM	Sports Radio 1460	Fox		Las Vegas	Nevada
• KESN	103.3 FM ESPN	ESPN	Disney/ABC Radio	Dallas/Fort Worth	Texas
• KFAN	1130 KFAN	The FAN Sports Radio Network	Clear Channel Communications	Minneapolis-St. Paul	Minnesota
• KFBC	1240 AM Sports and talk	Fox	Locally owned	Cheyenne	Wyoming
• KFNC	ESPN 97.5 The Ticket	ESPN	Cumulus Media	Houston	Texas
• KFNS	The Fan	Sporting News	Big League Broadcasting	St Louis	Missouri
• KFXX	Sports Radio 1080 The FAN	ESPN	Entercom	Portland OR	Oregon
• KGME	XTRA Sports 910	Fox	Clear Channel	Phoenix	Arizona
• KGIR	ESPN Radio 1220	ESPN	MRR LICENSE LLC	Cape Girardeau	Missouri
• KHTK	Sports 1140		CBS Radio	Sacramento	California
• KILT	Sports Radio 610		CBS Radio	Houston	Texas
• KJCD	Sportsradio 104.3 The Fan		Lincoln Financial Group	Denver	Colorado
• KJR				Seattle	Washington
• KLAC	AM 570 KLAC		Clear Channel	Los Angeles	California
• KMAV	KMAV 105.5 FM	ESPN	R & J BROADCASTING	Grand Forks and Fargo	North Dakota
• KNBR	The Sports Leader	ESPN	Cumulus Media	San Francisco	California
• KOZN	1620 AM The Zone	ESPN		Omaha	Nebraska
• KQPN	730 ESPN	ESPN	Simmons-Austin, Ls, LLC	Memphis	Tennessee
• KRDO-AM-FM				Colorado Springs	Colorado
• KSLG	1380 ESPN	ESPN	Simmons Media Group	St Louis	Missouri
• KTCK	"The Ticket"			Dallas	Texas
• KVET	"AM 1300 The Zone"		Clear Channel	Austin	Texas
• KXNO	Des Moines' Sports Station			Des Moines	Iowa
• KZN	1280 The Zone AM 960		Simmons Media Group	Salt Lake City	Utah

[edit] W

Call sign	Branding	Affiliation	Ownership	City	State
• WAMG/WLLH	"ESPN Boston"	ESPN	WallerSutton 2000/J Sports Boston	Boston and Lowell	Massachusetts
• WARL	"1320 The Drive"	Sporting News	ADD Radio Group	Providence	Rhode Island
• WAUK	"540 ESPN"	ESPN	Good Karma Broadcasting	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
• WCKY	"1530 Homer - the Sports Animal"			Cincinnati	Ohio
• WCNN	"680 The Fan	Dickey Broadcasting Company		Atlanta	Georgia
• WDAE	620 WDae The Sports Animal	Fox	Clear Channel	Tampa	Florida
• WDFN	"Sports Radio 1130"	Fox	Clear Channel	Detroit	Michigan
• WEEI-FM				Providence, Rhode Island	Rhode Island
• WEEI				Boston	Massachusetts
• WEPN	"1050 ESPN Radio"			New York City	New York
• WFAN	"Sports Radio 66" "The Fan"	New York City	CBS Radio	New York City	New York
• WFNI	"1070 The Fan"	ESPN	Emmis Communications	Indianapolis	Indiana
• WFNZ	"The Franchise"		CBS Radio	Charlotte	North Carolina
• WFXJ	"930 The Fox"			Jacksonville	Florida
• WGFX	"104.5 The Zone"			Nashville	Tennessee
• WGH	ESPN Radio 1310			Virginia Beach	Virginia
• WGR	"Sports Radio 550"			Buffalo	New York
• WHB	"Sports Radio 810 WHB"			Kansas City	Missouri
• WHBO	"Sports Radio 1470"			Tampa Bay	Florida
• WHBQ (AM)	Sports 56	Sporting News	RKO General	Memphis	Tennessee
• WIP				Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
• WJFK				Baltimore	Maryland
• WJOX	"The Sports Monster"			Birmingham	Alabama
• WKNR				Cleveland	Ohio
• WLOP	"1370 The BUZZ" Jesup, GA	Fox	Jesup Broadcasting	Wayne County SE Georgia	Georgia
• WMVP	"ESPN Radio 1000		ESPN	Chicago	Illinois
• WNDE	"Sportsradio 1260"	Fox Sports	Clear Channel	Indianapolis	Indiana
• WNSR	"Sports Radio 560"			Nashville	Tennessee
• WNST	"Sports Talk 1570 WNST"			Towson Baltimore	Maryland
• WODT	Sports Radio 1280			New Orleans	Louisiana
• WPEN	"Sports Radio 950"			Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
• WPHY	"ESPN Radio 920"			Trenton Philadelphia	New Jersey Pennsylvania
• WPOP	"ESPN 1410"			Hartford	Connecticut
• WRBZ	"850 the Buzz"			Raleigh	North Carolina
• WSAI	"ESPN 1360"	ESPN	Clear Channel	Cincinnati	Ohio
• WTKA	"The Leaders and Best"			Ann Arbor	Michigan
• WQAM				Miami	Florida
• WQXI	"790 The Zone"			Atlanta	Georgia
• WRAD	"Sports Radio 1460"			Radford	Virginia
* WRNL	"Sports Radio 910"			Richmond	Virginia
• WSCR	"Chicago Sports Radio 670 The Score"			Chicago	Illinois
• WSFZ	"SuperSport 930"			Jackson	Mississippi
• WSKO WSKO-FM	"The Score AM & FM"			Providence	Rhode Island
• WSMB	Fox Sports Radio 680	Fox	Entercom Communications	Memphis	Tennessee
• WSPZ	"The Sports Animal"			Birmingham	Alabama
• WTEM	"Sports Talk 980"			Washington, DC	Washington DC
• WUMP	"SportsRadio 730 The UMP"			Huntsville	Alabama
• WUSB	"90.1 FM"	The Sports Section	Stony Brook Seawolves Broadcasts	Stony Brook	New York
• WVEI-FM				Springfield	Massachusetts
• WWXX	"Triple X ESPN Radio"			Washington, DC	Washington DC
• WWZN	"1510 The Zone"			Boston	Massachusetts
• WXLW	"XL 950"	Sporting News	Raven Broadcasting	Franklin	Indiana
• WXYT	"The Ticket"	Sporting News	CBS Radio	Detroit	Michigan
• WZON	Sports Radio 620"			Bangor	Maine

• Complete list of sports radio stations in the United States

[edit] Satellite

[edit] XM

• XM140 - ESPN Radio
• XM141 - ESPN Xtra (On 2008-02-04)
• XM142 - Fox Sports Radio
• XM144 - XM Sports Nation
• XM146 - PGA Tour Network
• XM147 - XM Deportivo (Spanish)
• XM175 - MLB Home Plate
• XM204 - NHL Home Ice
• XM243 - XM Scoreboard
• XM246 - Calendrier Sportif (French)

[edit] Sirius

• Sirius 120 - ESPN Radio
• Sirius 122 - Sports Byline USA
• Sirius 123 - Sirius Sports Action
• Sirius 124 - SIRIUS NFL Radio
• Sirius 128 - SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
• Sirius 181 - ESPN Deportes Radio (Spanish)
• Sirius 186 - Hardcore Sports Radio
• Sirius 187 - Sports extra (French)

[edit] Internet Sports Radio

• Godfathers of Sports TalkWeekly internet sports radio show

[edit] Networks

[edit] Canada

• The FAN Radio Network

[edit] United Kingdom

• BBC Radio Five Live - national Public service broadcasting non-commercial network. Combination of News/Talk/Sport format
• Five Live Sports Extra - supplementary station to the above. Exclusive live sports format
• talkSPORT - national commercial network. Features sports talk, live sports coverange and news-talk

[edit] United States

• Champions Soccer Radio Network
• ESPN Radio
• Fox Sports Radio
• Patriots Rock Radio Network
• Sporting News Radio (formerly the One On One Sports Radio Network)
• Sports Byline USA
• Clay Draper Radio: The Gay Raper

[edit] Defunct networks

• SportsFan Radio Network (United States)
• The Team (Canada)

[edit] Notable syndicated programs

[edit] Canada

• Don Cherry's Grapeline
• Live From Wayne Gretzky's [1]
• Pratt and Taylor
• Prime Time Sports

[edit] United States

• Tony Bruno
• The Big Show
• The Dan Patrick Show
• Gametime React (with J. T. the Brick)
• The Herd with Colin Cowherd
• The Jim Rome Show
• Mike and Mike in the Morning
• "The Michael Kay Show"
• Mike and the Mad Dog
• In The Red Zone with Matt, Conrad, and Darrin
• Between Rounds Radio Show [2]