| Broadcast area | Melbourne, Victoria, Tasmania and Canberra |
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| Slogan | Australia's Racing and Sport Headquarters |
| Frequency | 927 kHz AM |
| First air date | March 1925 renamed Sport 927 August 1996 |
| Format | Racing and sport |
| Owner | The Victorian Thoroughbreds, Harness & Greyhound Racing codes |
Radio Sport National is a Melbourne based radio network dedicated to covering horse and greyhound racing. While much of the station is dedicated to Gallops, Harness and greyhound racing, it does also cover other sports.
The network's flagship station is it's Melbourne one, which has the callsign 3UZ.
Unlike the other Australian racing networks, Radio Sport National is owned by a state's racing industry, and not by a betting agency.
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The breakfast program with Michael Christian starts at 5.30am weekdays with Prime Time Sports Interactive. Weekday mornings from 9am, Shane Anderson hosts Racing Central and covers all things racing including news updates and late mail until 10am. Nadia Horne takes over until 1pm as host of Winners covering all racing broadcasts, Australia-wide form, essential wagering elements and interviews from a punting perspective. Afternoons and nights are the National Racing Service which broadcasts live feeds of race meetings from all over Australia, New Zealand and from other countries like Hong Kong, England and South Africa. Monday evenings feature Andrew Kuuse with his Sportstalk program. During the 12am-5.30am shift, Hamish Neal hosts 'Sports Overnight' from Tuesday to Friday mornings, Andrew Kuuse hosts Saturday-Sunday mornings on Sports Overnight and also the weekend edition of Prime Time Sports Interactive. Up-and-coming presenter Steve Baker hosts the Monday morning edition of Sports Overnight.
Sports Overnight is also broadcast on the station's Sydney affiliate, Sky Sports Radio, most mornings.
As well as live racing coverage, the weekends deliver The Thoroughbred hosted by Shane Anderson, Correct Weight with Adam Hamilton, Deane Lester and Matt Stewart, and The Family Counsellor with Fr. Gerard Dowling and Philip Touzel. [1]
Formerly known as 3UZ, it is Melbourne's oldest commercial radio station, commencing in March 1925. In 1986 the Victorian thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing codes purchased the station and racing was re-introduced in 1988. [2]
It become known as "Radio Sport 927" in the 1990's. The station also gained a number of retransmitters in country Victoria, and later Tasmania and the ACT. Despite using different radio frequencies, they all used this name on air.
In January 2011, the network was renamed "Radio Sport National," with the vestigal Tasmanian and ACT stations names disapearing.
The station is rebroadcast by a network of stations throughout regional Victoria, Tasmania and Canberra. As well as the main transmitters listed here, there are also a number of low-power narrowcast relays in Victoria, and TOTE Sport Radio owned relays in Tasmania.
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