Sports Radio
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Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast 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 [host]s and callers; political commentary is rare, but in the United States what little there is tends to lean conservative. 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.
Sports talk stations
Terrestrial
Australia
Canada
- CKGM "The Team 990" - Montreal, Quebec
- CFAC "The Fan 960" - Calgary, Alberta
- CFGO "The Team 1200" - Ottawa, Ontario
- CFRN "The Team 1260" - Edmonton, Alberta
- CJCL "The Fan 590" - Toronto, Ontario
- CKST "The Team 1040" - Vancouver, British Columbia
United States
- KFAN - Minneapolis-St. Paul
- KFXX "1080 The Fan" - Portland, Oregon
- KLAC - Los Angeles, California
- KNBR - San Francisco, California
- KVET "AM 1300 The Zone" - Austin, Texas
- WAMG/WLLH "ESPN Boston" Boston, Massachusetts/Lowell, Massachusetts
- WARL "1320 The Drive" Providence, Rhode Island
- WCNN - Atlanta, Georgia
- WDAE - Tampa, Florida
- WDFN - Detroit, Michigan
- WEEI-FM Providence, Rhode Island
- WEEI/WVEI - Boston, Massachusetts/Worcester, Massachusetts
- WEPN - New York City
- WFAN "Sports Radio 66" - New York City
- WGFX "104.5 The Zone" - Nashville, Tennessee
- WHBO "Sports Radio 1470" Tampa Bay, Florida
- WINE/WPUT "ESPN Danbury" Danbury, Connecticut
- WIP - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WJFK - Baltimore, Maryland
- WJOX "The Sports Monster'' - Birmingham, Alabama
- WKNR - Cleveland, Ohio
- WMSP - Montgomery, Alabama
- WMVP - Chicago, Illinois
- WNSR "Sports Radio 560" - Nashville, Tennessee
- WPEN "Sports Radio 950" Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WPOP "ESPN 1410" Hartford, Connecticut
- WQAM - Miami, Florida
- WQXI - Atlanta, Georgia
- WSKO/WSKO-FM "The Score AM & FM" Providence, Rhode Island
- WTEM "Sports Talk 980" - Washington, DC
- WUMP "SportsRadio 730 The UMP" - Huntsville, Alabama
- WWZN "1510 The Zone" - Boston, Massachusetts
- WXYT - Detroit, Michigan
- WZON "Sports Radio 620" - Bangor, Maine
- [Complete list of sports radio stations in America]
New Zealand
Satellite
XM
- XM140 - ESPN Radio
- XM142 - Fox Sports Radio
- XM143 - Sporting News Radio
- XM147 - XM Deportivo
- XM172 - SportPlus ()
- XM175 - MLB Home Plate
- XM204 - Home Ice
Sirius
- Sirius 120 - ESPN Radio
- Sirius 122 - Sports Byline USA
- Sirius 123 - Sirius Sports Action
- Sirius 124 - SIRIUS NFL Radio
- Sirius 181 - ESPN Deportes Radio
- Sirius 186 - Hardcore Sports
Networks
Canada
- The FAN Radio Network
United Kingdom
- BBC Radio Five Live - national non-commercial network
- Five Live Sports Extra - supplementary station to the above
- TalkSPORT - national commercial network
United States
- ESPN Radio
- Fox Sports Radio
- Sporting News Radio (formerly The One On One Sports Radio Network)
Defunct networks
- SportsFan Radio Network (United States)
- The Team (Canada)
Notable syndicated programs
Canada
- Live From Wayne Gretzky's [link]
- Prime Time Sports
United States
- 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
- Mike and the Mad Dog
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