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 host and caller; 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.

Sports talk stations

Terrestrial

Australia

• SEN 1116 - Melbourne

Canada

Call sign	Branding	Ownership	City	Province
CFAC	The Fan 960	Rogers Communications	Calgary	Alberta
CFGO	The Team 1200	CTVglobemedia	Ottawa	Ontario
CFRN	The Team 1260	Astral Media	Edmonton	Alberta
CKAC	CKAC Sports 730 (French)	Corus Entertainment	Montreal	Quebec
CKGM	The Team 990 (English)	CTVglobemedia	Montreal	Quebec
CKST	The Team 1040	CTVglobemedia	Vancouver	British Columbia
CJCL	The Fan 590	Rogers Communications	Toronto	Ontario

Ireland

New Zealand

• Radio Sport
• bSport

South Africa

Nigeria

88.9 Brila Fm: Sports Radio 88.9 Brila FM, an off shoot of Brila Broadcasting Services hit the air waves in Lagos in 2002 and opened its second station at Mpape Hill Abuja in 2007.Since inception, Nigeria’s first all sports Radio station has taken sports broadcasting to greater heights and has become the most reliable source of information for lovers and administrators of sports. Our present base is the 10th Floor, 634 Adeyemo Alakija, Victoria Island, Lagos and Grange Hills, Mpape Junction near Maitama, Abuja.

Our Mission To dig deep for facts, reach the far-flung parts of the world for reports; give expert analysis/commentaries and providing a platform for interaction as well as audience participation everyday, while continuously contributing to national enlightenment, development and entertainment.

88.9 BRILA FM’s service is – Music n’ Sports, We play music when not talking sports. Our Chairman/CEO, Larry Izamoje is a member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Member Nigerian Institute Public Relations (MNIPR), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and the International Sportswriters Association (AIPS).

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United Kingdom

• BBC Radio 5 Live
• BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
• talkSPORT

United States

See also List of college radio stations.

Sortable lists of commercial sports talk radio stations:

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 Sports Radio	Clear Channel Communications	Houston	Texas
• KCSP	610 Sports		Entercom	Kansas City	Missouri
• KDKT	Fox Sports Radio 1410	Fox Sports Radio	Digital Syndicate Network, LLC	Bismarck	North Dakota
• KEJO	1240 Joe Radio		Clear Channel Communications	Corvallis	Oregon
• KENO	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	590 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
• KGOW	1560 The Game		Gow Communications, LLC	Houston	Texas
• KHTK	Sports 1140		CBS Radio	Sacramento	California
• KHAT	ESPN Sportsradio 1210	ESPN	Appaloosa Broadcasting Company, Inc	Laramie	Wyoming
• KHHO	Fox Sports Radio 850	Fox	Clear Channel Communications	Tacoma	Washington
• KILT	Sports Radio 610		CBS Radio	Houston	Texas
• KJR	Sports Radio 950	ESPN	Clear Channel Communications	Seattle	Washington
• KKFN	Sportsradio 104.3 The Fan		Lincoln Financial Group	Denver	Colorado
• KLAC	AM 570 KLAC		Clear Channel	Los Angeles	California
• KMAV	KMAV 1520	ESPN	R & J BROADCASTING	Grand Forks and Fargo	North Dakota
• KLSD	XTRA Sports 1360, "San Diego's Sports Station"	Fox	Clear Channel Communications	San Diego	California
• KNBR	The Sports Leader	ESPN	Cumulus Media	San Francisco	California
• KOZN	1620 AM The Zone	ESPN		Omaha	Nebraska
• KQPN	730 Fox Sports	Fox Sports Radio	Simmons-Austin, Ls, LLC	Memphis	Tennessee
• KRDO and KRDO-FM				Colorado Springs	Colorado
• KRLD-FM	105.3 The Fan	Fox Sports Radio	CBS Radio	Dallas	Texas
• KSLG	Team 1380		Simmons Media Group	St Louis	Missouri
• KSPN	710 ESPN, "Experience Sports!"	ESPN	Disney	Los Angeles	California
• KTAR	Sports 620	ESPN	Bonneville International	Phoenix	Arizona
• KTCK	"The Ticket"	Sporting News Radio	Cumulus Media	Dallas	Texas
• KTTG	ESPN Sports Radio 96.3	ESPN	Pearson Broadcasting	Mena	Arkansas
• KVET	"AM 1300 The Zone"		Clear Channel	Austin	Texas
• KXNO	Des Moines' Sports Station			Des Moines	Iowa
• KZNS	1280 The Zone AM 960		Simmons Media Group	Salt Lake City	Utah

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
• WBBL	"The Ball"	ESPN / Sporting News Radio	Citadel Broadcasting	Grand Rapids	Michigan
• WBZ-FM	"98.5 The Sports Hub"		CBS Radio	Boston	Massachusetts
• WCKY	"1530 Homer"	Fox Sports Radio	Clear Channel	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" "The Fan"	Fox Sports Radio	Clear Channel	Detroit	Michigan
• WDUZ	"Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan"	ESPN	Cumulus Media	Green Bay	Wisconsin
• WEAE	ESPN Radio 1250	ESPN		Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
• WEEI-FM				Providence, Rhode Island	Rhode Island
• WEEI			Entercom	Boston	Massachusetts
• WEFL	"ESPN Radio 760"	ESPN Radio	Good Karma Broadcasting	West Palm Beach	Florida
• WEPN	"1050 ESPN"	ESPN		New York City	New York
• WFAN	"Sports Radio 66" "The Fan"		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
• WGAM	"1250 The Game"		Absolute Broadcasting	Manchester	New Hampshire
• 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	Sports 56	Sporting News	RKO General	Memphis	Tennessee
• WIP	"Sports Radio 610 WIP"		CBS Radio	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
• WJOX	"The Sports Monster"			Birmingham	Alabama
• WJFK-FM	"106.7 The Fan"		CBS Radio	Washington, DC	Washington DC
• WJZ	"ESPN Radio 1300"	ESPN Radio	CBS Radio	Baltimore	Maryland
• WJZ-FM	"105.7 The Fan"		CBS Radio	Baltimore	Maryland
• WKNR	"ESPN 850" WKNR	ESPN Radio	Good Karma Broadcasting	Cleveland	Ohio
• WLOP	"1370 The BUZZ" Jesup, GA	Fox	Jesup Broadcasting	Wayne County SE Georgia	Georgia
• WMFS	ESPN 680	ESPN Radio	Entercom Communications	Memphis	Tennessee
• WMVP	"ESPN Radio 1000	ESPN Radio	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	"ESPN 950"		Greater Media Philadelphia	Philadelphia	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	Sportsradio 560	ESPN Radio	Beasley Broadcast Group	Miami	Florida
• WQXI	"790 The Zone"			Atlanta	Georgia
* WRNL	"Sports Radio 910"			Richmond	Virginia
• WSCR	"Chicago Sports Radio 670 The Score"	Sporting News		Chicago	Illinois
• WSFZ	"SuperSport 930"			Jackson	Mississippi
• WSPZ	"The Sports Animal"			Birmingham	Alabama
• WTEM	"ESPN 980"	ESPN	Red Zebra Broadcasting	Washington, DC	Washington DC
• WTLX	"FM 100.5 ESPN"	ESPN	Good Karma Broadcasting	Madison	Wisconsin
• WUMP	"SportsRadio 730 The UMP"			Huntsville	Alabama
• WVEI-FM	"1440 AM"		Entercom Communications	Worcester	Massachusetts
• WWBU	"SuperSports 101.7"	Fox Sports Radio	Cumulus Media	Radford	Virginia
• WWGK	"Cleveland's AM 1540 KNR2"	Fox Sports Radio/ESPN Radio	Good Karma Broadcasting	Cleveland	Ohio
• WWZN	"1510 The Zone"			Boston	Massachusetts
• WXLW	"XL 950"	Sporting News	Raven Broadcasting	Indianapolis	Indiana
· WXOS	"ESPN 101.1	ESPN Radio	Bonneville International	East St. Louis/St. Louis	Illinois/Missouri
• WXYT-FM/WXYT	"97.1 The Ticket"	Sporting News	CBS Radio	Detroit	Michigan
• WZON	Sports Radio 620"			Bangor	Maine

• Complete list of sports radio stations in the United States

Satellite

XM

• XM140 - ESPN Radio
• XM141 - ESPN Xtra
• XM142 - Fox Sports Radio
• XM144 - XM Sports Nation
• XM146 - PGA Tour Network
• XM147 - XM Deportivo
• XM175 - MLB Home Plate
• XM204 - NHL Home Ice
• XM243 - XM Scoreboard
• XM246 - Calendrier Sportif

Sirius

• Sirius 120 - ESPN Radio
• Sirius 121 - ESPN All Access
• Sirius 123 - SIRIUS Sports Central
• Sirius 124 - Sirius NFL Radio
• Sirius 127 - NBA Radio
• Sirius 128 - SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
• Sirius 181 - ESPN Deportes Radio
• Sirius 186 - Hardcore Sports Radio
• Sirius 187 - Sports extra

Internet Sports Radio

• Godfathers of Sports TalkWeekly internet sports radio show

Networks

Canada

• The Fan

United Kingdom

• BBC Radio 5 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

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
• RBI Sports Radio http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/

Defunct networks

• Sports Fan Radio Network (United States)
• The Team (Canada)

Notable syndicated programs

Canada

• Don Cherry's Grapeline
• Live From Wayne Gretzky's [144770]
• Pratt and Taylor
• Prime Time Sports

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
• Todd Wright Tonight
• In The Red Zone with Matt, Conrad, and Darrin
• Between Rounds Radio Show [144771])

See also

• Radio personality