Sports-talk radio is a form of talk radio devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports-talk radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts 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 - Montreal, Quebec
- CFGO - Ottawa, Ontario
- CFRN - Calgary, Alberta
- CHMJ - Vancouver, British Columbia
- CJCL - Toronto, Ontario
- CKST - Vancouver, British Columbia
United States
- KFAN - Minneapolis-St. Paul
- KLAC - Los Angeles, California
- KNBR - San Francisco, California
- WAMG/WLLH "ESPN Boston" Boston, Massachusetts/Lowell, Massachusetts
- WARL "1320 The Drive" Providence, Rhode Island
- WCNN - Atlanta, Georgia
- WDFN - Detroit, Michigan
- WEEI-FM Providence, Rhode Island
- WEEI/WVEI - Boston, Massachusetts/Worcester, Massachusetts
- WEPN - New York City
- WFAN - New York City
- WHBO "Sports Radio 1470" Tampa Bay, Florida
- WINE/WPUT "ESPN Danbury" Danbury, Connecticut
- WIP - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WJFK - Baltimore, Maryland
- WKNR - Cleveland, Ohio
- WMVP - Chicago, Illinois
- WPEN "Sports Radio 950" Phildelphia, 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
- WWZN "1510 The Zone" Boston, Massachuseets
- 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 (Spanish)
- XM172 - SportPlus (French)
- 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 (Spanish)
- Sirius 186 - Hardcore Sports
Networks
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)