14 February 1995 (14 February 1995) (as Talk Radio UK) 17 January 2000 (as Talksport)
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Talksport (styled as talkSPORT), owned by News Broadcasting, is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The station was originally launched as Talk Radio UK in 1995.
Talksport's content includes live coverage of sporting events, interviews with the leading names in sport and entertainment, phone-ins and discussion. Talksport, alongside sister station Talksport 2, is an official broadcaster for several sporting contests, including the Premier League and English Football League.
In the UK, Talksport is one of the Independent National Radio licensees, holding the INR3 licence for a speech-based service. It is available on its primary frequency in London, 1089 kHz, as well as 1053 kHz, 1071 kHz, and 1107 kHz, DAB, Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, on mobile, and online. Talksport has been available on Freesat since April 2016. Outside the UK and Ireland, Talksport broadcasts live commentary of every Premier League match around the world in multiple languages including English, Spanish and Mandarin.
On 25 June 2016, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp announced that it was acquiring the parent Wireless Group company for $296 million.[1]
As of December 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 3 million listeners, according to RAJAR.[2]
^Gallivan, Rory (25 June 2016). "News Corp Buys Wireless Group for $296 Million". Wall Street Journal.
Talksport (styled as talkSPORT), owned by News Broadcasting, is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The station was originally...
English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports, BeIN Sports; and has presented...
moving over to radio where he has for many years been a presenter on Talksport. Born in 1959 in the Govan district of Glasgow, Brazil started his career...
English former professional footballer, radio broadcaster and comedian for talkSPORT. As a player, he was a centre-back, who notably played in the Premier...
leave Talksport in September 2016, following the takeover of the station by News Corp. He stated that the concomitant business links between Talksport and...
currently a co-presenter on the weekday mid-morning sports programme Talksport, White and Jordan. Jordan and Briggs left Pocket Phone Shop in 2000 after...
1 pm slot when he was unavailable. His last show on talkSPORT was on 19 September 2015 leaving talkSPORT to host the new drivetime show from 4 pm to 7 pm...
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(born 23 October 1979) is an English television and podcast presenter and Talksport radio presenter. Sawyer parted company with Sky Sports News in March 2018...
established as an independent rival to Clubcall.[citation needed] Durham joined TalkSPORT in 1999. He hosted the station's "Drive" programme on weekdays between...
27 April 1978) is an English sports broadcaster currently working for TalkSPORT and ITV Sport. Since 2018, he has been the commentator on the ITV1 skating...
September 1997. From there she worked as a newsreader and journalist on Talksport before presenting for Chelsea F.C. on Chelsea TV. Salmon has presented...
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July 2018, he announced he was returning from retirement to work for Talksport. Motson was born in Salford, Lancashire, where his father was a Methodist...
football team. All England matches are broadcast with full commentary on talkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live. From the 2008–09 season until the 2017–18 season...
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published in 2006. He then co-wrote the autobiographies of his fellow talkSPORT presenter Alan Brazil - There's an Awful Lot of Bubbly in Brazil (2007)...
radio presenter best known as the late-night host on the radio station talkSPORT. Dickin was born in 1943 in Reading, Berkshire. Dickin started out as...
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British television presenter and radio broadcaster currently working for Talksport. He has presented Soccer AM on Saturday mornings, replacing Tim Lovejoy...
Barcelona forward Luis Suarez refuses to rule out Liverpool return". talksport.com. talkSport. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022...
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