- Station name Station name
- talkSPORT
- Description Description
- Talksport, alongside sister station Talksport 2, is an official broadcaster for several sporting contests, including the Premier League and English Football League. The station originated as a non-sport station, Talk Radio UK, in 1995. It relaunched as Talksport in January 2000.
- Launch date Launch date
- 14 February 1995
- Owner Owner
- News UK Broadcasting Ltd
- Contact Contact
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talkSPORT
United Kingdom
Format
127kbps • AAC
Talksport (styled as talkSPORT) is a British sports radio station owned by News Broadcasting, broadcasting on analogue and digital radio in Britain and Ireland.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | talksport.com |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Coverage area
British Isles Great Britain and Ireland Global (Premier League games only)
Owner / network
News UK Broadcasting Ltd
First air date
14 February 1995
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Station details
Station details
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| Station ID | 489452 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Coordinates | 51.505341, -0.087781 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Owner | News UK Broadcasting Ltd |
| Broadcast area | British Isles Great Britain and Ireland Global (Premier League games only) |
| Launched | 14 February 1995 |
| Website | talksport.com |
Stream health
Stream health
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| Last check | 16 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Track seen | 1 week ago |
| Stream host | radio.talksport.com |
| Final host | talksport.live.stream.broadcasting.news |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aac |
| Server software | nginx |
| Latency | 343 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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Stream checked
16 hours ago
Last successful stream
16 hours ago
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About station About talkSPORT
Talksport (styled as talkSPORT) is a British sports radio station owned by News Broadcasting, broadcasting on analogue and digital radio in Britain and Ireland. Its 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. The station originated as a non-sport station, Talk Radio UK, in 1995. It relaunched as Talksport in January 2000. In the UK, Talksport is one of the Independent National Radio licensees, holding the INR3 licence for a speech-based service. It is available primarily on its medium wave frequencies 1089 kHz and 1053 kHz, but also on 1071 kHz and 1107 kHz, DAB digital radio, television platforms Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, Freesat, and Freely, and via the Internet. 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. As of October 2024, the network broadcasts to a weekly audience of 3.5 million listeners in the UK, according to RAJAR.
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