Talksport

Talksport

London
Broadcast area	United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Global (Premier League games only)
Frequency	MW: 1053 kHz, 1071 kHz (Tyne and Wear), 1089 kHz, 1107 kHz (Hampshire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside) DAB: 11D/12A Digital One Freeview: 723 Sky (UK only): 0108 Virgin Media: 927
Programming
Language	English
Format	Sports commentary Sports discussion Sports phone-in Sports news
Ownership
Owner	News UK Broadcasting Ltd (News UK)
Sister stations	TalkRadio Talksport 2 Times Radio Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio Anthems Virgin Radio Chilled Virgin Radio 80s Plus
History
First air date	14 February 1995 (as Talk Radio UK) 17 January 2000 (as Talksport)
Technical information
Licensing authority	Ofcom
Links
Website	talksport.com

Talksport (styled as talkSPORT) is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by News Broadcasting. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]