talkSPORT

About talkSPORT

TalkSPORT is a speech and sport radio station broadcasting from the United Kingdom, available to stream live online. Owned by News Broadcasting, it covers the country on analogue and digital radio, reaching listeners across Britain and Ireland. It is one of the few UK stations that has secured official broadcast rights for major football competitions, including the Premier League and the English Football League, which puts it in a different category from stations that simply talk about sport.

The programming is built around live sport, phone-ins, interviews, and debate. Football takes up most of the schedule, but the station covers a wide range of sports depending on the season and what rights it holds. The phone-in format is a big part of what talkSPORT does, and if you have ever heard a caller ring in at midnight to argue about a transfer rumour, this is probably where that happened. It is direct, opinionated radio aimed at people who want to argue about sport as much as watch it. The stream runs at 64 kbps in MP3 format, which is functional rather than hi-fi, but for speech radio it does the job.

You can listen through the official website at talksport.com, which carries the live stream alongside catch-up content and match coverage. talkSPORT also has a sister station, talkSPORT 2, which handles overflow fixtures and additional live sport when the main channel is occupied elsewhere. On FM and DAB, the station broadcasts across the UK, so if you are driving and want live commentary rather than music, it is easy to find. The online stream works on any device without a subscription, so there is no barrier to tuning in wherever you are.

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