Radio Sport
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| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
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| Frequency | 729AM Whangarei 1332AM Auckland 792AM Central Waikato 1521AM Bay of Plenty 1350AM Rotorua 90.4FM Taupo 774AM Taranaki 1125AM Hawke's Bay 1062AM Wanganui 1089AM Manawatu 91.9FM Masterton 1377AM Kapiti Coast 1503AM Wellington 98.5FM Blenheim 1539AM Blenheim 549AM Nelson 89.9FM Greymouth 1017AM Canterbury 702AM Ashburton 1494AM Timaru 693AM Otago 558AM Southland |
| Format | News, sports talk, sports commentary |
| Owner | The Radio Network |
| Website | www.radiosport.co.nz |
Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network also updates developments at golfing events, bowls tournaments and other sporting events. At other times Radio Sport plays talkback and hourly news and sports updates.
Radio Sport has been targeted at male sports fans - its tagline is "The Ultimate Fan". Programming includes breakfast announcer Tony Veitch, Morning Sport announcer Brendan Telfer and afternoon host TBA, drive time host D'Arcy Waldegrave and weekend and night time hosts Mark Watson, Murray Deaker, Willie Losé, Kent Johns, Phil Gifford and Doug Golightly. Most programming is broadcast live from the Radio Sport studio on the corner of Cook and Nelson Streets in Auckland City.
As Newstalk ZB's sister network, Radio Sport provides all sports news coverage for the Newstalk ZB news service carried by Newstalk ZB, Classic Hits FM, ZMFM, Radio Rhema, Easy Mix, Radio Hauraki, Southern Star, Coast and Life FM. Between 19:00 and 20:00 weekdays and between 12:00 and 18:00 weekends and public holidays Radio Sport simulcasts Newstalk ZB sports programming from Murray Deaker and Willy Losé, unless the network is taking live commentary from a sporting event.
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[edit] Programming
Radio Sport consists of nationally broadcast domestic and international sports programming. Local opt-outs are limited to ad breaks and a choice between Miles Davis and The Farming Show at 12:00.
[edit] Weekday Schedule
| Timeslot | Programme | News and sports updates |
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| 06:00 - 09:00 Weekdays | Breakfast with Tony Veitch | 06:00, 06:30, 07:00, 07:30, 08:00, 08:30 |
| 09:00 - 12:00 Weekdays | Mornings with Brendan Telfer | 09:00, 10:00, 11:00 |
| 12:00 - 12:00 Weekdays | Afternoons with Kent Johns Rural break-out: The Farming Show with Jamie MacKay |
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| 13:00 - 15:00 Weekdays | Afternoons TBA. Miles Davis left at the end of 2011. | 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 |
| 15:00 - 18:00 Weekdays | D'arcy on drive with d'arcy waldergrave | 15:00, 16:00, 17:00 |
| 18:00 - 19:00 Weekdays | Sports Reloaded | 18:00 |
| 19:00 - 20:00 Weekdays | 19:00 | |
| 20:00 - 24:00 Weekdays | Mark Watson | 20:00, 21:00, 22:00, 23:00 |
| 00:00 - 06:00 Weekdays | Fox Sports Radio simulcast |
[edit] Saturday Schedule
| Timeslot | Programme | News and sports updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 -18:00 Saturdays | ||
| 18:00 - 24:00 Saturdays | ABC SportsRadio | 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00, 23:00 |
| 00:00 - 06:00 Sundays | Simulcast of Fox SportsRadio |
Sports talkback has been the main focus of the station, along with sports commentaries since it began in 1998. There are no opt outs, apart from ads, with the entire country taking the same programming, except for one hour between 12pm and 1pm where regional areas receive the Farming Show on the Radio Sport frequency.
Radio Sport also provides a sports-based news service, produced in house, and updated at regular intervals .
[edit] Breakfast
Radio Sport's programming is led by its breakfast programme. Until July 17, 2008 the programme was presented by ONE News sports presenter Tony Veitch, but Veitch resigned from his roles with Radio Sport and ONE News after allegations that Veitch assaulted his girlfriend in 2006. Veitch confessed on July 8, 2008 that such allegations were true, at a press conference and resigned on July 17. The vacancy was filled by former drive-time presenter D'arcy Waldegrave, with former New Zealand cricketer Mark Richardson as his co-host. As of 2011, Tony Veitch is again the host of the breakfast show called: "Breakfast with Veitchy."
[edit] Morning
The 9-12 slot is filled by veteran sports broadcaster Brendan Telfer. The show features regular correspondents, interviews and talkback.
[edit] Afternoon
The afternoon talkback programme between Midday and 3pm on the station is hosted by Kent Johns. Between 12-1, the show only airs on Auckland and Wellington frequencies, due to other networks airing a rural The Farming Show. After 1pm though, the show airs nationwide. The show primarily features calls from its listeners and predicts the weekend's sports on Friday afternoons.
[edit] Drive Show
D'Arcy Waldegrave is the Radio Sport Drive host between 3pm-6pm. The show features regular guests, interviews and sums up the days top sporting stories.
[edit] Sport Reloaded
At 6pm each weeknight, highlights from the days shows are aired for an hour. This generally features interviews from the breakfast, morning and drive shows.
[edit] Sportstalk
At 7pm, Radio Sport simulcasts Newstalk ZB's sports talkback programme, hosted by Murray Deaker or Willie Losé.
[edit] Evenings
There are 4 permanent hosts on Radio Sport's 8pm-midnight shift. On Monday nights, weekend host Kent Johns hosts an edition of Inside Sport with co-host Lee Radovanovich. Kent Johns also hosts a weekend edition of "Inside Sport" on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
On all other nights of the week, evenings are presented by either Mark Watson or Andrew Dewhurst, in a programme named Sport Lately.
Between 8-9pm, the focus is on happenings in particular sports, and between 9pm-midnight, talkback is the main feature of the evening programme.
[edit] Overnights
Overnight, Radio Sport airs FOX Sports Radio from America, through a live internet feed.
[edit] Weekends
At the beginning of 2009, the Radio Sport weekend line-up was altered, which included the axing of The Fishing Show with Geoff Thomas(replaced by Fishing with Graeme Sinclair from April 2009), and former New Zealand cricketer John Morrison's talkback show. These made way for a new programme, Inside Sport, presented by former Night Sport host Kent Johns, which airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
The current weekend line-up is:
Saturday:
- 6am-10am: Inside Sport with Kent Johns, featuring Fishing with Graeme Sinclair 6-7, Rugby with Phil Gifford 8-10.
- 10am-12pm: The Saturday Dugout with Doug Golightly
- 12pm-6pm: Simulcast of Newstalk ZB's Saturday Scoreboard programme, hosted by Willie Lose, which updates live sport from around the country. However, at times Radio Sport opts out of this programme, and broadcasts commentaries from other sporting events.
- 6pm-midnight: Saturday Night Sport Live, covering all live sport from the evening.
Sunday:
- 6am-8am: The Country Sport Breakfast with Kevin Hart
- 8am-9am: Simulcast of Newstalk ZB's Sportsworld show, hosted by Peter Montgomery.
- 9am-12pm: Inside Sport with Kent Johns.
- 12pm-6pm: Simulcast of Newstalk ZB's Scoreboard programme, hosted by Murray Deaker, which updates live sport from around the country. However, at times Radio Sport opts out of this programme, and broadcasts commentaries from other sporting events, including NRL coverage from ABC's Grandstand Network in Australia from 4-8pm during the Australian NRL Rugby league season (Mid March to early October).
- Sunday Nights: Andrew Dewhurst hosts "The Sunday Roast" from 6-8pm, The Total Football Show from 8pm-9pm, and then talkback from 9pm until midnight.
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