Radio Sport

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Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio station which broadcasts a variety of sports. It has live commentary rights to most cricket matches, rugby union games, some National Rugby League (NRL) games and New Zealand tennis tournaments. Its current On-Air slogan is 'The Ultimate Fan'.

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[edit] Programming

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. Among the sports that Radio Sport covers with regular commentaries are cricket, domestic and international Rugby Union, domestic basketball, domestic and international netball, and Rugby league.

Radio Sport also provides a sports-based news service, produced in house, and updated at regular intervals.

[edit] Breakfast

Radio Sport's programming is lead 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 has now been filled by former drive-time presenter D'arcy Waldegrave, with former New Zealand cricketer Mark Richardson as his co-host.

[edit] Morning

The 9-12 slot is filled by veteran sports broadcaster Brendan Telfer. The show features regular correspondants, interviews and talkback.

[edit] Afternoon

The afternoon talkback programme between Midday and 3pm on the station is hosted by Miles Davis. 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.

[edit] Drive Show

Australian Matt Gunn 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 3 permanent hosts on Radio Sport's 8pm-midnight shift. On Monday nights, weekend host Kent Johns hosts an edition of Inside Sport, a show which he also presents 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-minnight: 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.

[edit] Frequencies

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New Zealand radio networks
Radio New Zealand
The Radio Network
Classic Hits FM · Coast · Easy Mix · Flava · Radio Hauraki · Newstalk ZB · Radio Sport · ZM
MediaWorks New Zealand
Rhema Broadcasting Group
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Other networks
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