SportstalkNETWORK
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| City of license | Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Global |
| Slogan | America's Internet Broadcast Giant for Sports Talk and Entertainment Programming |
| First air date | March 15, 2002 |
| Format | Sports & Entertainment |
| Owner | Belfi Internet Ventures, LLC. |
| Website | sportstalkNETWORK.com |
sportstalkNETWORK.com (a.k.a. STN) is an internet-only sports talk station in Cleveland, Ohio. The company is managed & owned by founder and president Paul Belfi, and their studios are located at 5500 South Marginal Road and E. 55th St., just off I-90.
The station features local and national sports and entertainment talk from Cleveland-area personalities.
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[edit] History
[edit] The WKNR Years
In February 2002, an agreement was reached with Salem Communications to partner WKNR with the fledgling Internet broadcast entity & website sportstalkCLEVELAND.com (aka STC). STC was to not only serve as the Internet home of WKNR and selected WKNR programming but to also offer Internet exclusive programming that would occasionally cross over on to the radio.
The very first sportstalkCLEVELAND broadcast was live on March 15, 2002 at the original Harpo's Sports Cafe on Brookpark Road.
WKNR's personalities would not only broadcast their show on terrestrial radio, they would also do a show on STC. Some notable personalities include the late John Antus, Les Levine, Bruce Drennan, Kenny Roda, Greg Brinda, Ken Silverstein, Dave Milo, Dave Scherer, Buck Woodward, Mike Ptak, Joe Lull, Matt Monter, Gene Winters, Andre Knott, Josh Sabo, Matt Loede, Bil Needle, Jeff Sack and Mike Catan.
In March 2005, WKNR and sportstalkCLEVELAND went their separate ways. Over a weekend, all of STC's equipment was moved from the old WKNR studios in Broadview Heights, Ohio to the old ClevelandHits.com building at E. 55th and South Marginal.
[edit] 2008 and Beyond
In 2008 the station evolved into sportstalkNETWORK with market specific websites in Canada, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. 2009 will see the launch of sites in Detroit, New York, Seattle & Phoenix.
sportstalkNETWORK currently features daily sports & entertainment shows such as "BLEW Entertainment Morning Show," "Unsportsmanlike Conduct," "Rappin with J-Rock," "By The Numbers," "The No Name Show," and "The North Coast Report".
Also, STN broadcasts niche programming which is original content produced exclusively for STN. A variety of programming including college football player evaluation, extreme sports, high school/collegiate wrestling, MMA, professional wrestling & sports entertainment, high school/college football and NBA basketball airs weekly on STN.
New programs are being developed.
[edit] Current Programming
| Program | Hosts | Time | Day | Program Content |
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| BLEW Entertainment Morning Show | Benjamin Lewis, Walter Payton & Ryan Scott | 7am - 9am | Monday-Friday | Sports Talk, Entertainment & Comedy |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | T.J. Zuppe & Brian Harris | 9am - 11am | Monday-Friday | Sports Talk, Entertainment & Comedy |
| Rappin' With J Rock | Jay Rizzo | 11am - 1pm | Monday-Friday | Sports Talk, Music & Entertainment Talk |
| By The Numbers | Gary the Numbers Guy | 1pm - 2pm | Monday-Friday | Sports Talk & Numerology |
| The No Name Show | Greg Kozarik | 2pm - 4pm | Monday-Friday | Sports Talk |
| The North Coast Report | Tony Mazur & Eric Styranka | 4pm - 6pm | Monday-Friday | Sports Talk, Entertainment, Comedy & Politics |
| Gridiron Evaluations | Ken 'The Scout' Becks | 6pm - 8pm | Monday | College Football Player Evaluations/NFL Draft Talk |
| Blue Zoo Radio | Frank Reese | 8pm - 9pm | Monday | Hobby/Recreation |
| Total Extreme Live | Chris Rickles | 6pm - 8pm | Tuesday | Extreme Sports and Music |
| Pro Wrestling Insider | Buck Woodward & Paul Belfi | 6pm - 7pm | Wednesday | Pro Wrestling & Sports Entertainment |
| The FDH Lounge | Rick Morris & the Dignataries | 7pm - 10pm | Wednesday | Fantasy Sports Talk & Entertainment/Variety |
| Ohio Varsity Insider | Steve Hare & Mike Parris | 7pm | Thursday | High School Football & Sports |
| Friday Night Hoops | Sean Trench & Johnny Russo | 6pm - 7pm | Friday | NBA Basketball |
[edit] External links
- sportstalkNETWORK's website
- sportstalkCLEVELAND.com, The Flagship of sportstalkNETWORK.com
- sportstalkNETWORK's CHICAGO website
- sportstalkNETWORK's CANADA website
- sportstalkNETWORK's LOS ANGELES website
- sportstalkNETWORK's MIAMI website
- sportstalkNETWORK's PHILADELPHIA website
- sportstalkNETWORK's PITTSBURGH website
