CBS Sports Radio is a
sports radio network
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that debuted with hourly sports news updates on September 4, 2012, and with
24/7 programming on January 2, 2013.
CBS Sports Radio is owned by
Paramount Global
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and distributed by
Westwood One. Programming on the network features reporters and personalities from
CBS Sports
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,
CBS Sports Network
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, and
CBSSports.com
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.
CBS Sports Radio is broadcast throughout the
United States
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on radio
affiliates and streamed online.
From launch until November 17, 2017, it was operated by
CBS Radio until its merger with Entercom. Entercom, which later became
Audacy, Inc., continued to manage the network under a licensing agreement with CBS. The rights to the
CBS logo, but not the name, expired at the end of 2019.
Stations
CBS Sports Radio airs on more than 300 stations nationwide. The nominal
flagship station of CBS Sports Radio is
WFAN /
WFAN-FM in
New York City
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(although WFAN-AM-FM only carry some brief reports and occasional weekend shows from the network). Since
WFAS shifted to
conservative talk in 2021, New York City has had no full-time CBS Sports Radio affiliate station, although the network is heard around the clock on an
HD Radio digital subchannel of WFAN-FM. WFAS and
WHLD Niagara Falls
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Buffalo were among numerous
Cumulus Media stations that had been part of the network's core affiliates but flipped to conservative talk.
Audacy also distanced itself from the network when it shifted focus to its own in-house BetQL network, which features discussions of
gambling
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, in 2021. The BetQL stations continue to carry some CBS Sports Radio programs, including ''
The Jim Rome Show'' and its late night programming.
Other affiliate stations include:
Programming
''Weekend broadcasters can and do vary regularly''
References
External links
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CBS Sports Radio
{{Sports networks in the United States
Sports radio networks in the United States
Radio stations established in 2012
Sirius XM Radio channels