Radio Sport (previously Sports Roundup) was a

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sister network of

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. It held commentary rights for most

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matches, international and domestic

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tournaments. The network also updated developments at

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tournaments and other sporting events. At other times Radio Sport played talkback and hourly news and sports updates.

History

Sports Roundup

Radio Sport began as Sports Roundup, a

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programme during the 1980s and early 1990s that provided live commentary of summer sports like cricket. It was broadcast on several frequencies around the country on a time-share with the

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on frequencies historically used for The Concert Programme.

Radio Sport

Sports Roundup was replaced with dedicated Radio Sport network through its privatisation of the sports commentary department in 1996. The station was targeted at male sports fans from its outset. As

's sister network, Radio Sport provided all sports news coverage for the

news service carried by Newstalk ZB,

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, ZMFM,

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, Southern Star,

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and Life FM since its inception. Unless the network was taking live commentary from a sporting event, Radio Sport simulcasted Newstalk ZB MondayThursday 19:00–20:00 and weekends 6:00–9:00 and 12:00–18:00. Due to the

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affecting most major sporting events, Radio Sport was closed at 1pm on 30 March 2020 and replaced with a simulcast of Newstalk ZB.

Programmes

Radio Sport consisted of nationally broadcast domestic and international sports programming. Local opt-outs were limited to ad breaks and some seasonal programming. Radio Sport also provided a sports-based news service, produced in house, and updated at regular intervals.

Early Breakfast

The Country 'Early Edition' presented by Rowena Duncam aired Monday-Friday from 5am until 6am from the Dunedin Studios, and featured highlights of the 12pm show and a cross to the Radio Sport Breakfast team.

Breakfast

Radio Sport's programming was led by its breakfast programme. Since 2017 the breakfast programme was Radio Sport Breakfast with Kent Johns, Nathan Rarere and Marc Peard from 6am until 9am. The programme also featured News and Sport Every 30 minutes. Until 17 July 2008 the programme was presented by ONE News sports presenter

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, but Veitch resigned from his roles with Radio Sport and ONE News after allegations that Veitch assaulted his girlfriend in 2006. Veitch confessed on 8 July 2008 that such allegations were true, at a press conference and resigned on 17 July. The vacancy was filled by former drive-time presenter D'Arcy Waldegrave, with former New Zealand cricketer Mark Richardson as his co-host. Richardson was joined by Andrew Mulligan joining him in late 2013 to host the Crowd Goes Wild Breakfast. In 2015 it was announced that Richardson was to leave the show in the middle of that year, with former New Zealand cricketer

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to take over as co-host a fortnight after Richardson's departure. The Crowd Goes Wild Breakfast remained on air until the end of 2016.

Mornings

Radio Sport Mornings was hosted by Jason Pine & Sam Hewitt. The 9–12 slot was filled by veteran sports broadcaster Brendan Telfer until 2013. From 2014 experienced sport broadcaster

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took over the slot after being shifted from sister station Radio Hauraki. In mid 2018 Jason & Sam took over. The show featured regular correspondents, interviews and talkback, it also contained light hearted segments based entirely on TV game shows, sport matches predictions & a comical, lighthearted look at the weekends sports presented in a 1950s BBC style. A common theme on the show was WWSD (what would Sam do).

Afternoons

The Country with Jamie MacKay presented from the Dunedin studios aired between 12pm 1pm. This show was broadcast on all Radio Sport stations except in Auckland. The afternoon talkback programme between midday and 4pm on the station was hosted by Daniel McHardy from the Wellington studios. Between 121pm the show only aired on the Auckland station, due to all other stations airing the rural based programme The Country. After 1pm though, the show aired nationwide. The show primarily featured calls from its listeners and predicts the weekend's sports on Friday afternoons.

Drive Show

D'Arcy Waldegrave and Angus Mabey hosted the drive show between 4pm and 7pm weekdays which featured regular guests, interviews and sums up the days top sporting stories.

Sportstalk

Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave aired from MondayThursday nights 7pm 8pm (Simulcast from Newstalk ZB).

Evenings

Reloaded hosted by Eli Mwaijumba aired from 8pm until 10pm. Reloaded featured interviews, highlights, reaction and the best live sport. Until 2017 the previous night show 'The Night Train' was a Talkback-based show.

Overnights

Overnight, Radio Sport aired

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from America, through a live internet feed or

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simulcast during the English

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season.

Weekends

Weekends were dominated by live commentaries, punctuated by shows with Veitch (until 2018) and Watson and other simulcast programming from Newstalk ZB. * ''Fridays 7pm 10pm'' – Super Rugby commentaries * ''Fridays 10pm 12am'' – The Continuous Call Team * ''Saturdays 6am 9am'' – The All Sports Breakfast with Nigel Yalden (Simulcast from Newstalk ZB) * ''Saturdays & Sundays 9am 12pm'' – Radio Sport Weekender with Mark Watson * ''Saturdays & Sundays 12pm 6pm'' – Weekend Sport with Mark Watson (Simulcast from Newstalk ZB). * ''Saturdays 2pm 5pm'' Saturday Rugby Club (Radio Sport Wellington Only) * ''Saturdays 2pm 5pm'' Otago Score Board (Radio Sport Dunedin Only) *''Saturdays 2pm 5pm'' Sportswave (Radio Sport Nelson Only) * ''Saturdays 6pm 12am'' – Saturday Night Sport: Live sports commentaries with the Radio Sport commentary team * ''Sundays 6am 8am'' – Sunday Mornings with The Resident Builder (Simulcast from Newstalk ZB) * ''Sundays 8am 9am'' – The Sports Power Hour with Mark Watson (Simulcast from Newstalk ZB) * ''Sundays 6pm 8pm'' – ''

Live courtesy of

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Stations

Frequencies

These are the frequencies Radio Sport previously broadcast on at 30 March 2020 closure: *

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– 729 AM *

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

– 1332 AM *

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– 792 AM *

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– 1521 AM *

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– 1350 AM *

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– 107.7 FM *

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– 774 AM * Napier – 1125 AM *

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– 1062 AM * Manawatu – 1089 AM *

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– 87.6 FM *

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– 1503 AM *

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– 549 AM * Blenheim – 98.5 FM * Westport – 91.7 FM *

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– 89.9 FM *

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– 1503 AM * Ashburton – 702 AM *

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– 1494 AM *

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– 693 AM *

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– 558 AM The former Radio Sport AM and Wairarapa and Taupo LPFM frequencies were rebranded as Gold AMGold frequencies list
/ref> on 1 July 2020. Match commentaries continue as part of Gold AM programming. The other FM frequencies were rebranded; Blenheim as

, Westport and Greymouth as ZM.

Historic frequencies

These are the frequencies Sports Roundup broadcast on: * Auckland – 882 AM * Hamilton – 792 AM * Napier – 909 AM * Wellington – 657 AM * Christchurch – 963 AM * Dunedin – 900 AM * Invercargill – 1026 AM

References

External links

Radio Sport official website - now redirects to Newstalk ZB sport

Description at the Radio Bureau
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