Editing Talksport (section)

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{{Infobox radio station
| logo = Talksport logo.png
| name = Talksport
| airdate = 14 February 1995 (as Talk Radio UK)<br />17 January 2000 (as Talksport)
| frequency = [[Medium wave|MW]]: 1053 kHz, <br />1071 kHz ([[Tyne and Wear]]), <br />1089 kHz, <br />1107 kHz ([[Hampshire]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[Merseyside]])<br />[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 11D/12A [[Digital One]]<br />[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]: 723<br />[[Sky UK|Sky]] (UK only): 0108<br />[[Virgin Media]]: 927
| city = London
| area = United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland<br />Global ([[Premier League]] games only)
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| language = English
| owner = [[News Broadcasting|News UK Broadcasting Ltd]]
| licensee = [[News UK]]
| licensing_authority = [[Ofcom]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
| sister_stations = {{Hlist
 | [[Talkradio|TalkRadio]]
 | [[Talksport#Talksport 2|Talksport 2]]
 | [[Times Radio]]
 | [[Virgin Radio UK]]
 | [[Virgin Radio UK#Sister stations|Virgin Radio Anthems]]
 | [[Virgin Radio UK#Sister stations|Virgin Radio Chilled]]
 | [[Virgin Radio UK#Sister stations|Virgin Radio 80s Plus]]
}}
}}

'''Talksport''' (styled as '''talkSPORT''') is a [[sports radio]] [[radio station|station]] in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by [[News Broadcasting]]. Its content includes live coverage of sporting events, interviews with the leading names in sport and entertainment, phone-ins and discussion. Talksport, alongside [[sister station]] Talksport 2, is an official broadcaster for several sporting contests, including the [[Premier League]] and [[English Football League]].

The station originated as a non-sport station, '''Talk Radio UK''', in 1995. It relaunched as Talksport in January 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/598642.stm|title=Sport relaunch for Talk|work=BBC News}}</ref> In the UK, Talksport is one of the [[Independent National Radio]] licensees, holding the INR3 licence for a speech-based service. It is available primarily on its [[medium wave]] frequencies 1089&nbsp;kHz and 1053&nbsp;kHz, but also on 1071&nbsp;kHz and 1107&nbsp;kHz, [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] digital radio, television platforms [[Sky UK|Sky]], [[Virgin Media]], [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]], [[Freesat]], and [[Freely]], and via the [[Internet radio|Internet]]. Outside the UK and Ireland, Talksport broadcasts live commentary of every Premier League match around the world in multiple languages including English, Spanish and Mandarin.

As of October 2024, the network broadcasts to a weekly audience of 3.5 million listeners in the UK, according to [[RAJAR]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php|title=RAJAR|work=rajar.co.uk}}</ref>