Editing Talksport (section)

==Broadcast==
Broadcast from [[London]] to the UK and Ireland, Talksport is the only British radio station broadcasting sporting discussions and commentaries 24 hours a day, having dropped 39 hours of weekly non-sports content on 2 April 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/07/talksport-axe-non-sports-content|title=TalkSport to axe all non-sports content|first=John|last=Plunkett|date=7 March 2012|via=The Guardian}}</ref> According to the [[RAJAR]] audience figures as of December 2022, Talksport's audience is around 2.9 million listeners per week. Talksport 2 has an audience of around 344,000 listeners per week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RAJAR |url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.rajar.co.uk}}</ref>

The 1089 and 1053&nbsp;kHz [[medium wave]] frequencies were previously used by [[BBC Radio 1]] between November 1978 and June 1994. Talksport's transmission from the high-power [[Droitwich Transmitting Station]] on 1053&nbsp;kHz can also be received in parts of Europe.<ref>https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/category-3-4-weeks/173863-talksport---proposal-to-reduce-am-coverage/associated-documents/secondary-documents/talksport-broadcasting-licence.pdf?v=324314</ref> In December 2024, Talksport announced that seven of its 18 AM transmitters are set to close, resulting in reducing its AM coverage of the UK's population from 92% to 88.9%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/12/talksport-asks-to-turn-off-seven-of-its-18-am-radio-transmitters-across-the-uk/|title=talkSPORT asks to turn off seven of its 18 AM radio transmitters across the UK|date=2 December 2024}}</ref>

In a number of areas, particularly in areas where the signal from the main 1089 and 1053 [[kHz]] transmitters overlap with each other, Talksport operates a number of filler transmitters on different frequencies:
* 1071&nbsp;kHz: [[Tyne and Wear]]
* 1107&nbsp;kHz: [[Hampshire]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[Merseyside]]

Talksport is also transmitted across the UK [[Digital radio in the United Kingdom|digitally]] via [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] [[digital radio]], [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]], [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]], [[Virgin Media]] and [[Freesat]]. Talksport is also streamed online and available for any [[Internet]] connected devices; however, due to rights restrictions on live coverage, some live sport commentaries are not available online.

Since August 2011, several shows on Talksport have been available on [[Sirius XM]] satellite radio in the US and Canada.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

During the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Talksport was available on DAB digital radio in some German cities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mysnip.de/forum-archiv/thema-8773-417362/_DAB_+Hessen+_12C__+NEU++engl_+Sport+Kanal.html|title=[DAB] Hessen (12C): NEU engl. Sport Kanal – Radioforum|work=Mysnip.de – Forenarchiv|access-date=13 March 2018|language=de|archive-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042323/https://www.mysnip.de/forum-archiv/thema-8773-417362/_DAB_+Hessen+_12C__+NEU++engl_+Sport+Kanal.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station also partnered with [[Pure (company)|Pure]] to sell a Talksport-branded Pure One digital radio receiver.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-13 |title=Digital talkSPORT in Germany |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2006/06/digital-talksport-in-germany/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}</ref>