Editing Talksport (section)

==Sister stations==
===Talksport 2===
The new station launched on 15 March 2016 as part of a Sound Digital's successful bid for second national commercial DAB multiplex. The launch date coincided with the opening day of the 2016 [[Cheltenham Festival]]. Former Talksport chief executive [[Kelvin MacKenzie]] had proposed a rival sports station as part of Listen2Digital's opposing bid for the second national commercial DAB multiplex.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/09/talksport-founder-kelvin-mackenzie-rival-sports-radio|title=TalkSport founder Kelvin MacKenzie in bid to launch rival station|first=John|last=Plunkett|date=9 February 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

Talksport 2 is a 24-hour sports station which focuses on a broad range of live sporting action from the UK and around the world and includes rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, football and horse racing, plus US sport. On its first day, Talksport 2 broadcast commentary of India v New Zealand in the [[ICC World Twenty20]], [[Atlético Madrid]] v [[PSV Eindhoven]] in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and [[Indian Wells Masters]] tennis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Talksport 2 announce launch date|url=http://talksport.com/press/talksport-2-announces-launch-date-160129182995|website=talksport.com|date=29 January 2016|publisher=talksport|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> On 9 June 2020 talkSPORT 2 switched from DAB Mono to DAB+ Stereo to make Room for Times Radio.

In its first two years on air, Talksport 2 acquired broadcast rights to the [[Aviva Premiership]], [[Super League]], [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]], [[French Open]], [[ICC World Twenty20]], [[NatWest t20 Blast]], [[Royal London One-Day Cup]], [[Indian Premier League]], [[WGC Match Play]], [[La Liga]], [[MotoGP]], [[ICC Champions Trophy]], Premier League, English Football League, Champions League and Europa League.

It has broadcast specialist programming dedicated to the Football League, [[La Liga]], European football, horse racing rugby league, rugby union, boxing, cricket, tennis, [[NBA]], US sport, and golf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talksport.com/|title=talkSPORT|website=talkSPORT}}</ref>

From January 2019, Talksport 2 was re-positioned as a rolling sports news and live sport station.

As of September 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 376,000 listeners, according to [[RAJAR]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=RAJAR |url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.rajar.co.uk}}</ref>

===Talksport International===
Talksport is the global audio partner of the Premier League, which enables them to broadcast commentary of every Premier League match outside the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] in several languages including English, Spanish and Mandarin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talksport.com/license-talksports-content|title=Harness the power of the English Premier League|date=3 September 2013|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-date=25 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225626/http://talksport.com/license-talksports-content|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Talksport International also broadcasts selected fixtures in the FA Cup, League Cup and provides commentaries for Amazon Music's [[Bundesliga]] coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talksport.com/about|title=About|date=5 July 2013}}</ref>

As of December 2024, Talksport is available to stream in [[Australia]] on digital platforms run by [[NOVA Entertainment]].