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talkSPORT is a national commercial sports radio station based in London broadcasting to the United Kingdom. It has been known by its current name since January 2000, but was previously known as Talk Radio and before that Talk Radio UK from its launch in 14 February 1995. It broadcasts as an AM station on the 1053 kHz and 1089 kHz frequencies, as an audio only digital terrestrial television station on Freeview channel 94 and as a digital radio station on the Digital One national multiplex.
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Presenters
- Keith Arthur
- Graham Beecroft
- Alan Brazil
- Paul Breen-Turner
- Andy Brookes
- Ian Collins
- Chris Cooper
- Jason Cundy
- Mike Dickin
- Adrian Durham
- Paul Hawksbee
- Ray Houghton
- Howard Hughes
- Andy Jacobs
- Patrick Kinghorn
- Gabriele Marcotti
- Alvin Martin
- Rob McCaffrey
- Mike Mendoza
- Mike Parry
- Nigel Pearson
- Geoff Peters
- Jim Proudfoot
- Gary Stevens
- Andy Townsend
- James Whale
- Rhodri Williams
- Charlie Wolf
Talk Radio UK presenters
Original schedule
Monday - Friday
- 0100-0600 Wild Al Kelly & Mike Hanson
- 0600-1000 "The Dish" - Samantha Meah & Sean Bolger
- 1000-1300 "UK Today" - Scott Chisholm
- 1300-1500 Anna Raeburn
- 1500-1900 "Boyd Up" - Tommy Boyd
- 1900-2200 Carol McGiffin & Moz Dee
- 2200-0100 Caesar the Geezer
Saturday
- 0100-0600 "Something For The Weekend" - Nick Miller
- 0600-1000 Moz Dee
- 1000-1300 Dr David Starkey
- 1300-1500 "Sound Advice" - Gary Jacobs
- 1500-1700 "Books People Read" - David Freeman
- 1700-1900 "World's Biggest Quiz" - Dale Winton
- 1900-2200 "Janet's Planet" - Janet Gershlick
- 2200-0100 "The Other Side" - Ronnie Barbour
Sunday
- 0100-0600 "Something For The Weekend" - Nick Miller
- 0600-1000 Dan Erlich
- 1000-1300 "She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas" - Vanessa Feltz
- 1300-1500 Nancy Roberts
- 1500-1600 "Success" - Sue Plumtree
- 1600-1900 Gary Newbon
- 1900-2200 Terry Christian
- 2200-0100 Jeremy Beadle
October 1995 relaunch
Main owners CLT sold to the Mirror Group in November 1998. Programme Controller John Simons was escorted from the building by security upon the takeover.
External links
- Official site (http://www.talksport.net)
- Unofficial talkSPORT Website (http://www.talksport1089.com/talksport.html) (talkSPORT news, information, views, features, comment and debate)
- Talkforum (http://www.talkforum.org) - Message Forum and mailing list for talkSPORT fans
- OFCOM (http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/formats/an003-1.doc) Character of Service
- Audio Archive (http://www.kayotix.com/Tommy_Boyd/) (include southern counties radio audio and a selection of audio from Tommy's talksport days)
- Media UK on talkSPORT (http://www.mediauk.com/radio/230)