Infinity Sports Network

Sports radio network

  • Audacy, Inc. (producer)
  • Westwood One (distributor)
Key people
  • Mark Chernoff
  • (director of programming)
  • Chris Oliviero
  • (EVP of programming)[1]
HistoryLaunch dateJanuary 2, 2013
(Full programming)LinksWebcastListen live (via Audacy)Websitewww.audacy.com/stations/infinitysportsnetwork

Infinity Sports Network, formerly CBS Sports Radio, is an American sports radio network. It debuted under its previous name with hourly sports news updates on September 4, 2012, and with 24/7 programming on January 2, 2013.[2][3][4] Its name is a nod to Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, the name of the radio group founded by Mel Karmazin, and one of the predecessors of the network's parent companies, Audacy, Inc. and CBS Radio.[5]

Infinity Sports Network is programmed by Audacy, Inc. and distributed by Westwood One. Programming on the network features reporters and personalities from CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, and CBSSports.com.[2] Infinity Sports Network is broadcast throughout the United States on radio affiliates and streamed online.[6][7] From launch until November 17, 2017, it was operated by CBS Radio until its merger with Entercom. Entercom, which later became Audacy, Inc., continued to manage the network under a licensing agreement with CBS.[8] The rights to the CBS logo, but not the name, expired at the end of 2019.[9]

Stations

Infinity Sports Network airs on more than 300 stations nationwide. The nominal flagship station of Infinity Sports Network is WFAN / WFAN-FM in New York City (although WFAN-AM-FM only carry some brief reports and occasional weekend shows from the network). Since WFAS shifted to conservative talk in 2021,[10][11] New York City has had no full-time Infinity Sports Network affiliate station, although the network is heard around the clock on an HD Radio digital subchannel of WFAN-FM. WFAS and WHLD Niagara Falls-Buffalo were among numerous Cumulus Media stations that had been part of the network's core affiliates but flipped to conservative talk.[12]

Audacy also distanced itself from the network when it shifted focus to its own in-house BetQL Network, which features discussions of gambling, in 2021. The BetQL stations continue to carry some Infinity Sports Network programs, including The Jim Rome Show and its late night programming.[13]

Other affiliate stations include:

  • WJOX-FM (Birmingham, Alabama)
  • KWFN (San Diego, California)
  • KESP (San Joaquin Valley, California)
  • KAMP (Denver, Colorado)
  • WJFK / WJFK-FM (Washington DC)
  • WQAM (Miami, Florida)
  • WZGC (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • WSCR (Chicago, Illinois)
  • KFH (AM) (Wichita, Kansas)
  • WJZ / WJZ-FM (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • WEEI / WEEI-FM (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • WXYT / WXYT-FM (Detroit, Michigan)
  • KWOD (Kansas City)
  • WGR / WWKB (Buffalo, New York)
  • WKRK-FM (Cleveland, Ohio)
  • WIP-FM (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • KDKA-FM (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  • WMC (Memphis, Tennessee)
  • KRLD-FM (Dallas, Texas)
  • KILT (Houston, Texas)
  • WDUZ (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
  • WSSP (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • KZOT (Omaha, Nebraska)
  • Sirius XM Satellite Radio (Channel 158)

Programming

Program Time (Eastern)
After Hours with Amy Lawrence Mon-Fri 2 a.m.
Maggie and Perloff (Maggie Gray, Andrew Perloff) Mon-Fri 6 a.m.
Reiter Than You (Bill Reiter) Mon-Fri 10 a.m.
The Jim Rome Show Mon-Fri 12 noon
"Zach Gelb" Mon-Fri 3 p.m.
JRSportsBrief" (J.R. Jackson) Mon-Fri 6 p.m.
The Bart Winkler Show Mon-Fri 10 p.m.
Ryan Hickey Saturdays 2 a.m.
Carrington Harrison Saturdays 6 a.m.
BetQL Countdown To... Saturdays 10 a.m.
Nick Ashooh Saturdays noon
Chris Mueller Saturdays 2 p.m.
Dave Smith Saturdays 6 p.m.
The Jody Mac Show (Jody McDonald) Saturdays 10 p.m.
The Good Shepard Sundays 2 a.m.
Carl Dukes Sundays 6 a.m.
Sunday Morning Football Sundays 10 a.m.
Eye On Football with Zach Gelb (NFL regular season only) Sundays 12 noon
The Jody Mac Show (Jody McDonald) Sundays 8 p.m.
Andy Gresh Sundays 10 p.m.

Weekend broadcasters can and do vary regularly

References

  1. ^ "CBS SPORTS RADIO SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM ANNOUNCED". CBS Radio. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "CBS CREATES THE LARGEST MAJOR MARKET SPORTS RADIO NETWORK IN THE NATION". CBS Radio. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  3. ^ "CBS Sports Radio". CBS Radio. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "CBS Sports Radio". Cumulus Media Networks. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  5. ^ "CBS Sports Radio to Become the Infinity Sports Network". barrettsportsmedia.com. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "CBSSR Affiliates". CBS Sports Radio. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  7. ^ "CBSSR Stream". CBS Sports Radio. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  8. ^ "EX-2.2". sec.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  9. ^ @radioinsight (December 16, 2019). "CBS Sports Radio has informed..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Suburban New York AM To Go All Digital Next Month" by Lance Venta, April 20, 2021 (radioinsight.com)
  11. ^ Venta, Lance (May 20, 2021). "WFAS Sets Lineup For Its All-Digital Talk Flip". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  12. ^ "WHLD switches format to conservative talk hosts, led by Dan Bongino | Entertainment | buffalonews.com". May 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "Audacy Flips Seven Stations to BetQL Network". June 21, 2021.

External links

  • Media related to CBS Sports Radio at Wikimedia Commons
  • Infinity Sports Network official site
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