Sportsnet Radio


Sportsnet Radio is the branding used by three sports talk radio stations in Canada owned by Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications.

Overview

The Toronto and Calgary stations were re-branded to increase their synergy with the co-owned Sportsnet television channel, amid indications that TSN would be launching a radio network of their own.
Rogers also operates the Sportsnet Radio Network, which is a syndication service distributing, among other programs, Toronto Blue Jays baseball and Tim and Sid. The network formerly distributed Prime Time Sports and the daily short-form feature Grapeline with Don Cherry and Brian Williams, both of which were cancelled in 2019.
CJCL went through a few different Sportsnet brandings: under Telemedia, it was Sports Radio The Fan 590, then Sportsnet Radio The Fan 590, then Sportsnet 590 The Fan.
On April 25, 2017, after having acquired the radio rights to the Vancouver Canucks, Rogers Media announced its intent to acquire CISL in Vancouver from Newcap Radio and convert it to the third Sportsnet-branded radio station as "Sportsnet 650". CISL is the third radio station part of the Sportsnet Radio Network and the third sports radio station in the Metro Vancouver market.

Stations