Infinity Sports Network

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Infinity Sports Network
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Type Sports radio network
Country
United States
Ownership
Owner
Key people
  • Mark Chernoff
  • (director of programming)
  • Chris Oliviero
  • (EVP of programming) [1]
History
Launch dateJanuary 2, 2013
(Full programming)
Links
Webcast Listen live (via  Audacy)
Website www.audacy.com/stations/infinitysportsnetwork

Infinity Sports Network is an American sports radio network. It debuted as CBS Sports Radio 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]

Contents

Infinity Sports Network is programmed by Audacy, Inc. and distributed by Westwood One. Programming on the network featured 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] the rights to the CBS cross-branding, which had originally been scheduled to expire at the end of 2020, [10] ended April 15, 2024, with the issuance of a cease and desist order; as a result, the network change its brand to their current name that day. [5]

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, [11] [12] 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, along with WHLD in Niagara Falls–Buffalo, were among numerous Cumulus Media stations that had been part of the network's core affiliates but flipped to conservative talk. [13]

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. [14]

Other affiliate stations include:

Programming

ProgramTime (Eastern)
After Hours with Amy LawrenceMon-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 ShowMon-Fri 10 p.m.
Ryan HickeySaturdays 2 a.m.
Carrington HarrisonSaturdays 6 a.m.
BetQL Countdown To...Saturdays 10 a.m.
Nick AshoohSaturdays noon
Chris MuellerSaturdays 2 p.m.
Dave SmithSaturdays 6 p.m.
The Jody Mac Show (Jody McDonald)Saturdays 10 p.m.
The Good ShepardSundays 2 a.m.
Carl DukesSundays 6 a.m.
Sunday Morning FootballSundays 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

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