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Infinity Sports Network

Type	Sports radio network
Country	United States
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (producer) Westwood One (distributor)
Key people	Mark Chernoff (director of programming) Chris Oliviero (EVP of programming)
History
Launch date	January 2, 2013 (Full programming)
Links
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/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.

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. Infinity Sports Network is broadcast throughout the United States on radio affiliates and streamed online.

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. The rights to the CBS logo, but not the name, expired at the end of 2019; the rights to the CBS cross-branding—which had originally been scheduled to expire at the end of 2020, ended on April 15, 2024. At this time, the network rebranded as Infinity Sports Network; the name is a nod to Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, a corporate predecessor to CBS Radio.

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, 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.

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.

Other affiliate stations include:

• WJOX-FM (Birmingham, Alabama)
• KLAA (Los Angeles, California)
• 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)
• WVLN (Olney, Illinois)
• KFH (AM) (Wichita, Kansas)
• WWL / WWL-FM (New Orleans, Louisiana
• WJZ / WJZ-FM (Baltimore, Maryland)
• WEEI / WEEI-FM (Boston, Massachusetts)
• WXYT / WXYT-FM (Detroit, Michigan)
• KWOD (Kansas City)
• KDKT (Bismarck, North Dakota)
• 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

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. ^ "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. "CBSSR Affiliates". CBS Sports Radio. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
6. "CBSSR Stream". CBS Sports Radio. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
7. "EX-2.2". sec.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
8. @radioinsight (December 16, 2019). "CBS Sports Radio has informed..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. "CBS Sports Radio to Become the Infinity Sports Network". barrettsportsmedia.com. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
10. "CBS Sports Radio To Rebrand On April 15". Radio Insight. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
11. "Suburban New York AM To Go All Digital Next Month" by Lance Venta, April 20, 2021 (radioinsight.com)
12. Venta, Lance (May 20, 2021). "WFAS Sets Lineup For Its All-Digital Talk Flip". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
13. "WHLD switches format to conservative talk hosts, led by Dan Bongino | Entertainment | buffalonews.com". May 25, 2021.
14. "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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