ESPN Audio consists of ESPN Radio, the nation’s largest sports radio network and home to more than half of all sports listeners, ESPNRadio.com and ESPN Podcasts.
ESPN Radio, which launched on January 1, 1992, delivers more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content annually, reaching more than 32 million listeners a week on approximately 500 stations, including more than 400 permanent affiliate channels and access to the top 25 markets. . ESPN Radio’s national programming is also available on SiriusXM and through digital distributors Apple Music, iHeartRadio and TuneIn.
ESPN Audio launched its first podcast in 2005 and is a leader in the sports genre with more than 35 original offerings, as well as shows from ESPN Radio and TV. The offerings are centered around “sports passion,” storytelling and compelling personalities. ESPN podcasts are available wherever you download your podcasts.
ESPN Radio
has a robust lineup of more than 300 live events each year, including Sunday afternoon NFL games, MLB games including the regular season and every postseason game in the World Series, NBA regular season and NBA playoff games and the NBA Finals, regular college football and basketball games, college football playoffs, ACC and Pac-12 college football championship games and the college basketball tournament.
Key US programming
- SportsCenter – Debuting on ESPN’s launch day (September 7, 1979), ESPN’s first and foremost show defines the sports news genre. It offers breaking news, highlights, features and in-depth analysis from recognized journalists.
- Monday night NFL football; MLB; NBA (Finals on ABC); NHL (Stanley Cup Finals on ABC); college football, including the College Football Playoffs; men’s and women’s college basketball, including the NCAA Women’s Tournament; the Australian Open Tennis Championships, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, all from start to finish; the Masters; the WNBA; the Little League World Series; and more.
- Daily and weekly sports studio shows on the NFL, MLB, NBA and college football and basketball.
- Critically acclaimed and award-winning documentaries and original programming, including 30 for 30.
ESPN Plaza and other production facilities
- ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, is home to one of the world’s largest and most modern television production facilities. Digital Center-1 and Digital Center-2 have a total area of more than 400 thousand square meters and are home to SportsCenter, NFL programs and more. In total, ESPN Plaza consists of 18 buildings on 117 acres and 1.3 million square feet of office/production space.
- ESPN’s Los Angeles Production Center (LAPC) opened in 2009 in the LA LIVE entertainment and retail complex. The 329,000-square-foot facility has four studios and produces programming for ESPN’s networks in the United States, including SportsCenter, NBA Today, NBA Countdown, ESPN FC, ESPN Deportes Ahora O Nunca and Fútbol Americas.
- In April 2018, the new facility at the South Street Seaport in New York City, overlooking the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge, became operational. With two studios (connected to control rooms elsewhere), it’s the place for Get Up, First Take and others (TV, radio, podcasts). The 21,000-square-foot space is complemented by a separate studio for the NFL (2020) and a huge rooftop platform that can accommodate a public audience.
- In 1999, ESPN added a facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, totaling 38,000 square feet with two multi-purpose studios and nearly two dozen departments. As the home of the SEC Network, programs produced at the Charlotte production center include The Paul Finebaum Show, SEC Now, SEC This Morning, Marty & McGee, Read & React, Out of Pocket and Rally Cap. In 2014, ESPN began leasing additional office space across the street from the Charlotte Production Center to house additional departments in Charlotte.
- In addition, ESPN has a studio in Washington, D.C.