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ABC Sport is the name given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's sport programming broadcasts on ABC Television and ABC Radio. From November 2020 the brand includes the former ABC Radio Grandstand.[1]
Network | ABC Television |
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Launched | 1956; 68 years ago (1956) |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
Sister network | ABC TV ABC Entertains ABC iview |
Official website | ABC Sport |
Since 2021, ABC Sport is a section of the ABC News website (part of ABC Online).[2] As of 2023[update], ABC Sport has no sports rights.
The program Offsiders is first broadcast on the ABC on Sunday mornings, that reviews 8 debates the previous week's action. ABC News has Grandstand TV hosted by Peter Wilkins on weeknights at 5:30 pm[citation needed] and That Pacific Sports Show focusing on the latest news from the region.
ABC Sport also hold the radio rights to several Australian and international sporting events, including Australian Football League, National Rugby League, A-League, Super Rugby, Olympics, Australian international cricket games and selected Ford Ranger One-Day Cup games, amongst other major sporting events.
ABC Sport's coverage of the AFL is the flagship sports programme in the southern states. Every game of the season is called by the ABC and is available live nationally on the ABC listen app via the AFL and AFL Extra channels. National radio coverage for games outside the home state is determined by the match with the highest appeal or if there is no clash with other games. ABC Local Radio stations and ABC Sport Digital on DAB+ in the NT, SA, VIC, TAS and WA carry the AFL whilst only local matches are on ABC Radio in the ACT, NSW and QLD, whereas non-local matches in are carried on ABC NewsRadio. The ABC Sport coverage uses "Something Big is Coming" by SATV Music as their 2024 theme song.
The ABC personnel involved in the coverage of the 2024 AFL season include:
Commentators
Experts
Boundary
Journalists
Sports coverage and programs made by ABC Sport have been won and been nominated for several awards at the Logie Awards.