Sports Byline USA is an international

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based in the

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. ''Sports Byline USA'' is also the name of the flagship program on the network. It was the first national sports talk show and was launched on October 24, 1988. Sports Byline USA is located in

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. Nationally, the network claims programming is heard on 200 satellite radio stations, was on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122, and on CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks channel 2. The station is also available on several international stations and is the main sports programming of the

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which broadcasts on 500 radio stations in 177 countries. Sports Byline USA is no longer on Sirius XM 122 which is now

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, but its sister program,

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is on Sirius XM 203.

Broadcast network

Sports Byline Sports Byline USA is an international Sports radio, sports radio network based in the United States. ''Sports Byline USA'' is also the name of the flagship program on the network. It was the first national sports talk show and was launched on Oct ...

programming, which is the main sports news provider for the

and also broadcasts on these platforms: *

Channel on

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Channel on

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Channel on Stitcher Radio * Channel 2 of CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks *

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's website * And on over 200 affiliate satellite radio stations in the USA

Background

In 1988, when

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toured to promote his new book ''Say Hey: the Autobiography of Willie Mays'', Mays was Ron Barr's first guest for the first hour of the first broadcast of Sports Byline USA Barr used his knowledge as a sports anchor for

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and former NBC affiliate

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in San Francisco., his connections as a sportscaster for the

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, the Seattle SuperSonics, the

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and the

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and his journalism background, reporting for the

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, to build an affiliate satellite network of radio stations across the country that were part of the Sports Byline launch. He also connected with the

, to provide their main sports programming content. In 2020, there are over 35 talk show hosts on the 24/7 network, which still maintains its original concept: to give sports fans across the nation the chance to call in and talk to their favorite athletes. The network's hosts take listener calls on major issues in the sports world.

Leadership

Sports Byline USA's staff includes Chairman/Host, Ron Barr, President Darren Peck and its limited partnership group. Included in the group are 20-time Wimbledon Champion

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, former NFL running back Darrin Nelson, super sports attorney

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and other successful business professionals. Bill Walsh, the Hall of Fame and 3-time Super Bowl winning coach, was on the Sports Byline USA Partnership Advisory Board of Directors.

Spotlights

American Football Network

Sports Byline USA had signed on to be the radio distributor of broadcasts of the

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, with the games being produced by Touchdown Radio Productions. The AAFL suspended operations in March 2008, one month prior to its launch, and has yet to begin play as of 2011.

Ron Barr On Location

Barr's close relationship with the

includes traveling to be with the American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, with live interviews of sports celebrities like Tom Brady,

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and

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and coaches

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and

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to lift the spirits of American Forces deployed there.

Library of Congress Collection

In January 2013, the U.S.

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acquired more than 4,000 recordings of interviews by Ron Barr broadcast between 1988 and 2003. The recordings are digitized at the Library's Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia. The collection includes a wide range of players, coaches, and more, including

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, George Steinbrenner and

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the Alexandria, Virginia native who in 1950 became the first African-American to play in the

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. The collection includes a large archive of audio interviews with

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players

Sports Byline: a US Post Office for Special Postal Cancellation

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On April 23, 2020, the

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designated Sports Byline as a Building Bridges

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Postal Station for the

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. The Ceremony took place live on Sail Sport Talk with Karen Earle Lile and Rick Tittle as co-hosts and Winston Bumpus, receiving the first inking of the cancellation on behalf of the

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from Postmaster Abraham Cooper. Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile is a Talk Show partnered with Sports Byline and placed inside ''Tittilating Sports'' to engage mainstream sports fans with the international world of sailing. It began April 4, 2019 and continues to the present. Tittlating Sports with Rick Tittle Rick Tittle made the switch to radio with Sports Byline USA in 1999, beginning as a producer and production director, before starting his ''Titillating Sports'' show in 2003. Rick’s humorous and thoughtful approach to sports talk lends itself to all sports, as Rick lets the callers drive the topics of the day. Rick Tittle's show, which live broadcasts 3 hours, five days a week, also features partnerships with other hosts, such as A.I. Expert Neil Sahota

Programs and hosts

Sports Byline represents a diversity of sports in its 24/7 programming.

Sales representation

On June 30, 2009, Sports Byline USA signed an advertising sales representation agreement with Focus 360 LLC. Focus 360's Chief Executive Officer, Phil Brown, said that the National Focus network and syndication division will sell Sports Byline USA to advertisers on a stand-alone basis as well as in conjunction with National Baseball Network, another major sports network represented by National Focus.

References

External links

Official Website
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