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Westwood One Sports radio stations list

Adam

• 6 min read
Westwood One Sports radio stations list

Where can I catch Westwood one on the radio in Colorado Springs, Colorado?

ChatGPT said:

In Colorado Springs you’ve got a couple of stations that carry Westwood One programming:

  • KCSF-AM 1300 “Xtra Sports 1300” – Listed by Westwood One Sports as the Colorado Springs affiliate for their national sports coverage (this is the one they show in their official station finder). 
  • KVOR 740 AM “Colorado’s 740 KVOR” – A news/talk station that also carries Westwood One content as one of its network affiliations. 

For NFL primetime / postseason games specifically, Westwood One’s own site suggests using their Station Finder or stream links (sometimes the exact game clearances can vary by night, but KCSF is your primary local bet). 

So in Colorado Springs, try:

  • 1300 AM – KCSF
  • 740 AM – KVOR

Tune to those first when you’re hunting Westwood One (especially for NFL, NCAA, etc.).

You said:

It’s s on 1300 AM radio station not 740 AM

ChatGPT said:

You’re absolutely right — thanks for catching that. 🙏

In Colorado Springs, the Westwood One affiliate you want for NFL and other national games is:

🔊 KCSF 1300 AM (“Xtra Sports 1300”)

Not 740 AM. I was wrong to include KVOR 740 AM in that context. If you’re in or around Colorado Springs, 1300 AM is the one to lock in for Westwood One coverage.

You said:

can you provide a list other popular radio stations across the United States that have Westwood One Sports on the air?

ChatGPT said:

Thought for 33s

Short answer: there isn’t one giant public master list, but we do know a bunch of the big-name affiliates that carry Westwood One Sports programming.

Here are some of the better-known stations around the country that have Westwood One Sports on the air (sports talk, plus many carry Westwood One play-by-play like NFL, NCAA, etc.—exact games vary by market).

National / “flagship”

  • New York City, NY – WFAN 660 AM / 101.9 FM
    WFAN is the nominal flagship; it carries select Westwood One Sports shows, and the full 24/7 Westwood One Sports network runs on an HD subchannel of WFAN-FM. 

Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

  • Boston, MA – WEEI 850 AM / 93.7 FM (WEEI-FM) 
  • Philadelphia, PA – WIP-FM 94.1 “SportsRadio 94 WIP” 
  • Pittsburgh, PA – KDKA-FM 93.7 “The Fan” 
  • Buffalo, NY – WGR 550 AM (plus WWKB 1520 AM) 
  • Cleveland, OH – WKRK-FM 92.3 “The Fan” 
  • Washington, DC area – WJFK 1580 AM & WJFK-FM 106.7 “The Fan” 
  • Baltimore, MD – WJZ 1300 AM / WJZ-FM 105.7 

South & Southeast

  • Birmingham, AL – WJOX-FM 94.5 
  • Miami, FL – WQAM 560 AM / WQAM-FM 
  • Atlanta, GA – WZGC 92.9 “The Game” 
  • New Orleans, LA – WWL 870 AM / 105.3 FM (WWL-FM) 
  • Memphis, TN – WMC 790 AM 

Midwest / Central

  • Chicago, IL – WSCR 670 “The Score” 
  • Detroit, MI – WXYT 1270 AM / WXYT-FM 97.1 “The Ticket” 
  • Wichita, KS – KFH 1240 AM / 97.5 FM 
  • Kansas City, MO area – KWOD 1660 AM 
  • Green Bay, WI – WDUZ 1400 AM / 107.5 FM 
  • Milwaukee, WI – WSSP 1250 AM 
  • Omaha, NE – KZOT 1180 AM 
  • Bismarck, ND – KDKT 1410 AM 

West & Southwest

  • San Diego, CA – KWFN 97.3 FM “97.3 The Fan” 
  • San Joaquin Valley, CA – KESP 970 AM (Modesto/Stockton area) 
  • Denver, CO – KAMP (listed as a Westwood One Sports affiliate in the Denver market) 
  • Dallas, TX – KRLD-FM 105.3 “The Fan” 
  • Houston, TX – KILT 610 AM 

A couple of non-local but useful options

If you ever can’t get a good local signal (or you’re on the road):

  • Westwood One Sports live streams via the Westwood One Sports site/app and partners. 
  • Audacy / TuneIn “Westwood One Sports” streams – carry the network’s national talk and game coverage. 
  • SiriusXM – Westwood One Sports channel (and NFL games on NFL Radio) if you have satellite radio. 

How to find the exact station for a specific game

Because of blackouts and local conflicts, not every affiliate carries every Westwood One broadcast (e.g., some might skip a national NFL game if they’re airing a local team). For any specific event (NFL, NCAA, etc.), the clean way is:

Go to Westwood One Sports → Station Finder, pick the sport, and enter your ZIP code. 

If you tell me a team/game you care about and what city you’ll be in, I can help you nail down the most likely local station(s) for that broadcast.

You said:

How about ESPN radio out of West Palm Beach Florida 106.3 FM I get good coverage north of there in Stuart, FL. But when I'm in Port St. Lucie. it cross fading with another radio station. Do you how far south ESPN radio broadcast south of West Palm Beach? Do you know of any reports of how the signal is as far as Boca Raton or Deerfield Beach?

ChatGPT said:

Thought for 41s

Short version: your experience is exactly what the engineering maps predict. 🙂

North of WPB (Stuart / Port St. Lucie)

The station you’re listening to is ESPN 106.3 – WESP (formerly WUUB), licensed to Jupiter with the transmitter in Riviera Beach. It’s a Class C3 FM with 114 m HAAT, serving Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. 

Radio-Locator’s zip-code predictions line up with what you’re seeing:

  • Stuart (34997) – WESP 106.3 shows up as Signal Strength 4 (strong/local), i.e., solid car-radio listening. 
  • Port St. Lucie (34952) – it drops to Signal Strength 2 (fringe/distant), which is where *co-channel stations can start to “fight” with it and cause the cross-fading you notice. 

So: good in Stuart, sketchy in PSL = normal for that signal.

How far south does ESPN 106.3 go?

A couple of useful clues:

  • Engineering/market listings say ESPN 106.3 serves the “West Palm Beach–Boca Raton” radio market. 
  • Another directory describes 106.3 as providing live coverage “to the Boca Raton, Florida area.” 

Real-world translation (for a decent car radio, nothing exotic):

  • West Palm Beach → Boynton → Delray:
    You should get reliable reception all the way down through these towns, especially on the highway.
  • Boca Raton:
    You’re still inside their intended market. Around central Boca, most people should be able to keep ESPN 106.3 listenable in the car, but you might start hearing a little hiss or occasional “swishing” depending on where you are (high-rises, parking garages, etc.).
  • Deerfield Beach and farther south:
    Now you’re getting into a real overlap zone. There’s another full-power 106.3 down there: WRAZ-FM 106.3 (“Caracol/Salsa 106.3”), 50 kW out of Leisure City serving the Miami–Fort Lauderdale market. As you get into Deerfield/Pompano/Broward, your radio is basically being tug-of-war’d between:In practice, that means:
    • ESPN 106.3 from the north (Jupiter/Riviera Beach), and
    • WRAZ 106.3 from the south (Miami/Homestead area).
    • In northern Boca, you can often still hold ESPN 106.3 if the radio is already tuned there.
    • By Deerfield Beach, a lot of radios will start to blend, flip, or just sound noisy, and many will eventually latch onto the Miami 106.3 instead of West Palm.

Why Port St. Lucie cross-fades even though it’s north

That cross-fading you hear in Port St. Lucie is because you’re already in “fringe” territory for WESP’s signal (Radio-Locator’s strength 2). 

Once you’re at that distance:

  • Any other 106.3 (even a smaller station or translator) can start walking on it.
  • Terrain, buildings, and even weather/tropo make a big difference day to day.
  • Car radios with aggressive “seek” and “blending” can make it feel like the station is cross-fading between two sources.

So what you’re hearing in PSL is completely expected for where you are relative to their designed coverage.

Practical takeaway

If you think of ESPN 106.3’s “comfortable” car-listening zone, a good mental map is:

  • North: up through Stuart, starting to fade out between Stuart and Port St. Lucie.
  • Core: Jupiter / West Palm Beach / Lake Worth / Boynton / Delray.
  • South: workable into Boca Raton, increasingly iffy by Deerfield Beach, and then mostly taken over by the Miami-area 106.3 further south.

If you ever want, I can pull up the actual Radio-Locator contour map for WESP and walk you through how to read the 60/50/40 dBu rings against the towns you drive through.

You said:

make a pintrest style infographic on the United States list you made of the most popular stations that air Westwood One Sports