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Drive This! was an authentic sports radio talk show produced from The Score Television Network studios in Toronto, Canada. It ended on April 9, 2009, when Richard Garner left Hardcore sports Radio.

Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. Hosted by Bill Mazer, the first sports talk radio show in history launched in March 1964 on New York's WNBC (AM).

A talk show or chat show is a television programming or radio programming genre in which one person discusses various topics put forth by a talk show host.

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The program was broadcast weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET on Hardcore Sports Radio Sirius channel 98 with various repeat times and simulcast on The Score Television Network except on Tuesdays, since January 7, 2008. [1]

Broadcasting distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio or visual mass communications medium

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum, in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began with AM radio, which came into popular use around 1920 with the spread of vacuum tube radio transmitters and receivers. Before this, all forms of electronic communication were one-to-one, with the message intended for a single recipient. The term broadcasting evolved from its use as the agricultural method of sowing seeds in a field by casting them broadly about. It was later adopted for describing the widespread distribution of information by printed materials or by telegraph. Examples applying it to "one-to-many" radio transmissions of an individual station to multiple listeners appeared as early as 1898.

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Format and authenticity

It was hosted by Richard Garner, with co-hosts Cam Stewart and Sarah Meehan with appearances from Gabriel Morency. [2] The most interesting, bizarre, hilarious, hot button issues from the world of sports were discussed in a completely uncensored, thought provoking and genuinely passionate manner unlike any other sports radio show. [1] On Television however, most of the profanity is bleeped. The 2 hour program consists of 6 segments:

Richard Garner is a Canadian sports broadcaster, producer and the former vice-president of programming at The Score Television Network. He was the host and producer of the show Drive This! on Hardcore Sports Radio and The Score.

Cam Stewart, is a Canadian sports broadcaster who hosted the radio program Red Heat on the defunct The Score Satellite Radio and co-hosted Live @theScore and Score on the NFL on The Score Television Network. Other roles on the Score Satellite Radio included co-hosting Drive This!, "Morency" "Covers Experts" and "24in30". He grew up in the Greater Toronto area where he had a memorable high school football career in which he once recorded 4 sacks in a single game. Cam spent time in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories where he was first introduced into the sports media industry.

Gabriel Morency aka "The Late Night Anger Management Professor" is a Canadian sports broadcaster, who previously hosted daily shows Morency and Covers Experts on Hardcore Sports Radio and Sports Rage on both Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) The Score Television Network Team 1040 in Vancouver and Team 990 in Montreal. In November 2018 he launched a new show with Corey Parsons and Michelle Serpico, The Morning After on FNTSY Sports Network in New York City.

Segment 1: 4:00 p.m. - 4:14 p.m. ET (approx.)

Segment 2: 4:17 p.m. - 4:27 p.m. ET (approx.)

Segment 3: 4:31 p.m. - 4:51 p.m. ET (approx.)

Segment 4: 5:00 p.m. - 5:11 p.m. ET (approx.)

Segment 5: 5:16 p.m. - 5:31 p.m. ET (approx.)

Segment 6: 5:36 p.m. - 5:51 p.m. ET (approx.)

Part of the show consisted of callers, usually regulars voicing their opinions on the topics being discussed on the show or simply commenting on the show itself. E-mails sent in by listeners were also often read on the program, especially those who tend to criticize the hosts or the program. The first three segments also included a TV-only feature called Txt TV, where people could send in messages via SMS or an online form, and discuss anything sports related, not always pertaining to the current topic, and vote in daily polls.

SMS Text messaging service component

SMS is a text messaging service component of most telephone, internet, and mobile-device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile devices to exchange short text messages. An intermediary service can facilitate a text-to-voice conversion to be sent to landlines. SMS was the most widely used data application at the end of 2010, with an estimated 3.5 billion active users, or about 80% of all mobile subscribers.

On Fridays, Sarah Meehan surprised her co-hosts with a special secret guest and interesting story which reminded people why they loved sports so much. The segment was entitled "Storytime with Sarah".

Hosts

Occasional Guest co-hosts:

Greg Sansone is a Canadian sportscaster. He was an anchor and reporter for The Score and later became vice president of television for the network. He is currently the VP of programming and general manager of Sportsnet 360, the Canadian sports channel that replaced The Score, a position he has held since the new network's inception.

Adnan Virk is a Canadian sportscaster, most recently having worked for ESPN.

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References

  1. 1 2 Hardcore Sports Radio Archived April 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
  2. ↑ Hardcore Sports Radio Archived April 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
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