Sports Tonight (Irish TV programme)

Sports Tonight
Starring	Trevor Welch [1]
Opening theme	"Times Like These" by Foo Fighters
Country of origin	Ireland
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	TV3 (1998-2009)
Release	1998 (1998)

Sports Tonight was an Irish sports information television programme. ^[2]

Originally broadcast from 1998 until 2009 on Virgin Media One (then known as TV3), the show aired Monday-Friday at 11:30pm. Sports Tonight was presented by Trevor Welch, with other TV3 sports journalists also contributing. These contributors included Aidan Cooney and Joanne Cantwell. ^{[2] [3]}

The show was axed on 23 March 2009 after broadcasting for more than a decade. This was due to budgetary cutbacks at TV3 and an emphasis being placed on live sports.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "In Brief". The Corkman. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
2. "11 Sports Programmes That Should Never Have Been Axed". balls.ie. Balls Media Ltd. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
3. "Virgin Media confirms presenter Aidan Cooney has left Ireland AM". buzz.ie. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020. Cooney joined TV3 back in 1998 where he presented Champion's League coverage as well as appearing on their flagship sports show Sports Tonight