The network airs a regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live radio play-by-play of sporting events. ESPN Inc. ESPN Radio is broadcast to hundreds of affiliate stations, along with national and Canadian carriage on Sirius XM.

ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader in Sports, is the leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with over 50 business entities.

ESPN, the world's leading multiplatform sports entertainment brand, features eight U.S. television networks, the leading sports app, direct-to-consumer ESPN+, leading social and digital platforms, ESPN.com, ESPN Audio, endeavors on every continent around the world, and more.

• ESPN.
• ESPN+
• ESPN2.
• ESPNU.
• SEC Network.
• SEC Network +
• ESPN3.
• ESPNews.

Radio works by transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves. The radio signal is an electronic current moving back and forth very quickly. A transmitter radiates this field outward via an antenna; a receiver then picks up the field and translates it to the sounds heard through the radio.

Radio plays are theatrical performances that are purely auditory; they're meant to be performed on the radio, hence the name! There is no visual aspect, so performers must rely on their vocal performances as well as sound effects and music to convey the story to the audience.

Since ESPN began, the company has slowly ingrained itself into the culture of sports, dictating and driving the way we consume it. Now, so much of what we do as fans - root for our favorite team on TV, read about athletes online, listen to game analysis on the radio - is intertwined with ESPN's brand.

When ESPN started in 1979 we were the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (thus, ESPN). However, that name took too long to paint across our chests on game day, so we dropped it in 1985 and adopted a new corporate name -- ESPN, Inc. -- and a new logo.

ESPN+ is a sports streaming service with live game coverage, on-demand series and documentaries, and exclusive latest news articles on lots of sports. And ESPN+ gives you all this for only $10 a month.

By the '90s the now-familiar amalgam of sports and entertainment became the new norm. ESPN played a major role in promoting this mixing of styles as their programming featured highlight reels and player profiles as well as live coverage: the focus on individual players helped establish many athletes as household names.

• NFL.
• NHL.
• NCAA Women's Volleyball.
• NCAA Women's Soccer.
• NCAA Men's Soccer.
• ICC Cricket World Cup.
• NCAA Football.
• UFC.

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network abbreviation. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.