FOX News Talk
Fox News Talk
Broadcast area
  • United States
  • Canada
FrequencySiriusXM channel 450
Programming
FormatNews / Talk radio
Ownership
OperatorFox News Media
(Fox Corporation)
History
First air date
January 2, 2006
Last air date
October 12, 2019

Fox News Talk was a satellite radio channel showcasing talk shows and news reports from Fox News Channel personalities, along with other Fox News and talk programming. Fox News Talk carried a combination of Fox News syndicated radio programming, Fox News Channel show audio simulcasts, and hourly newscasts from Fox News Radio.

Fox News Radio programs carried included shows hosted by Brian Kilmeade, Jimmy Failla and Guy Benson, with repeats outside of live hours. None of the Fox News Channel's primetime figures had their shows aired on Fox News Talk, as they were already distributed by other radio syndicators.

History

After advertising from XM Satellite Radio regarding a new exclusivity deal for Fox News content, FNC's full-time audio simulcast was pulled from Sirius Satellite Radio on January 1, 2006. Fox News Talk launched on XM the next day. After listener demand, along with some FNC hosts wanting listeners of both services to have access, the exclusivity deal was broken and the FNC simulcast returned to Sirius on March 14, 2006, along with the new Fox News Talk channel.

In April 2006, morning show host Tony Snow left the network when he became White House Press Secretary. Replacing him was the duo of Brian Kilmeade, and Andrew Napolitano as Brian and the Judge. Napolitano left the show in 2010, leaving Kilmeade to host solo.

XM Radio Canada added the channel on June 1, 2007.

In September 2007, Tom Sullivan joined Fox News Radio and helped launch Fox Business. Ten years later, Sullivan left Fox News in 2017 to join a national syndicator with his radio show.

Also carried was Westwood One's syndicated The Radio Factor with former FNC personality Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly was moved out of the live time slot on January 15, 2009, anticipating his departure from the show on February 26 of that year. Fox News announced it would move John Gibson to the noon-to-3 p.m. time slot, after Bill O'Reilly left the time slot. Gibson also left Fox News Talk in June 2017.

On May 4, 2011, Fox News Talk moved to XM 126[1] from XM 168 and to Sirius 126 from Sirius 145. By the end, it was carried on both Sirius and XM's channel 450.

The Fox News Talk service ended on October 12, 2019.

Broadcasting use

The Fox News Talk name remains as part of an internal distribution service Fox Corporation provides though its existing audio distribution agreement with iHeartMedia for its talk shows.

References

  1. ↑ "XM Channel Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
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