Prime Time Sports

Prime Time Sports is a sports radio talk show produced from the studios of The FAN 590 (CJCL) in Toronto, Ontario. The show is hosted by Bob McCown.

The program is broadcast weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET on The FAN 590. A television simulcast is also carried on Sportsnet 360.

The show was first broadcast on October 2, 1989 as a syndicated sports radio talk show from 6:10 pm – 7:00 pm EST with Bob McCown as the host and Bill Watters as co-host. Newspaper columnist Jim Hunt later became the co-host of the program. When CJCL changed their format to all-sports radio in 1992, Prime Time Sports became the station's afternoon drive show, while also being syndicated nationwide. In 1993, McCown was re-assigned as the station's new morning show host, and Dan Shulman became the program's host in his place. Hunt continued on in his role as co-host. In 1995, Shulman left the station to join TSN, and McCown was re-united with Hunt. Hunt was co-host until 2000 when he was let go by the station. In 2004, Rogers Sportsnet began simulcasting the show on television. In 2009, the show was available on the "East" regional feed only. In 2005, the program began making the 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. audio content available as a podcast and streaming audio on The FAN 590's website. As of 2009, all three hours of the show are now available as a podcast. In July 2010, the show's live broadcast hours were changed from 4:00–7:00 p.m.

Howard Berger was the first producer of Prime Time Sports. Chris Clarke took over one year later and produced the show for eight years. Clarke is to this day the longest serving producer. Others who produced the show include Mike Gentile, Greg Sansone, Mike Damergis and Jeff Azzopardi.

Since 2009, the co-hosting duties have usually been provided on a weekly basis by either Stephen Brunt from The Globe and Mail newspaper or John Shannon, formerly the executive vice-president of programming and production for the NHL and the official "Global Ambassador" of Fan590 program Tim and Sid. A past co-host who still appears regularly on the show is Doug Smith of the Toronto Star. Former co-host Jim Kelley of Sportsnet.ca and SI.com is now deceased.

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