Vancouver has lost its last all-sports radio station.
Five years after Bell pulled the plug on TSN 1040, it appears Rogers has done the same with Sportsnet 650. Sports media insider Jonah Sigel first reported the news on Tuesday morning.
Sportsnet 650 has been playing reruns, and its social media accounts have gone silent. Daily Hive has requested comment from Rogers PR and will update this story accordingly when we receive a reply.
It appears some staff began hearing news of the station’s demise on Monday evening, though there is a meeting scheduled on Tuesday morning where they’ll learn more.
By all accounts Roger’s has shuttered Vancouver sports radio SN650 effectively immediately
— Jonah Sigel | Sports media + streaming (@yyzsportsmedia) July 7, 2026
Sportsnet 650 launched in Vancouver on April 25, 2017, as a competitor to TSN 1040, which first aired in Vancouver as Team 1040 in 2001.
While it took years for TSN 1040 to wrestle the Vancouver Canucks broadcast rights away from CKNW, Sportsnet 650 arrived with the Canucks rights secured by Rogers before going to air.
It’s unclear what will happen with the Canucks’ broadcast rights going forward. It’s also unclear if Calgary’s all-sports radio station, Sportsnet 960, will also be affected.
More to come…