History
Formerly known as 3UZ, it is Melbourne's oldest commercial radio station, commencing in March 1925. In 1986 the Victorian thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing codes purchased the station and racing was re-introduced in 1988.
It become known as "Radio Sport 927" in the 1990s. The station also gained a number of retransmitters in country Victoria, and later Tasmania (branded as TOTE Sport Radio) and the ACT (branded as ACTTAB Radio). Despite the differing radio frequencies (and interstate branding), they all used the "Radio Sport 927" name on air, before briefly becoming "Radio Sport National" in the late 2000s.
In January 2012, the network was renamed "RSN Racing & Sport". This coincided with the pending sale of Tote Tasmania to Tatts Group, which would see RSN replaced on its Tasmanian frequencies with TattsBet's Radio TAB effective 27 March 2012.
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