Sky Sports Radio was founded as 2KY by
Emil Voigt, under the ownership of the
Labor Council of New South Wales, with the aim of broadcasting "musical entertainment, news, weather, market reports, public debates and matters of educational value". Night broadcasts of
trotting began in 1949, with
greyhound racing following soon after. In the 1960s, the station took over
thoroughbred racing commentary from
2GB. By the mid-1970s, Saturday afternoon racing broadcasts had started. In 1992, the station started establishing a statewide network of narrowcast relay transmitters. 2KY was one of the pioneering stations of
Digital Audio Broadcasting in Australia. In 2001, 2KY was acquired by
Sky Racing and, in 2009, rebranded as Sky Sports Radio. In 2005, 2KY closed its newsroom, in favour of taking a feed from the
Broadcast Operations Group. In March 2006, it was taken over by
Macquarie Media. ==Programming==