The brand name is used on most national sports broadcasts on television, radio and new media.

The station airs live self-produced commentary of sports events of football matches and where NRK does not have the TV rights, and simulcasted audio from NRK1 if NRK do have the TV rights.

As of February 2024, NRK Sport had live broadcasts of, but not limited to: Initially and for many years afterwards, the station was only on air during sports broadcasts.

Eventually, the station began playing mixed-genre music during the downtime, along with the Dagsnytt hourly NRK short newscasts.

Rudimentary score updates from ongoing football matches, e.g. from the English Premier League, are occasionally interspersed into the music.