Wave Sports + Entertainment

CTL-E-5782 · Business · other · 2017–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07045 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5782.

Wave Sports + Entertainment is an American sports media company founded in 2017, headquartered in Santa Monica, California, that produces original sports programming for social, audio and video platforms. It began as WAVE.tv, a Los Angeles-based company built around short-form sports content for younger audiences, and raised 32 million dollars in a Series A round announced in 2020, led by CoVenture and GPS Partners. The company states that its programming serves more than 130 million followers globally. Its original series are led by athletes and media personalities and include 'New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce,' '7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony,' 'The Right Time with Bomani Jones' and 'Podcast P with Paul George.' Wave announced 'Podcast P' with NBA player Paul George in March 2023 as the newest addition to its portfolio; the weekly show, co-hosted by Jackie Long and Dallas Rutherford, is presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment. Through its Wave Media Agency division the company also works with leagues, teams and other sports properties on audience and revenue work across social platforms.

The record

• Also known as: WSE, WAVE.tv

Notes

STAGED 2026-10-16 (747 Program, Wave 7, Batch B) — not merged. Gate A: no match in the live graph (3,443 entities) at staging. Vital status: company, active at staging (2025–26 programming and company profile). STATISTICS DISCIPLINE: the '130 million followers' figure is the company's own stated figure (company profile; 2024 sponsorship release) and is attributed as such, not asserted as audited. UNBLOCKING EDGE STAGED: CTL-E-5596 Podcast P with Paul George produced_by → Wave Sports + Entertainment, on the billing evidence carried on CTL-E-5596's own record and the March 2023 launch release. The Volume (CTL-E-5706) is a peer company only; no relationship type in the schema matrix covers company-to-company peerage, so no edge is staged. Photo HELD. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Teams, companies, labels and persons carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and i) | visual_assets = HELD: Company logo / brand mark (candidate only) | chart = FILLED (Built only from this record's own sourced facts.) | video = HELD (No entry in the Shorts Link Map catalog (shorts-link-map-2026-10-15.json, 233 rows, searched 2026-10-16) bills) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio exists at staging.)

Referenced by

• Podcast P with Paul George — produced by → this record

Sources

• TheWrap, July 2020 — WAVE.tv, a Los Angeles-based sports media company, raised $32 million in Series A funding led by CoVenture and GPS Partners; founded in 2017; co-founder and CEO Brian Verne (build store)
• Wave Sports & Entertainment company profile (LinkedIn), accessed October 2026 — founded 2017; headquarters Santa Monica, California; 'more than 130 million highly engaged followers globally'; original programming including 'New Heights,' 'Podcast P with Paul George,' '7PM in Brooklyn' and 'The Right Time with Bomani Jones'; Wave Media Agency division (primary source · build store)
• Podcast News Daily, March 2023 (from the company's launch release) — Wave Sports + Entertainment launching 'Podcast P with Paul George'; E.J. Wright, VP Development at WSE, quoted in the release; new episodes Mondays on YouTube and podcast platforms (primary source · build store)
• Boardroom, 'Podcast P' cover story — the weekly show is presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment and co-hosted by Jackie Long and Dallas Rutherford; Wave's chief content officer Mack Sovereign on expanding from 'New Heights' into basketball (build store)

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