Type | Regional sports network |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi |
Network | Fox Sports Networks |
Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Diamond Sports Group |
Parent | Sinclair Broadcast Group & Entertainment Studios Networks |
Sister channels | Fox Sports Southeast Fox Sports Carolinas Fox Sports Tennessee |
History | |
Launched | August 29, 1990 |
Former names | SportSouth (1990–1996) Fox Sports South (1996–2000) Fox Sports Net South (2000–2004) FSN South (2004–2008) FS South (2008–2012) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability (DirecTV may air some events an overflow feed due to event conflicts) | |
Cable | |
Comcast Xfinity | 1250 |
Charter Spectrum | 722, 810, or 811 |
Available on most other cable systems in designated broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
Satellite | |
DirecTV | 646 |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-verse | 1724 |
Streaming media | |
Fox Sports Go | www.foxsportsgo.com/ (U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login from participating providers to stream content; some events may not be available due to league rights restrictions) |
AT&T TV | 646 |
Fox Sports South (FSS) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The network carries regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events from across the Southern United States, along with other sporting events and programming from FSN.
Fox Sports South is available on cable providers throughout Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
Fox Sports South was originally launched on August 29, 1990 as SportSouth, under the ownership of the Turner Broadcasting System, in conjunction with business partners Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) and Scripps-Howard Broadcasting. [1] At its launch, the channel held the regional cable television rights to the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets. Shortly after Turner completed its merger with Time Warner, SportSouth was purchased by News Corporation's Fox Cable Networks in the winter of 1996; the channel was integrated into the recently formed Fox Sports Net group of regional sports networks, and was officially rebranded as Fox Sports South in the spring of 1997 (later amending the name to "Fox Sports Net South" in 2000, as part of a collective brand modification of the FSN networks under the "Fox Sports Net" banner).
In 2002, Fox Sports South began producing the Southern Sports Report from its Midtown Atlanta studios, as part of the collective FSN networks' expansion of "regional sports reports" to complement the National Sports Report , both formatted as daily news programs focusing on sports news and highlights. The Atlanta studios served as a production hub for the regional sports reports broadcast on other FSN networks, often utilizing the same anchors (with Terry Chick being the most prominent). The Southern Sports Report was discontinued in 2005; around the same time, FSN South began producing a similar program, Around The South, which focused on sports stories across the region. In 2004, the channel shortened its name to FSN South, through the networks' de-emphasis of the Fox Sports Net brand.
On February 23, 2006, News Corporation purchased the general entertainment cable channel Turner South from the Turner Broadcasting System for $375 million. [2] After the deal was completed, the channel dropped all remaining entertainment programming and converted into a sports-exclusive channel as it became part of the Fox Sports Networks group, adopting the "SportSouth" name formerly used by Fox Sports South. FSN South, which effectively became a sister network to the new SportSouth (which was renamed Fox Sports Southeast in October 2015 [3] ), reverted to the Fox Sports South moniker in 2008.
In 2008, SportSouth acquired the partial television rights to the Atlanta Braves, splitting the telecasts with Atlanta independent station WPCH-TV (channel 17), which ceased distributing the station's Braves telecasts nationally after its separation from its companion superstation feed TBS (which became a conventional cable network) in October 2007. [4] After Turner turned over the operations of WPCH to the Meredith Corporation under a local marketing agreement in 2011, production of the Braves telecasts was transferred from Turner Sports to Fox Sports South, in a deal in which the channel would produce a package of 45 regular season games each year for WPCH.
On February 28, 2013, Fox Sports South and SportSouth reached a deal with the Braves to acquire the 45 additional Atlanta Braves games beginning with the 2013 season, ending the team's contract with WPCH-TV and marking the first time in 40 years that the team's game telecasts were not available on broadcast television in the Atlanta market. [5] [6] In July 2013, News Corporation spun off the Fox Sports Networks and most of its other U.S. entertainment properties into 21st Century Fox.
On December 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies, The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire all 22 regional Fox Sports networks from 21st Century Fox, including Fox Sports South and sister network Fox Sports Southeast. However, on June 27, 2018, the Justice Department ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of ESPN. On May 3, 2019, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (through their joint venture, Diamond Holdings) bought Fox Sports Networks from The Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion. [7] The deal closed on August 22, 2019. [8] On March 31, 2021, Fox Sports South and sister network Fox Sports Southeast will be rebranded as Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast, a new partnership between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Bally Corporation that will result in 18 other Regional Sports Networks being renamed to Bally Sports in their respective regions. [9]
Fox Sports South's coverage area includes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and most of Kentucky. It is, by far, the largest coverage by area and total market reach of any Fox Sports affiliate. As such, the channel is often separated into several sub-regional feeds for the purposes of adhering to the various professional leagues' home territory rules.
For example, Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators games are only seen in Tennessee, most of Kentucky, northern Mississippi and northern Alabama. Meanwhile, Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Hurricanes games are only seen in North and South Carolina. Neither team's games are seen elsewhere within Fox Sports South's coverage area, although Predators games are occasionally rebroadcast in North Carolina. The Atlanta Hawks also have restrictions preventing games from being carried in most of the Carolinas, parts of Mississippi, and all of Kentucky. [10]
In some areas select games from neighboring Fox Sports Networks are carried on either Fox Sports South or an alternate channel. These include games from the St. Louis Cardinals (Fox Sports Midwest), [11] Indiana Pacers (Fox Sports Indiana), [12] Cincinnati Reds (Fox Sports Ohio), and New Orleans Pelicans (Fox Sports New Orleans).
In October 2008, Fox decided to split Fox Sports South into three separate channels to offer more localized sports coverage. It launched separate respective feeds for the Carolinas and most of Tennessee, Fox Sports Carolinas and Fox Sports Tennessee. [13] Fox Sports considers these feeds as separate networks, which maintain their own sub-sites within the main Fox Sports Local website. These channels are going to be collapsed back into Bally Sports South when it launches on March 31, 2021, but the separate feeds will continue to exist.
MLB | NBA | NHL | MLS | WNBA | |||||||||
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Atlanta Braves | Cincinnati Reds (Fox Sports Ohio) | St. Louis Cardinals (Fox Sports Midwest) | Atlanta Hawks | Charlotte Hornets | Memphis Grizzles | Indiana Pacers (Fox Sports Indiana) | New Orleans Pelicans (Fox Sports New Orleans) | Carolina Hurricanes | Nashville Predators | Atlanta United | Atlanta Dream | ||
Network(see note) | South/Southeast | South/Southeast | South/Southeast | Southeast | Southeast | Southeast | South | South | South | South | South/Southeast | South/Southeast | |
Georgia | (all markets including Atlanta) | ||||||||||||
Alabama | (excluding Huntsville and Mobile) | ||||||||||||
Huntsville | |||||||||||||
Mobile | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | (excluding Western Kentucky) | Available on Fox Sports Ohio | |||||||||||
Western Kentucky | |||||||||||||
Mississippi | (excluding Biloxi/Gulfport, Memphis and New Orleans) | ||||||||||||
Biloxi/Gulfport | |||||||||||||
Northern Mississippi (Memphis) | |||||||||||||
North Carolina | Charlotte, Asheville (excluding Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties) | ||||||||||||
Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties | |||||||||||||
Greensboro-High Point | |||||||||||||
Greenville | |||||||||||||
Raleigh-Durham | |||||||||||||
South Carolina | Charleston, Augusta, Savannah, Greenville/Spartanburg (Abbeville, Anderson, and Oconee counties only) | ||||||||||||
Columbia, Greenville/Spartanburg (excluding Abbeville, Anderson, and Oconee counties), Myrtle Beach | |||||||||||||
Tennessee | Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville | ||||||||||||
Memphis, Jackson |
Note: In Kentucky, most of North Carolina, and parts of Mississippi Fox Sports Southeast is not available. In these areas all games are shown on Fox Sports South or an alternate channel.
Fox Sports South holds the exclusive regional cable television rights to the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball franchise; the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA; the Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators of the NHL, and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer. [14] [15] The channel also provides coverage of collegiate sports events from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Harry Christopher "Chip" Caray III is a television broadcaster for Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast's coverage of the Atlanta Braves baseball and Southeastern Conference basketball, and is an occasional radio broadcaster and co-host of the pre-game and post-game shows on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network. Chip is also known from his time as a broadcaster for the Fox Saturday Game of the Week and as the television play-by-play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs from 1998 to 2004. He is the son of broadcaster Skip Caray, the grandson of broadcaster Harry Caray, and the older half-brother of broadcaster Josh Caray.
Fox Sports Ohio (FSOH) is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and is operated as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of Ohio, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Cleveland and Cincinnati, which are broadcast on separate programming feeds, as well as Columbus.
WPCH-TV, virtual channel 17, branded on-air as Peachtree TV, is an independent television station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by the Meredith Local Media subsidiary of Des Moines, Iowa-based Meredith Corporation, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WGCL-TV. The two stations share studios on 14th Street Northwest in Atlanta's Atlantic Station district; WPCH-TV's transmitter is located near Shepherds Lane and Arnold Avenue in the Woodland Hills section of northeastern Atlanta. On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channel 7 in both standard and high definition, and on Comcast Xfinity channels 7 (SD) and 807 (HD). There is no separate website for WPCH-TV; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station WGCL-TV.
Braves TBS Baseball was a presentation of regular season Major League Baseball game telecasts featuring the Atlanta Braves National League franchise that aired on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games were produced by Turner Sports, the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, TBS's corporate parent. The program, which made its debut in 1973, ended national broadcasts in 2007.
Comcast Sports Southeast and Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) was an American regional sports network for the Southern United States that was operated as a joint venture between cable television providers Comcast and Charter Communications. In contrast to its competitor Fox Sports South, CSS had a heavier focus on college sports – with broadcasting partnerships with many of the area's colleges and universities.
Fox Sports Detroit (FSD) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group that operates as a Fox Sports Networks affiliate. It provides coverage of local sports teams in the state of Michigan, primarily focusing on those in Metro Detroit. The network airs exclusive broadcasts of games involving the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, repeats of Detroit Lions preseason games, and select games from the Grand Rapids Griffins, as well as some state college and high school sports.
Fox Sports West (FSW) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Fox Sports Networks, along with its sister network Prime Ticket. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in California, focusing primarily on teams based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Fox Sports West is available on cable providers throughout Southern California, the Las Vegas Valley and Hawaii; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV.
Fox Sports Florida (FSFL) is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts local sports coverage in the state of Florida, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Miami, Tampa and Orlando.
Fox Sports Southeast (FSSE) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout the southeastern United States, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Atlanta, Tennessee, and Charlotte.
Fox Sports North (FSN) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as a Fox Sports Networks affiliate. The channel broadcasts coverage of sporting events involving teams located in the Upper Midwest region, with a focus on professional and collegiate sports teams based in Minnesota.
Fox Sports Midwest (FSMW) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts regional event coverage of sports teams throughout the Midwestern United States, most prominently, professional sports teams based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Fox Sports Wisconsin (FSWI) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Operating as the "Wisconsin" sub-feed of Fox Sports North until 2007, the channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout the state of Wisconsin, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Milwaukee. It primarily operates from a studio/office facility in downtown Milwaukee, with secondary offices and production studio/office hub based in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Prime Ticket is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Fox Sports Networks, along with its sister network Fox Sports West. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in California, focusing primarily on teams based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Prime Ticket is available on cable providers throughout Southern California, the Las Vegas Valley and Hawaii; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV.
NBC Sports Bay Area is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and the San Francisco Giants, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks. Headquartered in San Francisco, the channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. NBCS Bay Area's sister channel is NBC Sports California. The president of the network is Ted Griggs.
Fox Sports Kansas City (FSKC) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts coverage of professional, collegiate, and high school sports events both within and outside the Kansas City area. It maintains offices and master control operations at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Fox Sports Carolinas (FSCAR) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Fox Sports Tennessee (FSTEN) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in the state of Tennessee, namely the Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators.
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain is an American regional sports network owned by WarnerMedia News & Sports, a division of AT&T's WarnerMedia, as part of the AT&T SportsNet brand of networks, and is an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the network broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout the Rocky Mountain region, mainly focusing on professional sports teams based in the Denver metropolitan area, Utah and Nevada.
Fox Sports San Diego (FSSD) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between Diamond Sports Group and the San Diego Padres, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks.