Fox Sports South

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Fox Sports South
Fox Sports South logo.png
Type Regional sports network
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
LaunchedAugust 29, 1990;30 years ago (1990-08-29)
Former namesSportSouth (1990–1996)
Fox Sports South (1996–2000)
Fox Sports Net South (2000–2004)
FSN South (2004–2008)
FS South (2008–2012)
Links
Website www.foxsports.com/south
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 areaConsult 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.

Contents

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.

History

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]

Coverage area

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.

Teams by Media Market

MLBNBANHLMLSWNBA
Atlanta BravesCincinnati Reds
(Fox Sports Ohio)		St. Louis Cardinals
(Fox Sports Midwest)		Atlanta HawksCharlotte HornetsMemphis GrizzlesIndiana Pacers
(Fox Sports Indiana)		New Orleans Pelicans
(Fox Sports New Orleans)		Carolina HurricanesNashville PredatorsAtlanta UnitedAtlanta Dream
Network(see note)South/SoutheastSouth/SoutheastSouth/SoutheastSoutheastSoutheastSoutheastSouthSouthSouthSouthSouth/SoutheastSouth/Southeast
Georgia(all markets including Atlanta)Green check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Alabama(excluding Huntsville and Mobile)Green check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
HuntsvilleGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
MobileGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Kentucky(excluding Western Kentucky)Dark Red x.svgAvailable on Fox Sports OhioDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Western KentuckyDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Mississippi(excluding Biloxi/Gulfport, Memphis and New Orleans)Green check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Biloxi/GulfportGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Northern Mississippi (Memphis)Green check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
North CarolinaCharlotte, Asheville (excluding Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties)Green check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain countiesGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Greensboro-High PointGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
GreenvilleDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Raleigh-DurhamDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svg
South CarolinaCharleston, Augusta, Savannah, Greenville/Spartanburg (Abbeville, Anderson, and Oconee counties only)Green check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Columbia, Greenville/Spartanburg (excluding Abbeville, Anderson, and Oconee counties), Myrtle BeachGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
TennesseeNashville, Chattanooga, KnoxvilleGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
Memphis, JacksonGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg

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.

Programming

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.

Announcers

Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta United FC

Carolina Hurricanes

Charlotte Hornets

Memphis Grizzlies

Nashville Predators

See also

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