Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network

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Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network
Country United States
Broadcast area Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Headquarters New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Programming
Language(s) English
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Gray Media
Sister channels Arizona's Family Sports
Peachtree Sports Network
History
LaunchedOctober 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)
Replaced Bally Sports New Orleans
Links
Website www.fox8live.com/page/pelicans/
Availability
Streaming media
FuboTV Internet Protocol television

Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network is a broadcast television regional sports network in the U.S. states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, owned by Gray Media. The network is the broadcast home for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.

Contents

The network launched on October 2, 2024.

History

On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of Bally Sports New Orleans (the previous television home of the Pelicans), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, [1] 30 days after they failed to make a $140M interest payment. [2] As part of the bankruptcy, during the 2023–24 NBA season, Bally Sports reached an agreement with the NBA to allow teams to exclusively air up to 10 games on local over-the-air networks. [3] The Pelicans reached an agreement with Gray Television for its over-the-air games. [4] On August 23, 2024, Diamond Sports rejected its contract with the Pelicans through bankruptcy court. [5]

On September 17, 2024, the Pelicans announced that Gray Television would become the exclusive home of local Pelicans games beginning with the 2024–25 NBA season. In order to air games across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, Gray announced that all games would air on the soon-to-launch Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network, which would mostly be available on digital subchannels. [6] [7] The network launched on October 2, 2024. [8] [9]

Carriage

The network is primarily available on local over-the-air stations, but can also be watched on Cox Cable, Fubo TV and Mediacom. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Over-the-air affiliates

City of license / Market StationVirtual channelPrimary affiliation
(on main channel) [8] [14]
Alexandria, Louisiana KLGC-LD 25.2 The CW
KALB-TV 5.4 NBC
Baton Rouge, Louisiana WAFB 9.3 CBS
Biloxi, Mississippi WTBL-LD 51.3 MeTV
WLOX 13.6 ABC
Birmingham, Alabama WBRC 6.3 Fox
Hattiesburg, Mississippi WLHA-LD 18.2 Telemundo
WDAM-TV 7.5 NBC
Jackson, Mississippi WLBT 3.3NBC
Lafayette, Louisiana
(Pelicans games only)
KXKW-LD 32.1 The Action Channel
Lake Charles, Louisiana KGCH-LD 32.1N/A
Meridian, Mississippi WOOK-LD 15.5Telemundo
WTOK-TV 11.5ABC
Mobile, Alabama WALA-TV 10.5Fox
Monroe, Louisiana KCWL-LD 24.1N/A
KNOE-TV 8.3CBS
Montgomery, Alabama WSFA 12.3NBC
New Orleans, Louisiana WVUE-DT 7.1Fox
8.3
Shreveport, Louisiana KSLA 12.2CBS

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