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===Owned-and-operated=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="width:150px;" |Channel ! style="width:150px;" |Region served ! style="width:150px;" |Formerly<br/>operated as ! style="width:50px;" |Year<br/>joined or launched ! style="width:50px;" |Year left or closed !Currently operating as ! style="width:450px;" |Notes |- | Fox Sports Arizona | [[Arizona]]<br/>[[New Mexico]]<br/>[[Utah]]<br/>southern [[Nevada]] | | 1996 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched September 7, 1996 as first network to use Fox Sports name. Network closed October 21, 2023 as [[Bally Sports Arizona]] due to losing all broadcast rights. |- | [[Fox Sports Carolinas]] | [[North Carolina]]<br/>[[South Carolina]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network South]] | Launched in 2008, as a sub-feed of Fox Sports South, merged back upon Bally Sports rebrand. |- | Fox Sports Detroit | [[Michigan]]<br/>northwestern [[Ohio]]<br/>northeastern [[Indiana]]<br/>northeast [[Wisconsin]] | | 1997 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Detroit]] | Created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the local television rights to most of Detroit's professional sports teams from [[PASS Sports]], resulting in [[Post-Newsweek Station]]s (owner of that market's NBC affiliate [[WDIV-TV]]) shutting down the latter in 1997. |- | Fox Sports Florida | Florida<br/>southern [[Alabama]]<br/>southern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | SportsChannel Florida (1987β2000) | 2000 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Florida]] | Shares broadcast rights with sister network Fox Sports Sun; it was the last FSN network acquired by News Corporation through its joint venture with Liberty Media to retire the SportsChannel name, upon becoming Fox Sports Net Florida in 2000. |- | [[Fox Sports Houston]] | Southern Texas<br/>southern Louisiana | | 2009 | 2012 | Defunct | Originally launched as a subfeed of Fox Sports Southwest; became a 24-hour channel on January 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 7, 2009|title=Fox Sports Houston set for new identity|newspaper=Houston Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|url=http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/01/05/daily29.html?ana=e_du_pub}}</ref> Fox Sports Houston was the television home of the Houston Astros and the Houston Rockets until Comcast SportsNet Houston acquired the rights to both teams in 2012;<ref>{{cite news|date=August 3, 2010|title=Astros, Rockets reach deal on new network|website=MLB.com|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15909356&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb}}</ref> that deal resulted in the shut down of Fox Sports Houston on October 5, 2012, with the main Fox Sports Southwest feed replacing it on area cable providers.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 2, 2012|title=Fox Sports Houston signs off with familiar face|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Fox-Sports-Houston-signs-off-with-familiar-face-3914216.php}}</ref> Comcast SportsNet Houston became [[Root Sports Southwest]] after that network went into bankruptcy. |- | Fox Sports Indiana | [[Indiana]] | | 2006 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Indiana]] | Broadcast area originally served by Prime Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Midwest; Fox Sports Indiana became a separate channel in 2006, after Fox Sports acquired the regional broadcast rights to the Indiana Pacers. It is still considered as a subfeed of Fox Sports Midwest in some markets. Fox Sports South carries select Indiana Pacers games aired by Fox Sports Indiana in Kentucky. |- | Fox Sports Kansas City | [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]<br/>[[Kansas]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City]] | Broadcast area originally served by Prime Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Midwest; Fox Sports Kansas City was created as a spin-off of FSN Midwest, after it acquired the broadcast rights to the Kansas City Royals from the defunct [[Royals Sports Television Network]] in a long-term deal with the team. Fox Sports Midwest remains available in the region, carrying [[St. Louis Cardinals]] game telecasts that Fox Sports Kansas City is unable to broadcast due to conflicts with Royals telecasts. Some of the channel's programming is produced by Fox Sports Midwest. |- | Fox Sports Midwest | [[Missouri]]<br/>southern [[Illinois]]<br/>[[Iowa]]<br/>[[Nebraska]] | Prime Sports Midwest (1989β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Midwest]] | Cardinals games carried by Fox Sports Midwest are, respectively, broadcast by Fox Sports South in [[West Tennessee]] and Fox Sports Tennessee in northern [[Mississippi]]. Fox Sports Midwest re-acquired the local television rights to the Royals in 2008, following the shutdown of the Royals Sports Television Network, resulting in the creation of spin-off channel Fox Sports Kansas City. |- | Fox Sports New Orleans | [[Louisiana]] | | 2012 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched in October 2012, and created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the local broadcast rights to the then-[[New Orleans Hornets]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hornets, Fox Sports announce TV deal|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120626/SPORTS17/120629727|newspaper=[[Houma Today]]|date=June 26, 2012|access-date=July 4, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414020652/http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120626/SPORTS17/120629727|url-status=dead}}</ref> Network closed October 21, 2024 as [[Bally Sports New Orleans]] due to losing major sports rights. |- | Fox Sports North | [[Minnesota]]<br/>[[Wisconsin]]<br/>[[Iowa]]<br/>[[North Dakota]]<br/>[[South Dakota]] | Midwest Sports Channel (1989β2000) | 1997 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network North]] | Fox Sports North operates regional subfeeds for the Minnesota/Dakotas region. The Wisconsin feed, which is not available in areas of the state adjacent to the [[MinneapolisβSt. Paul]] market, was spun off in April 2007 into the separate Fox Sports Wisconsin, which also carries select game broadcasts from Fox Sports North. |- | Fox Sports Ohio | [[Ohio]]<br/>eastern [[Indiana]]<br/>Kentucky<br/>northwestern [[Pennsylvania]], southwestern New York | SportsChannel Ohio (1989β1998) | 1998 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Ohio]] | Reds games broadcast by Fox Sports Ohio are televised on local origination cable channels in portions of [[Tennessee]] (including the [[Nashville]] market) and western [[North Carolina]]. AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh broadcasts select Cavaliers games televised by Fox Sports Ohio. Separate subfeeds also exist for the Cincinnati and Cleveland markets with the Reds owning a 50% stake in the Cincinnati subfeed. |- | Fox Sports Oklahoma | [[Oklahoma]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma]] | Broadcast area formerly served by Fox Sports Southwest; Fox Sports Oklahoma launched on October 29, 2008, created through a broadcast agreement in which Fox Sports Southwest and then-[[independent station]] [[KSBI]] (which carried select games produced by Fox Sports) acquired the television rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Select [[Dallas Mavericks]] NBA games televised by Fox Sports Southwest are broadcast on Fox Sports Oklahoma in areas within 75 miles of the Oklahoma City market. The channel also carries Big 12 Conference and occasional [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] games from Fox Sports Southwest; some Fox Sports Southwest-televised games are available through the Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus overflow feed. |- | Fox Sports San Diego | [[San Diego]] | | 2012 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched in March 2012, as a sub-feed of [[Bally Sports SoCal|Prime Ticket]]. Network liquidated in April 2024 as [[Bally Sports San Diego]] following a settlement with the [[San Diego Padres]] relating to repeated failures to pay the team the previous year. |- | Fox Sports South | Georgia<br/>Mississippi<br/>Alabama<br/>Kentucky | [[SportSouth]] (original; 1990β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network South]] | Sister network Fox Sports Southeast shares Atlanta Braves and Hawks broadcast rights with Fox Sports South. Production of the Braves game telecasts aired by Atlanta [[independent station]] [[WPCH-TV]] was transferred from [[Turner Sports]] to Fox Sports South in 2011 (a byproduct of the Turner Broadcasting System's [[local marketing agreement]] with the [[Meredith Corporation]] that consolidated WPCH's operations with [[CBS]] affiliate [[WANF|WGCL-TV]]). On February 28, 2013, Fox Sports South and the then-SportSouth reached a deal with the Braves to acquire the 45-game package held by WPCH, rendering the team's game telecasts cable-exclusive beginning with the [[2013 Atlanta Braves season|2013 season]] and ending the station's 40-year relationship with the Braves.<ref name="fss-braves13">{{cite web|title=Fox Sports South and SportSouth acquire 45 additional Braves games beginning this season|url=http://www.foxsportssouth.com/02/28/13/Fox-Sports-South-and-SportSouth-acquire-/landing_braves.html?blockID=871311&feedID=4354|work=Fox Sports South|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=September 7, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | Fox Sports Southeast | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<br/>[[Alabama]]<br/>[[Mississippi]]<br/>[[Tennessee]]<br/>North Carolina<br/>South Carolina | [[Turner South]] (1999β2006)<br/>SportSouth (2006β2015) | 2006 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Southeast]] | Formerly known as Turner South, and operated as a general entertainment cable channel, from 1999 to October 13, 2006, when it adopted the name SportSouth following its sale by [[Time Warner]]'s Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary to then Fox Sports Networks parent News Corporation. SportSouth and Fox Sports South aired [[Atlanta Thrashers]] games until the team's relocation to [[Winnipeg]] (as the [[Winnipeg Jets]]) in 2011. Fox Sports South carries select Memphis Grizzlies games aired by SportSouth in Kentucky. SportSouth was rebranded as Fox Sports Southeast on October 5, 2015, citing viewer confusion caused by the Fox Sports Networks' 2012 rebranding that replaced the "FS" with "Fox Sports" as a prefix for the regional outlets.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=August 24, 2015 |title=SportSouth becomes Fox Sports Southeast |url=http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/24/sportssouth-becomes-fox-sports-southeast/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825222833/http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/24/sportssouth-becomes-fox-sports-southeast/ |archive-date=August 25, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2015 |newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lucia |first=Joe |date=August 25, 2015 |title=SportSouth is rebranding to Fox Sports Southeast |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/sportsouth-is-rebranding-to-fox-sports-southeast.html |access-date=August 25, 2015 |website=Awful Announcing}}</ref> |- | Fox Sports Southwest | [[Texas]]<br/>[[Arkansas]]<br/>northern [[Louisiana]]<br/>parts of [[New Mexico]] | Home Sports Entertainment (1983β1994)<br/>Prime Sports Southwest (1994β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Southwest]] | |- | Fox Sports Sun | Florida | Sunshine Network (1988β2004)<br/>Sun Sports (2004β2015) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Sun]] | Originally a Prime Network affiliate, Fox Sports and Liberty Media acquired the network in 1996. |- | [[Fox Sports Tennessee]] | [[Tennessee]]<br/>southern [[Kentucky]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network South]] | Launched in 2008, as a sub-feed of Fox Sports South. Merged back upon Bally Sports rebrand. |- | Fox Sports West | [[Southern California]]<br/>[[Southern Nevada]]<br/>Hawaii | Prime Ticket (original; 1985β1994)<br/>Prime Sports West (1994β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network West]] | Fox Sports West lost the broadcast rights to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] after the [[2011β12 NBA season]], as a result of a 20-year agreement with [[Time Warner Cable]] (now [[Charter Communications]]) to broadcast the team's games on [[Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles)|Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum Deportes]], which both launched in October 2012;<ref>{{cite web|title=Time Warner Scores L.A. Lakers Regional Sports Network Rights|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/463936-Time_Warner_Scores_L_A_Lakers_Regional_Sports_Network_Rights_.php|periodical=Multichannel News|date=February 14, 2011}}</ref> Formerly held the rights to the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] and the [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] before losing them to Spectrum. |- | Fox Sports Wisconsin | [[Wisconsin]]<br/>western [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]<br/>eastern [[Minnesota]]<br/>northwestern Illinois<br/>[[Iowa]] | | 2007 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin]] | Formerly operated as a sub-feed of Fox Sports North beginning in 1998, Fox Sports Wisconsin became a separate channel in 2008 after Fox Sports North acquired the broadcast rights to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. It is still considered a sub-feed of Fox Sports North in some markets, and carries Minnesota Wild and Minnesota United FC games, which air on the alternate feed if the main feed is otherwise occupied. Fox Sports Wisconsin maintains master control and certain back office operations shared with Fox Sports North at the latter channel's headquarters in Minneapolis, but maintains separate production operations based in [[Milwaukee]]. |- | Prime Ticket | [[Southern California]]<br/>[[Southern Nevada]]<br/>Hawaii | Fox Sports West 2 (1997β2006) | 1997 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network SoCal]] | Prime Ticket aired [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] games from 1997 to 2013 when Fox lost the broadcast rights to [[Spectrum SportsNet LA]], a joint venture between the team and Time Warner Cable that launched in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dodgers announce deal with Time Warner, launch of SportsNet LA|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21620862/dodgers-announce-deal-with-time-warner-launch-of-sportsnet-la|work=[[CBS Sports]]|date=January 28, 2013}}</ref> |- | SportsTime Ohio | Ohio<br/>eastern Indiana<br/>Kentucky<br/>northwestern Pennsylvania<br/>southwestern New York | | 2012 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched in 2006, after the Cleveland Indians declined to renew its broadcast contract with Fox Sports Ohio; Fox would eventually purchase the network on December 28, 2012. |- |}
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