Fox Sports South
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| Launched | 1990 |
| Network | Fox Sports Net |
| Owned by | Fox (1996-present) Turner Broadcasting System (1990–1996) |
| Picture format | 480i (SD) 720p (HD) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Formerly called | FSN South (2004-2008) Fox Sports Net South (2000-2004) Fox Sports South (1996–2000) SportSouth (1990–1996) |
| Sister channel(s) | SportSouth Fox Sports Carolinas Fox Sports Tennessee WAGA Atlanta WHBQ Memphis |
| Website | foxsportssouth.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 646 FS South (SD/HD) 647 FS South Plus (SD) 647-1 FS South Plus (HD) 648 FS South Plus 2 (SD) 648-1 FS South Plus 2 (HD) |
| Dish Network | 420 FS South (SD) 5420 FS South (HD) Plus channels vary by date |
| Cable | |
| Available on many cable systems | check local listings |
Fox Sports South (stylized FS SOUTH) is a regional sports network that airs sports programming in the Southern United States. It is part of the larger Fox Sports Net group of regional sports networks. The network carries professional and collegiate sports coverage from across the region, along with other sporting events and programming from FSN.
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[edit] History
Fox Sports South had its origins as the Turner Broadcasting System network SportSouth. It was purchased by News Corporation's Fox Cable group in 1996 and re-named Fox Sports South. In 2004 it became FSN South.
Fox Sports South formerly produced the Southern Sports Report in their Midtown Atlanta studios, when the "regional sports reports" were a prime focus of the collective FSN networks. Other FSN networks also received their local sports reports from the Atlanta studios, often with the same hosts (Terry Chick being the most prominent). The Southern Sports Report was discontinued in 2005, and FSN South produced a similar program, Around The South, that focuses on sports stories in and across the region. It has been replaced by FSN Final Score.
Ironically, Fox Sports South's original name SportSouth is now the name of its sister network. Like Fox Sports South, that network (which was originally named Turner South) was originally owned by Turner and sold to Fox to become part of the FSN group.
[edit] Viewing areas
The viewing area includes Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. It is, by far, the largest FSN affiliate by area and viewership. As such, the feed is often broken down into several sub-regional feeds for the purposes of adhering to the "home turf" rules belonging to the various professional leagues. For example, Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators games are only seen in Tennessee, most of Kentucky, northern Mississippi, and northern Alabama, while Charlotte Bobcats games are only seen in North and South Carolina. Neither are seen in the remaining portions of Fox Sports South's coverage area, though Predators games occasionally re-air in North Carolina.
In October 2008, Fox decided to break up Fox Sports South into three separate feeds to offer more localized coverage to subscribers, dubbed Fox Sports Carolinas and Fox Sports Tennessee.[1] FSN bills these feeds as separate networks (and websites) from the main Fox Sports South channel, which only serves Georgia and most of Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi. Fox Sports South has 2 overflow feeds on DirecTV, to avoid additional coverage conflicts.
[edit] Fox Sports Carolinas
[edit] Fox Sports Tennessee
[edit] Sports coverage
Pro Sports Coverage
Collegiate Sports Coverage
- Southeastern Conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Conference USA
- Southern Conference
- Big South Conference
[edit] Commentators
[edit] Atlanta Hawks
- Bob Rathbun: play-by-play
- Dominique Wilkins: analyst
- Jerome Jurenovich: sideline reporter
- Andre Aldridge: Hawks Live host
- Mike Glenn: Hawks Live analyst
[edit] Atlanta Braves
- Chip Caray: play-by-play
- Joe Simpson: analyst
- Tom Glavine: Sunday Braves guest analyst
- Fred Hickman: Braves Live pre and post game host
- Jerome Jurenovich: Braves Live field reporter
- Ron Gant: Braves Live analyst
- Brian Jordan: Braves Live analyst
[edit] Atlanta Dream
- Bob Rathbun: play-by-play
- LaChina Robinson: analyst
[edit] Branding
[edit] Fox Sports South
A small logo bug appears on the top right screen during regular programming. For most programs (including nationally-televised sports) the logo reads FSSOUTH, with the FS colored in light blue. During local sporting telecasts, with the exception of Atlanta Dream games, the logo changes. For Hawks basketball games, the logo becomes FSHAWKS, with the FS shown in red. As for Braves baseball games, the logo is FSBRAVES, with the FS also colored in red. These localized logo bugs are also seen during each team's Live pre- and post-game shows.
[edit] Competitors
[edit] References
- ^ Fox Sports Launches Regional Nets in Tennessee, Carolinas Multichannel News November 1, 2008
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