Fox Sports Midwest

Fox Sports Midwest
Launched	November 1989 (as Prime Sports Midwest)
Network	Fox Sports Networks
Owned by	Fox (News Corporation)
Country	United States
Language	English
Broadcast area	Eastern & Central Missouri Central & Southern Illinois Southern Indiana Iowa Nebraska Nationwide via DirecTV and Dish Network
Headquarters	St. Louis
Formerly called	Prime Sports Midwest (1989-1996) Fox Sports Midwest (1996–2000) Fox Sports Net Midwest (2000–2004) FSN Midwest (2004-2008)
Sister channel(s)	Fox Sports Kansas City Fox Sports Indiana
Website	foxsportsmidwest.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	671 (SD/HD)
Dish Network	418 (SD/HD)
Cable
U-verse	748 (SD) 1748 (HD)
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings for channels

Fox Sports Midwest is a regional sports network that operates in eastern and central Missouri, central & southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa.

History

Former Fox Sports Midwest logo, 2008-2012

FSN Midwest began in the November 1989 as Prime Sports Midwest as an affiliate of the Prime Network. Originally seen mostly in Indiana, it began moving westward in 1994. It joined Fox Sports Net and changed its name to Fox Sports Midwest on November 1, 1996, then to Fox Sports Net Midwest in 1999 and FSN Midwest in 2004 before reverting to the Fox Sports Midwest moniker in 2008.

On July 15, 2010, Fox Sports Midwest signed a new exclusive contract with the St. Louis Cardinals that starts in 2011, ending the team's broadcasts on KSDK,the NBC affiliate in St. Louis .

Subfeeds

Main article: Fox Sports Kansas City

Main article: Fox Sports Indiana

In early 2008, as part of a deal to return the Kansas City Royals to FSN, Fox Sports Kansas City was spun off Fox Sports Midwest as the new FSN affiliate for the Kansas City market.

There is also a separate feed for Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever games called Fox Sports Indiana.

Fox Sports Plus

Fox Sports Plus was launched in October 2011 as an overflow feed. Fox Sports Kansas City and Indiana also have their own versions of Fox Sports Plus.

Teams

• St. Louis Cardinals
• St. Louis Blues
• Missouri Valley Conference men's and women's basketball
• Missouri Tigers men's and women's basketball, football, volleyball, softball and baseball
• St. Louis Billikens men's basketball
• Kansas State Wildcats men's and women's basketball
• Nebraska Cornhuskers men's and women's basketball

Personalities

• Quinn Buckner: Pacers Analyst (Now on Fox Sports Indiana)
• Jack Clark: St. Louis Cardinals studio game analyst; former Cardinals first baseman
• Chris Denari: Pacers & Fever Play-by-play (Now on Fox Sports Indiana)
• Bernie Federko: Blues Analyst
• Chris Gervino: Missouri Tigers men's basketball play-by-play announcer, This Week in Mizzou Basketball/Football host
• Joel Goldberg: Reporter (Now hosts Royals Live and Royals Insider on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Jimmy "The Cat" Hayes: Reporter
• Scott Highmark: Missouri Valley Conference play-by-play announcer
• Rick Horton: Game analyst & occasional play-by-play announcer for St. Louis Cardinals games; former Cardinals pitcher
• Al Hrabosky: Cardinals Analyst; Former Cardinals' pitcher
• Clark Kellogg: Pacers Analyst (Now on Fox Sports Indiana)
• John Kelly: Blues play-by-play
• Ryan Lefebvre: Royals play-by-play (on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Dan McLaughlin: Cardinals play-by-play announcer
• Stacy Paetz: Reporter (Now hosts Pacers Live on Fox Sports Indiana)
• Darren Pang: Blues' Analyst
• Pat Parris: Reporter, Cardinals pre-game and post-game studio host
• Eric Piatkowski: Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball color analyst
• Greg Sharpe: Nebraska Cornhuskers men's and women's basketball play-by-play announcer
• Paul Splittorff: Royals analyst (on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Jon Sundvold: Missouri Tigers men's basketball color analyst
• Stan Weber: Kansas State Wildcat's basketball play-by-play announcer
• Frank White: Royals analyst (on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Aimee Knebel and Kayla Knierim: Fox Sports Midwest Girls