Fox Sports Ohio

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Fox Sports Ohio
Launched	1989 (as SportsChannel Ohio)
Network	Fox Sports Net
Owned by	News Corp
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Northwest Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Southwest New York
Formerly called	SportsChannel Ohio (1989-1998) Fox Sports Ohio (1998-2000) Fox Sports Net Ohio (2000-2004) FSN Ohio (2004-2008)
Website	foxsportsohio.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	660 (SD) / 660-1 (HD) (Cleveland feed) 661 (SD) / 661-1 (HD) (Cincinnati feed)
Dish Network	425 (SD) / 5425 (HD) (Cleveland feed) 427 (SD) / 5427 (HD) (Cincinnati feed)
Cable
U-verse	734 (SD) / 1734 (HD) (Cleveland feed) 732 (SD) / 1732 (HD) (Cincinnati feed)
Available on select cable systems	Check local listings for channels

Fox Sports Ohio (stylized as FSOHIO), formerly FSN Ohio and SportsChannel Ohio, is a cable channel based in Ohio. It is seen throughout the Buckeye state, as well as parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Northwest Pennsylvania, the border communities of West Virginia, and extreme Southwest New York.

Professional team partnerships with FS Ohio include the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, MLB's Cincinnati Reds, and the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters. In college sports, FS Ohio carries a full schedule of regular season Mid-American Conference men's and women's basketball games, as well as the majority of the MAC Men's Basketball Tournament (with the exception of the Championship Game which airs nationally on ESPN2 as part of the MAC's national broadcast contract). FS Ohio also carries a select number of Xavier University, and University of Cincinnati basketball games.

Prior to the Cleveland Indians starting SportsTime Ohio in the 2006 season, Cleveland Indians games were on FSN Ohio.

There are actually two feeds of FS Ohio. One is based out of Cleveland, the other out of Cincinnati, and both cater to the sports scenes in their respective markets. During the 2007 and 2008 Ohio High School Athletic Association football seasons, both FS Ohio channels had a game of the week for their area, airing on Thursday nights.

With two FS Ohio channels, this can cause conflict for Columbus, which is between both Cleveland and Cincinnati. When two teams are playing at the same time (usual combinations being Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Cavaliers, Blue Jackets and Cincinnati Reds, and Reds and Cavaliers), the Central Ohio-area cable systems usually assign one game to the actual FS Ohio channel, then assign the second game to an alternate channel on its cable lineup. (Time Warner Cable, for instance, usually has Blue Jackets games on the actual FS Ohio channel, found on channel 33. The Cavaliers are usually on channel 33, but in times of conflict with the Blue Jackets, they move to the customer service channel, found on channel 24.)

FS Ohio has yet to show a single, nationally broadcast college football or basketball game in high definition, even though Fox Sports makes these game feeds available in high definition. For example, the September 19, 2009 Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys game was broadcast nationally in high definition, but FS Ohio only aired the standard definition feed of the game.

[edit] Professional Sports Teams on FS Ohio

• Cleveland Cavaliers (1990-present)
• Cleveland Crunch (1991-1997)
• Cleveland Gladiators (2008)
• Cleveland Indians (1990-October 2, 2005)
• Cincinnati Reds (1991-present)
• Columbus Blue Jackets (2000-present)
• Columbus Destroyers (2004-2008)
• Lake Erie Monsters (2007-present)

[edit] Branding

For most of Fox Sports Ohio's regular programming as well as national sports broadcasts, a small logo bug appears on the top right of the screen, reading FSOHIO (with the FS colored in light blue). During local sporting events, the logo changes to represent those teams. During Cleveland Cavaliers basketball games, the logo changes to FSCAVALIERS, with the FS in red. For Columbus Blue Jackets hockey games, the logo is FSBLUE JACKETS with the FS in dark blue. As for Cincinnati Reds baseball games, the logo displays FSREDS, also with the FS in red. These logos are also displayed during each team's Live pre-game and post-game shows.

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current

• Jeff Brantley: Cincinnati Reds Color Commentary
• Thom Brennaman: Cincinnati Reds Play-by-Play
• Austin Carr: Cavaliers Color Analyst
• Ray Crawford: Musketeers Live
• Jim Day: Blue Jackets Live, Reds Live
• Hanford Dixon: High School Football Color Commentary (Cleveland)
• Danny Gare: Columbus Blue Jackets Color Commentary
• Tommy Gelehrter Bearcat Sports Weekly
• George Grande: Cincinnati Reds Play-by-Play
• Brad Johansen: Xavier Musketeers basketball Play-by-Play; OHSAA football play-by-play (Cincinnati feed)
• Jason Hillman: Lake Erie Monsters Color Commentary
• Ben Holden: Lake Erie Monsters Play-by-Play
• Jeff Hogan: Blue Jackets Live, Ohio State host
• Fred McLeod: Cleveland Cavaliers Play-by-Play
• John Michael: Columbus Blue Jackets Reporter
• Dionne Miler: Cavaliers Live, High School Football Sideline Reporter (Cleveland)
• Jeff Phelps: Cavaliers Sideline Reporter, High School Football Play-by-Play (Cleveland)
• Jeff Piecoro: Reds Live
• Kenny Roda: Lake Erie Monsters Locker Room Reporter, High School Football Pregame Host.
• Michael Reghi: Mid-American Conference football and basketball Play-by-Play
• Shawn Richlin: Lake Erie Monsters Color Commentary
• Jeff Rimer: Columbus Blue Jackets Play-by-Play
• Campy Russell: Cavaliers Live
• Chris Welsh: Cincinnati Reds Color Commentary
• Steve Wolf: Xavier Musketeers basketball Color Commentary

[edit] Former

• Neil Bender
• Mike Pagel
• Matt Underwood
• Andy Baskin
• Rick Manning
• Mike Hegan
• John Sanders
• Katie Pollack
• Scott Williams: Cleveland Cavaliers Color Commentary
• Mark Price

[edit] FS Ohio Shows

• Access Cavaliers November 2006-Present
• Bearcat Sports Weekly 2008-Present
• Blue Jackets Ice Cap ????-April 2007
• Blue Jackets Live October 2007-Present
• Browns Camp July 2006-Present
• Browns Table September 14, 2006- Present
• Cavaliers Countdown ????-2006
• Cavaliers Live 2006-Present
• Cavaliers in the Post ????-2006
• Cleveland Rants 2006-Present
• Cavaliers Showcase Replays ????-Present
• Ice Breaker ????-Present
• Indians Post Game Report ????-October 2, 2005
• Reds Live 2007-Present
• Tribe Time ????-October 2, 2005

[edit] Former Logos

SportsChannel Ohio Logo

Fox Sports Net Ohio Logo

FSN Ohio Logo

[edit] External links

• FSN Ohio on MSN (Official Site)
• FSN Ohio On Air Talent
• Cleveland Rants Homepage
• Xavier, FSN extend TV agreement from The Cincinnati Enquirer
• FSN Ohio and UC Enter Into Exclusive Cable Programming Partnership from "University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics