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Network and syndicated package of college sports originated by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Television channel
American Sports Network (ASN ) was a sports brand owned by the U.S.
television station owner
Sinclair Broadcast Group through its Sinclair Networks subsidiary.
[2] Formed in July 2014, the multicast network component of ASN produced
broadcasts of sporting events that were aired primarily across stations owned by Sinclair (in particular,
The CW and
MyNetworkTV stations owned and/or operated by the company, or, in some markets, on a
digital subchannel of a Sinclair station), and
syndicated to non-Sinclair stations and
regional sports networks .
The multicast network component of ASN primarily dealt in
college sports from
NCAA Division I
conferences , including live
football and
basketball games from the
Atlantic 10 Conference ,
Big South Conference ,
Colonial Athletic Association ,
Conference USA ,
Horizon League ,
Ivy League ,
Mid-American Conference ,
Ohio Valley Conference ,
Patriot League ,
Southern Conference ,
Southland Conference , and
Western Athletic Conference , as well as a limited number of professional sports events. In 2015, ASN acquired regional rights to
Real Salt Lake and
D.C. United of
Major League Soccer , with games aired on Sinclair stations in the teams' market area, as well as television rights to the newly established
Arizona Bowl .
In 2017, Sinclair announced that it would fold the multicast network component of ASN into a new joint venture with
Silver Chalice called
Stadium , which would combine ASN's broadcast distribution platforms with content from Silver Chalice's digital outlets
120 Sports and
Campus Insiders . ASN-branded multicast programming continued on-air until September 6, when the network formally transitioned on-air to Stadium.
[3]
History
Sinclair Broadcast Group formally announced the launch of the American Sports Network on July 17, 2014; the service was led by Doron Gorshein, who joined the company in January 2014 in the role of
chief operating officer of Sinclair Networks. ASN carried live broadcasts of mainly collegiate sporting events, along with ancillary programming focusing on colleges, their students and student-athletes. ASN's content aired primarily on Sinclair-owned-or-operated affiliates of
The CW and
MyNetworkTV or on secondary
digital subchannels of other stations run by the company (some of which had carried content from competing
syndicated sports distributors
ESPN Regional Television and
Raycom Sports until ASN's launch), the latter especially the case for its stations that have primary affiliations with one of the
Big Four networks (
ABC ,
NBC ,
CBS and
Fox ) which would not pre-empt the higher-tier sports coverage provided by their network partners. Sinclair opened ASN up for distribution by other broadcast outlets interested in carrying the service's content, and announced plans to expand ASN onto digital platforms.
[4]
[5]
[6]
ASN planned to initially broadcast
college football ,
men's and
women's college basketball , women's college soccer, and
college baseball events, beginning with the
2014 NCAA Division I FBS and
FCS football seasons . Prior to the service's formal launch, Sinclair reached broadcast rights agreements with five
NCAA Division I conferences, including
Conference USA ,
[7] the
Colonial Athletic Association ,
Big South Conference ,
Southern Conference ,
[8] and the
Patriot League .
[9]
ASN's first broadcasts took place on August 30, 2014, featuring two football games involving Conference USA teams (
Old Dominion University vs.
Hampton University and
Florida International University hosting
Bethune-Cookman University ).
[10]
In September 2014, Sinclair reached a two-year deal with the
International Motor Sports Association to syndicate broadcasts of the
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series through ASN beginning that year, with a renewal option that could be exercised in 2016. Its first race broadcast on September 13, 2014 was shown on Sinclair stations in at least 36 markets, marking the first non-college sporting event to be syndicated by ASN.
[11]
On September 29, 2014, Sinclair announced a multi-year deal with the
Western Athletic Conference to broadcast its games through ASN – marking the sixth conference to partner with the service. Sinclair also announced that it had reached syndication deals with stations in 67 markets where the company does not have a station in its portfolio to carry ASN's programming, expanding its total potential audience to 83 million viewers.
[12]
[13]
On October 16, 2014, Jonathan B. LeCrone announced the
Horizon League had entered into a deal with the American Sports Network to broadcast select games; subsequently on November 10, ASN entered into a broadcast contract with the
Ohio Valley Conference .
[14]
On December 2, 2014, ASN entered into the collegiate
ice hockey field through an agreement that gave it the rights to air six
Penn State
Nittany Lions home games.
[15] ASN later added two other men's ice hockey contests from the
Big Ten Conference , featuring the
Wisconsin Badgers and
Ohio State Buckeyes .
[16]
On January 23, 2015, Sinclair announced that it had acquired regional television rights to
Real Salt Lake of
Major League Soccer beginning in the
2015 season , with ASN handling production of the telecasts.
KMYU and
KUTV aired the games locally, and they were syndicated to Sinclair stations in
Las Vegas and
Reno, Nevada as well as in
Boise, Idaho . Stations in Arizona and New Mexico were able to bid for the local rights to telecast the matches in their markets.
[17]
On May 19, 2015, ASN announced that it had reached an agreement with
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) to televise a weekly game during the 2015 season. ASN aired a weekly game live from different individual leagues on Sunday nights, and also aired the all-star games for the
Florida State League and the
Midwest League .
[2]
On June 24, 2015 the Southland Conference announced that ASN would televise select matches from their conference beginning with the 2015 fall football season. The ASN package replaced the Southland Conference TV Network syndication package.
[18]
In September 2015, ASN reached a deal with the
Mid-American Conference , sub-licensed through
ESPN , to broadcast selected games. In the 2015–16 academic season, ASN was scheduled to broadcast 10 football games, 10 men's basketball games, and 5 women's basketball games.
[19] ASN also reached deals with the NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, including the
Big Ten ,
ECAC Hockey ,
Hockey East ,
National Collegiate Hockey Conference , and the
Western Collegiate Hockey Association , to broadcast games as part of a Friday night package.
[20]
In November 2015, it was announced that ASN had acquired broadcast rights to the inaugural
Arizona Bowl .
[21]
On December 18, 2015,
D.C. United of Major League Soccer announced that Sinclair had acquired rights to the team. ASN-produced coverage was aired by
News Channel 8 and
WJLA-TV .
[22] Matches were also syndicated to digital subchannels of
WUTB
Baltimore ,
WRLH
Richmond ,
WTVZ
Norfolk , and
WSET
Roanoke .
[23]
On January 8, 2016, Sinclair announced a dedicated American Sports Network channel, offered as an affiliation for
digital subchannels of stations in Baltimore, Charleston, Cincinnati, Columbus, Greensboro, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Portland, and Raleigh-Durham. The service launched on January 11, 2016.
[24]
2017: Relaunch as Stadium
On April 13, 2017, Sinclair officially announced that the multicast network component of ASN would be re-launched later in the year as part of a joint venture with
Silver Chalice (owner of
Campus Insiders ) and its online sports video service
120 Sports , later revealed to be
Stadium . The service was set to target both broadcast and digital platforms, with the linear service utilizing the syndication and broadcast network built out for ASN, and 120 Sports providing original studio and long-form programming to the venture.
[25]
[26]
[27] On June 1, 2017, it was reported that Stadium would officially launch around late-July 2017.
[28] After a soft launch in July 2017, the service officially launched on August 24, with ASN's over-the-air network formally joining Stadium on September 6.
[3]
[29]
Stadium's studio programming is produced from
Chicago ; Sinclair's West Palm Beach CBS affiliate
WPEC-TV shared facilities with ASN, and retained the set as a secondary studio, using it for its newscasts while its main studio was being renovated,
[30] and originating Sinclair sister station
WGFL 's newscasts until 2023.
[31]
Programming
NCAA sports
2014–15
During the 2014–15 season, ASN televised live events from the following NCAA Division I conferences:
2015–16
During the 2015–16 season, ASN televised live events from the following NCAA Division I conferences:
ASN also acquired the D2 Game of the Week rights and televised
NCAA Division II football and men's and women's basketball on their network during 2015–16. The D2 package was formerly on
CBS Sports Network . ASN also acquired the rights to air the
Arizona Bowl
college football
bowl game .
2016–17
During the 2016-17 season, ASN televised live events from the following NCAA Division I conferences:
In addition to the above conferences, ASN acquired the rights to
University of Massachusetts
Minutemen
football games for the 2016 season,
[78] and retained the rights to air the
Arizona Bowl
college football
bowl game . ASN also had the rights to the D2 Game of the Week and televised
NCAA Division II football and men's and women's basketball on their network during 2016-17.
[79]
List of affiliates
American Sports Network telecasts were aired primarily on stations owned or managed by
Sinclair Broadcast Group ; this included stations operated by the firm under
local marketing agreements or similar pacts, which itself included stations owned by companies such as
Cunningham Broadcasting ,
Deerfield Media , and
Howard Stirk Holdings among others.
[4] These telecasts were not always scheduled to appear on a station's main
digital subchannel nor on a fixed single station where Sinclair owned and/or managed more than one station. In addition to the Sinclair stations, ASN's events (and
Stadium after that), were also syndicated to other broadcasters.
Other broadcast affiliates
City of license /
market
Station
[80]
Virtual channel
Owner
Primary affiliation
Alabama
Birmingham
WBMA-LD
58.3
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
[81]
Huntsville –
Decatur
WZDX
54.2
Nexstar Media Group
MyNetworkTV
Arkansas
Fayetteville
KAJL-LD
[82]
16.1
DTV America Corporation
Telemundo
California
Los Angeles
KHIZ-LD
8.4
[82]
DTV America Corporation
The Country Network
Sacramento
KAHC-LD
43.1
ASN
Connecticut
Hartford –
New Haven
WCTX
59.1
Nexstar Media Group
MyNetworkTV
Georgia
Atlanta
WATL
36.1
Tegna, Inc.
MyNetworkTV
Cleveland (Atlanta)
WDWW-LD
28.1
[82]
DTV America Corporation
DrTV
Macon
WMUB-LD
38.1
Mercer University
France 24
Illinois
Springfield –
Decatur –
Champaign
WBUI
23.1
GOCOM Media(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
The CW
Indiana
Indianapolis
WHMB-TV
40.3
LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation
LeSEA
Iowa
Fort Dodge (
Des Moines )
KCYM-LD
45.4
DTV America Corporation
?
Kansas
Topeka (
Kansas City, KS -
MO )
KCMN-LD
42.4
[82]
DTV America Corporation
Decades
Kentucky
Bowling Green
WKYU-TV
24.1
[83]
Western Kentucky University
PBS
Louisville
WAVE-TV
3.1
Gray Television
NBC
WBNA-DT4
21.4
[84]
[85]
Evangel World Prayer Center
RTV
Louisiana
Alexandria
KBCA
41.1
[86]
Wilderness Communications
Heroes & Icons
Lafayette
KXKW-LD
32.1
Delta Media Corporation
ASN (Launched July 1, 2016 replacing
This TV )
Monroe -
El Dorado, AR
KNOE-TV
8.3
[86]
Gray Television
The CW
New Orleans
WQDT-LD
36.3
DTV America Corporation
Buzzr
Shreveport -
Texarkana, AR
KPXJ
21.1
[86]
KTBS, LLC (Wray family)
The CW
Maine
Portland
WGME-TV
13.3
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
Maryland
Baltimore
WUTB
24.3
Deerfield Media (operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
ASN
[24]
Michigan
Detroit
WMYD
20.1
E. W. Scripps Company
MyNetworkTV
New York
Buffalo
WNYO-TV
49.2
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
[81]
New York City
WDVB-CD
23.2
LocusPoint Networks
Independent
WRNN
48.2
WRNN License Company, LLC
ASN
[24]
[81]
North Carolina
Charlotte
WCCB
18.1
Bahakel Communications
The CW
Winston-Salem /
Greensboro /
High Point
WXLV-TV
45.2
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
Raleigh /
Durham /
Chapel Hill
WLFL
22.2
Wilmington
WILM-LD
10.3
Capitol Broadcasting Company
Independent
Ohio
Akron (
Cleveland )
WQDI-LD
20.4
[82]
DTV America Corporation
Estrella TV
Cincinnati
WKRC-TV
12.3
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
Columbus
WTTE
28.3
Dayton
WKEF
22.2
Toledo
WNWO-TV
24.2
Oklahoma
Enid /
Oklahoma City
KBZC-LD
42.1
DTV America Corporation
ASN
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
WPNT
22.2
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
Wilkes Barre
WSWB
38.4
MPS Media, LLC
ASN
[24]
[87]
Puerto Rico
San Juan
WAPA-TV
4.2
Hemisphere Media Group(
InterMedia Partners 73%, Azteca Acquisition Corporation 27%)
Independent
Ponce
WTIN-TV
Mayagüez
WNJX-TV
Vieques
W33ED-D
34.2
TV Red de Puerto Rico, Inc.
ASN
Villalba
W16CW-D
16.2
South Carolina
Florence /
Myrtle Beach, SC
WWMB
21.3
Howard Stirk Holdings (operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
ASN
[24]
Columbia
WACH
57.2
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Tennessee
Jackson
WNBJ-LD
39.1
[88]
Jackson TV, LLC
NBC
Knoxville
WATE-TV
6.2
[88]
Nexstar Media Group
GetTV
Nashville
WNAB
58.2
Tennessee Broadcasting(Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
ASN
[24]
WKUW-LD
40.3
DTV America Corporation
ASN
Texas
Corpus Christi
KRIS-TV
6.2
E. W. Scripps Company
The CW
Dallas –
Fort Worth
KTXD-TV
47.1
[86]
Cunningham Broadcasting
Independent
El Paso –
Las Cruces, NM
KVIA-TV
7.2
News-Press & Gazette Company
The CW
Tyler –
Longview
KLPN-LD/KTPN-LD
48.1/22.1
White Knight Broadcasting(operated by Nexstar Media Group)
MyNetworkTV
US Virgin Islands
Christiansted
WCVI-TV
23.1
LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation
LeSEA
Virginia
Norfolk
WTVZ-TV
33.2
Sinclair Broadcast Group
ASN
[24]
Lynchburg /
Roanoke
WSET-TV
13.2
West Virginia
Clarksburg –
Weston
WDTV
5.1
Gray Television
CBS
Charleston /
Huntington
WVAH-TV
11.2
Cunningham Broadcasting(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
ASN
[24]
Wisconsin
Madison (
Janesville )
WIFS
57.4
Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC
ASN
Madison /
Middleton
WZCK-LD
8.4
DTV America Corporation
Regional sports networks
Network
Region served
Owner
YurView California
San Diego
Cox Communications
Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Colorado ,
Utah ,
Kansas ,
Montana ,
Nebraska ,
New Mexico ,
Nevada ,
South Dakota ,
Wyoming
Stan Kroenke
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Illinois ,
Indiana ,
Iowa ,
Wisconsin ,
Michigan
NBCUniversal (20%)
J. Joseph Ricketts Family (20%)
Jerry Reinsdorf (40%)
Rocky Wirtz (20%)
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Maryland ,
Virginia ,
Washington, D.C. , Southern
Pennsylvania , Eastern
West Virginia , Southern
Delaware ,
Hampton Roads MSA ,
Outer Banks
NBCUniversal
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
Philadelphia
metropolitan area , Eastern
Pennsylvania ,
South Jersey ,
Delaware
NBCUniversal
Philadelphia Phillies
Cox Sports Television
Louisiana ,
Waco –
Temple –
Bryan, Texas
Cox Communications
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Maryland ,
Virginia ,
Washington, D.C. ,
Delaware ,
Pennsylvania ,
North Carolina ,
West Virginia
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
NBC Sports Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area ,
Northern California ,
Central California ,
Southern Oregon ,
Nevada
NBCUniversal (45%)
San Francisco Giants (30%)
21st Century Fox (25%)
New England Sports Network
Hartford -
New Haven, Connecticut ,
Massachusetts ,
Providence, Rhode Island –
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Fenway Sports Group (80%)
Root Sports Southwest
[89]
Houston , Texas
AT&T Sports Networks
Spectrum Sports (Texas)
Texas
Charter Communications
American Forces Network
United States Armed Forces
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
See also
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