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American Sports Network
File:American Sports Network Logo.jpg
AvailabilityRegional
FoundedJuly 17, 2014
HeadquartersHunt Valley, Maryland
OwnerSinclair Networks
(Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Key peopleDoron Gorshein (COO, Sinclair Networks)
EstablishedJuly 17, 2014
Launch dateAugust 30, 2014
Official websitewww.americansportsnet.com

The American Sports Network (ASN) is a syndicator of sports programming. Run by Sinclair Networks, a division of television station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and officially launching in August 2014, the network primarily produces telecasts of college sports from a number of mid-major NCAA Division I conferences, including live football and basketball games.

ASN holds rights to games from the Big South Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Patriot League, and Southern Conference. ASN content airs primarily on Sinclair-owned or operated stations that are affiliated with The CW and MyNetworkTV, although it is also available to other broadcast outlets and regional sports networks.

History

The launch of American Sports Network was formally announced on July 17, 2014 by Sinclair and will be led by Doron Gorshein, who joined the company in January 2014 and holds the title of Chief Operating Officer of Sinclair Networks. ASN will include live broadcasts of college sporting events, along with ancillary programming focusing on colleges, their students and student-athletes. ASN content will air primarily on Sinclair-owned-or-operated affiliates of The CW and MyNetworkTV or on secondary digital subchannels of other Sinclair stations. Other broadcast outlets are interested in carrying ASN and Sinclair plans to expand the service into digital platforms.

ASN plans to broadcast events in college football, men's college basketball, women's college basketball, women's college soccer, and college baseball games, beginning with the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Sinclair has reached broadcast rights deals with a number of NCAA Division I conferences, including Conference USA, the Colonial Athletic Association, Big South Conference, Southern Conference, and the Patriot League.

ASN's first broadcasts took place on August 30, 2014, featuring two football games involving Conference USA teams (Old Dominion hosting Hampton and FIU hosting Bethune-Cookman).

In September 2014, Sinclair reached a deal with the International Motor Sports Association to syndicate broadcasts of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series through ASN under a 2-year deal beginning in 2014, with an option to continue 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 events syndicated by ASN.

List of affiliates

City Station Virtual
channel
Owner Primary affiliation

Regional sports networks

Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,
Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island
New England Sports Network cable - varies Fenway Sports Group (80%) N/A
Louisiana, Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas Cox Sports Television Cox Media Group

Alabama

Birmingham WABM 68.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Huntsville-Decatur WZDX-DT2 54.2 Grant Broadcasting System II MyNetworkTV
Montgomery-Selma WBMM 22.1 Bahakel Communications The CW

Arkansas

Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas KATV-DT2 7.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group RTV

California

Bakersfield KBFX-DT2 29.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group This TV
Fresno-Visalia KFRE-TV 59.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW

Colorado

Colorado Springs-Pueblo KXTU-LD 20.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW

Connecticut

Hartford-New Haven WCTX 59.1 LIN Media MyNetworkTV

District of Columbia

Washington WJLA-TV 7.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group ABC

Florida

Mobile-Pensacola WFGX 35.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV/This TV
Tampa-St. Pete-Sarasota WTTA 38.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce WTCN-CA 34.3 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV

Georgia

Albany WFXL-DT2 31.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group Bounce TV

Iowa

Sioux City KPTH-DT2 44.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV/This TV

Illinois

Champaign-Springfield-Decatur WBUI 23.1 GOCOM Media (operated by SBG) The CW

Kansas

Wichita-Hutchinson Plus KMTW 36.1 Mercury Broadcasting Company (operated by SBG)

Kentucky

Paducah-Cape Girard WDKA 36.1 WDKA Acquisition Corporation (operated by SBG) MyNetworkTV

Maryland

Baltimore WUTB 24.1 Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) MyNetworkTV

Michigan

Flint-Saginaw-Bay City WBSF 46.1/25.2 Cunningham Broadcasting (operated by SBG) The CW
Grand Rapids- Kalamazoo -Battle Creek WWMT-DT2 3.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW

Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul WUCW 23.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW

North Carolina

Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem WMYV 48.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Raleigh-Durham-Fayettesville WRDC 28.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV

Nebraska

Omaha KXVO 15.1 Mitts Telecasting Company (operated by SBG) The CW

Nevada

Las Vegas KVMY 21.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Reno, Nevada KAME-TV 21.1 Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) MyNetworkTV

New York

Albany-Schenectady-Troy WCWN 45.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW
Buffalo WNYO-TV 49.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Rochester WHAM-DT2 13.2 Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) The CW
Syracuse WSTQ-DT2 3.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW

Ohio

Cincinnati WSTR-TV 64.1 Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) MyNetworkTV
Columbus WSYX-DT2 6.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV/This TV
Dayton WRGT-DT2 45.2 Cunningham Broadcasting (operated by SBG) MyNetworkTV/This TV
Toledo, WNWO-DT2 24.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group RTN
Wheeling-Steubenville WTOV-DT2 9.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group Fox

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City KOCB 34.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group The CW
Tulsa KTUL-DT2 8.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group local weather programming

Oregon

Portland KATU-DT2 2.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group Me-TV

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg-Lancaster WHP-DT2 21.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Johnstown-Altoona WJAX-DT2 47.2 Bayshore Television (operated by Cox Media Group) GetTV
Pittsburgh WPMY 22.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV

South Carolina

Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville WMYA-TV 40.1 Cunningham Broadcasting (operated by SBG) MyNetworkTV
Charleston WMMP 36.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Columbia WACH-DT2 57.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group GetTV

Tennessee

Chattanooga WTVC 9.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group ABC
Nashville WUXP-TV 30.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV

Texas

Beaumont-Port Arthur KBTV-DT2 4.2 Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) Bounce TV
El Paso-Las Cruces KFOX-DT2 14.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group RTV
San Antonio KMYS 35.1 Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) The CW

Utah

Salt Lake City KMYU-DT2 2.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV/This TV

Virginia

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News WTVZ-TV 33.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Richmond-Petersburg |WRLH-DT2]] 35.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV
Roanoke-Lynchburg WSET-DT2 13.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group RTV

Washington

Seattle-Tacoma KOMO-DT2 4.2 Sinclair Broadcast Group This TV

Wisconsin

Milwaukee WCGV-TV 24.1 Sinclair Broadcast Group MyNetworkTV

West Virginia

Clarksburg-Weston WDTV 5.1 Withers Broadcasting Companies CBS

On air staff

  • Mike Gleason, play by play announcer
  • Jim Donnan, color commentator

References

  1. Sharrow, Ryan (July 17, 2014). "Sinclair Broadcast Group to launch American Sports Network". Baltimore Business Journal. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  2. McAdams, Deborah (17 July 2014). "Sinclair Launches Sports Network". TV Technology. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  3. "Sinclair Broadcast Group To Launch The American Sports Network; Enters Into Sports Rights And Content Development Agreements With Leading NCAA Conferences". KWTV-DT. Oklahoma City. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  4. Fornelli, Tom (July 17, 2014). "Conference USA announces new television agreement". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  5. Malone, Michael (July 17, 2014). "Sinclair Launches American Sports Network". Broadcasting and Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  6. Schuler, Jeff (July 17, 2014). "Patriot League enters into TV agreement with new American Sports Network". The Morning Call. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  7. Kelley, Kevin (July 17, 2014). "American Sports Network to Televise 30 C-USA Football Games". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  8. "IMSA Secures TV Deal for Porsche GT3 Cup". National Speed Sport News. Turn 3 Media LLC. September 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  9. ^ Minium, Harry (August 27, 2014). "ODU's opener with Hampton to be televised in 66 markets". HamptonRoads.com. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

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