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| Availability | Regional |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 17, 2014 |
| Headquarters | Hunt Valley, Maryland |
| Owner | Sinclair Networks (Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| Key people | Doron Gorshein (COO, Sinclair Networks) |
| Established | July 17, 2014 |
| Launch date | August 30, 2014 |
| Official website | www |
The American Sports Network (ASN) is a broadcast network of NCAA college sports. The network is run by Sinclair Networks, a division of television station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and officially launching in August 2014, ASN will produce coverage of various games in 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 stations that are affiliated with The CW and MyNetworkTV, although it is also available to other cable/broadcast outlets.
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).
List of affiliates
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Regional sports networks
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| Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,
Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island
| New England Sports Network
|rowspan="2"| cable - varies
| Fenway Sports Group (80%)
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| Louisiana
| Cox Sports Television
| Cox Communications
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Alabama
|- | Birmingham | WABM | 68.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- | Huntsville-Decatur | WZDX | 54.2 WAMY | Grant Broadcasting System II | MyNetworkTV |- | Montgomery-Selma | WBMM | 22.1 | Bahakel Communications | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
Arkansas
|- |Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas | KATV | 7.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | RTN |- | colspan="5"|
California
|- | Bakersfield | KBFX-CD | 29.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | This TV |- | Fresno-Visalia | KFRE-TV | 59.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | KXTU-LD | 20.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
Connecticut
|- |Hartford-New Haven | WCTX | 59.1 | LIN Media | MyNetworkTV |- | colspan="5"|
District of Columbia
|- |Washington |WJLA-TV | 7.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | ABC |- | colspan="5"|
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 |- | colspan="5"|
Georgia
|- | Albany | WFXL | 31.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Bounce TV |- | colspan="5"|
Iowa
|- |Sioux City |KPTH | 44.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV/This TV |- | colspan="5"|
Illinois
|- | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | WBUI | 23.1 | GOCOM Media (operated by SBG) | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
Kansas
|- | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | KMTW | 36.1 | Mercury Broadcasting Company (operated by SBG) |- | colspan="5"|
Kentucky
|- | Paducah-Cape Girard | WDKA | 36.1 | WDKA Acquisition Corporation (operated by SBG) | MyNetworkTV |- | colspan="5"|
Maryland
|- | Baltimore | WUTB | 24.1 | Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) | MyNetworkTV |- | colspan="5"|
Michigan
|- | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | WBSF | 46.1/25.2 | Cunningham Broadcasting (operated by SBG) | The CW |- | Grand Rapids- Kalamazoo -Battle Creek | WWMT | 3.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
Minnesota
|- | Minneapolis-St. Paul | WUCW | 23.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
North Carolina
|- | Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem |WMYV | 48.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- | Raleigh-Durham-Fayettesville | WRDC | 28.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- | colspan="5"|
Nebraska
|- | Omaha
| 15.1 | Mitts Telecasting Company (operated by SBG) | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
Nevada
|- | Las Vegas | KVMY | 21.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- | Reno, Nevada | KAME-TV | 21.1 | Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) | MyNetworkTV |- | colspan="5"|
New York
|- |Albany-Schenectady-Troy | WCWN | 45.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- |Buffalo | WNYO-TV | 49.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- |Rochester | WHAM-TV | 13.2 | Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) | The CW |- |Syracuse | WSTQ-LP | 3.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- | colspan="5"|
Ohio
|- | Cincinnati | WSTR-TV | 64.1 | Deerfield Media (operated by SBG) | MyNetworkTV |- | Columbus | WSYX | 6.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV/This TV |- | Dayton | WRGT-TV | 45.2 | Cunningham Broadcasting (operated by SBG) | MyNetworkTV/This TV |- |Toledo, | WNWO-TV | 24.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | RTN |- | Wheeling-Steubenville | WTOV-TV | 9.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Fox |- | colspan="5"|
Oklahoma
|- |Oklahoma City |KOCB |34.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | The CW |- | Tulsa | KTUL | 8.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | local weather programming |- | colspan="5"|
Oregon
|-
- – Portland
| KATU 2.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Me-TV |- | colspan="5"|
Pennsylvania
|- |Harrisburg-Lancaster | WHP-TV | 21.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- |Johnstown-Altoona | WJAX-TV | 47.2 | Bayshore Television (operated by Cox Media Group) | GetTV |- | Pittsburgh | WPMY | 22.1 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV |- | colspan="5"|
South Carolina
|- |Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville | WMYA |- |Charleston | WMMP | | | |- |Columbia | WACH | .2 | | | |- | colspan="5"|
Tennessee
|- |Chattanooga | WTVC-TV | | | |- |Nashville | WUXP | | | |- | colspan="5"|
Texas
|- | Beaumont-Port Arthur | KBTV | .2 | | |- | El Paso-Las Cruces | KFOX | .2 | | |- | San Antonio | KMYS | | | |- | Waco-Temple-Bryan | Cox Sports Network | | | |- | colspan="5"|
Utah
|- |Salt Lake City |KMYU | | | |- | colspan="5"|
Virginia
|- |Norfolk-Va. Beach--Newport News | WTVZ | | | |- | Richmond-Petersburg | WRLH | .2 | | |- | Roanoke-Lynchburg | WSET | .2 | | |- | colspan="5"|
Washington
|- | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | .2 | | |- | colspan="5"|
Wisconsin
|- | Milwaukee | WCGV | | | |- | colspan="5"|
West Virginia
|- |Clarksburg-Weston | WDTV | | | |}}
On air staff
- Mike Gleason, play by play announcer
- Jim Donnan, color commentator
References
- ^ Fornelli, Tom (July 17, 2014). "Conference USA announces new television agreement". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ Malone, Michael (July 17, 2014). "Sinclair Launches American Sports Network". Broadcasting and Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ Schuler, Jeff (July 17, 2014). "Patriot League enters into TV agreement with new American Sports Network". The Morning Call. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- Sharrow, Ryan (July 17, 2014). "Sinclair Broadcast Group to launch American Sports Network". Baltimore Business Journal. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- McAdams, Deborah (17 July 2014). "Sinclair Launches Sports Network". TV Technology. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- "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.
- Kelley, Kevin (July 17, 2014). "American Sports Network to Televise 30 C-USA Football Games". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ^ 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.
See also
External link
- Official website
- CAA Football TV Schedule Released
- C-USA and Sinclair Broadcast Group Reach Multi-Year Content Agreement - includes 2014 Conference USA Football on American Sports Network
- Southern Conference Releases Football Broadcast Schedule
- Big South Conference Announces 2014 TV Schedule on ASN
- American Sports Network to Broadcast Four Patriot League Games in the Fall
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