American Sports Network

American Sports Network
TypeAd hoc television network/syndication service
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaRegional
(available on television stations in several markets, as well as select regional sports networks)
AffiliatesList of affiliates
HeadquartersWest Palm Beach, Florida[1]
Ownership
OwnerSinclair Broadcast Group
ParentSinclair Networks LLC[2]
Key peopleDoron Gorshein
(COO, Sinclair Networks)
History
FoundedJuly 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)
LaunchedAugust 30, 2014 (2014-08-30)
ClosedAugust 21, 2017 (2017-08-21)
(2 years, 356 days)
Replaced byStadium
Links
Websiteamericansportsnet.com

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:

League Football Men's
basketball		 Women's
basketball		 Men's
ice hockey		 Men's
soccer		 Women's
soccer		 Baseball Softball Women's
volleyball		 Men's
lacrosse		 Women's
lacrosse
Atlantic 10 Conference[39] Yes Yes
Big South Conference Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Big Ten Conference Yes
Colonial Athletic Association[40] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conference USA Yes Yes Yes Yes
Horizon League Yes
Ivy League[41] Yes Yes Yes
Ohio Valley Conference Yes
Patriot League Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Southern Conference Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Western Athletic Conference Yes Yes

2015–16

During the 2015–16 season, ASN televised live events from the following NCAA Division I conferences:

League Football Men's
basketball		 Women's
basketball		 Men's
ice hockey		 Women's
ice hockey		 Men's
soccer		 Women's
soccer		 Baseball Softball Women's
volleyball		 Men's
lacrosse		 Women's
lacrosse
American Athletic Conference[42] Yes
Atlantic 10 Conference[43] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Big South Conference[44] Yes Yes Yes
Big Ten Conference[45] Yes
Colonial Athletic Association[46] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conference USA[47] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ECAC Hockey[48] Yes
Hockey East[49] Yes Yes
Horizon League[50] Yes
Ivy League[51] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mid-American Conference[19] Yes Yes Yes
National Collegiate Hockey Conference[52] Yes
Ohio Valley Conference[53] Yes Yes Yes
Patriot League[54] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Southern Conference[55] Yes Yes Yes
Southland Conference[56] Yes Yes
Western Athletic Conference[57] Yes Yes Yes
Western Collegiate Hockey Association[48] Yes

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:

League Football Men's
basketball		 Women's
basketball		 Men's
ice hockey		 Women's
ice hockey		 Men's
soccer		 Women's
soccer		 Women's
volleyball		 Baseball Softball Men's
lacrosse		 Women's
lacrosse		 Beach
volleyball
American Athletic Conference[58] Yes
Atlantic Hockey[59] Yes
ASUN Conference[60] Yes Yes
Atlantic 10 Conference[61] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Big South Conference[62] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Big Ten Conference[63] Yes
Colonial Athletic Association[64] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conference USA[65] Yes Yes Yes
ECAC Hockey[48] Yes
Hockey East[66] Yes Yes
Horizon League[67] Yes
Ivy League[68] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mid-American Conference[69] Yes Yes Yes
National Collegiate Hockey Conference[70] Yes
Ohio Valley Conference[71] Yes Yes
Patriot League[72] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Southern Conference[73] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Southland Conference[74] Yes Yes
Sunbelt Conference[75] Yes Yes
Western Athletic Conference[76] Yes Yes
Western Collegiate Hockey Association[77] Yes

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

Main article: List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

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.

  • A blue background indicates ASN as the primary affiliation.
List of American Sports Network affiliates[80][81][82][83][84][85]
City of license / market Station Channel Ownership
Birmingham, AL WBMA-LD3 58 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Huntsville–Decatur, AL WZDX-DT2 54 Nexstar Media Group
Fayetteville, AR KAJL-LD 16 DTV America Corporation
Los Angeles, CA KHIZ-LD4 8 DTV America Corporation
Sacramento, CA KAHC-LD 43 DTV America Corporation
Hartford–New Haven, CT WCTX 59 Nexstar Media Group
Atlanta, GA WATL 36 Tegna Inc.
Cleveland, GA (Atlanta, GA) WDWW-LD 28 DTV America Corporation
Macon, GA WMUB-LD 38 Mercer University
Springfield–Decatur–Champaign, IL WBUI 23 GOCOM Media[a]
Indianapolis, IN WHMB-DT3 40.3 LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation
Fort Dodge, IA (Des Moines, IA) KCYM-LD4 45 DTV America Corporation
Topeka, KS (Kansas City, KS–MO) KCMN-LD4 42.4 DTV America Corporation
Bowling Green, KY WKYU-TV 24[86] Western Kentucky University
Louisville, KY WAVE-TV 3 Gray Television
Louisville, KY WBNA-DT4 21 Evangel World Prayer Center
Alexandria, LA KBCA 41 Wilderness Communications
Lafayette, LA KXKW-LD 32 Delta Media Corporation
Monroe, LA–El Dorado, AR KNOE-DT3 8 Gray Television
New Orleans, LA WQDT-LD3 36 DTV America Corporation
Shreveport, LA–Texarkana, AR KPXJ 21 KTBS, LLC
Portland, ME WGME-DT3 13 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Baltimore, MD WUTB-DT3 24 Deerfield Media[a]
Detroit, MI WMYD 20 E. W. Scripps Company
Buffalo, NY WNYO-DT2 49 Sinclair Broadcast Group
New York City, NY WDVB-CD2 23 LocusPoint Networks
New York City, NY WRNN-DT2 48 WRNN License Company, LLC
Charlotte, NC WCCB 18 Bahakel Communications
Winston-Salem–Greensboro–High Point, NC WXLV-DT2 45 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC WLFL-DT2 22 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Wilmington, NC WILM-LD3 10 Capitol Broadcasting Company
Akron, OH (Cleveland, OH) WQDI-LD4 20 DTV America Corporation
Cincinnati, OH WKRC-DT3 12 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Columbus, OH WTTE-DT3 28 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Dayton, OH WKEF-DT2 22 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Toledo, OH WNWO-DT2 24 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Enid–Oklahoma City, OK KBZC-LD 42 DTV America Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA WPNT-DT2 22 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Wilkes-Barre, PA WSWB-DT4 38[87] MPS Media, LLC[b]
San Juan, PR WAPA-DT2 4 Hemisphere Media Group[c]
Ponce, PR WTIN-DT2 4 Hemisphere Media Group
Mayagüez, PR WNJX-DT2 4 Hemisphere Media Group
Vieques, PR W33ED-D2 34.2 TV Red de Puerto Rico, Inc.
Villalba, PR W16CW-D2 34.2 TV Red de Puerto Rico, Inc.
Florence–Myrtle Beach, SC WWMB-DT3 21 Howard Stirk Holdings[a]
Columbia, SC WACH-DT2 57 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Jackson, TN WNBJ-LD 39[88] Jackson TV, LLC
Knoxville, TN WATE-DT2 6[88] Nexstar Media Group
Nashville, TN WNAB-DT2 58 Tennessee Broadcasting[a]
Nashville, TN WKUW-LD3 40 DTV America Corporation
Corpus Christi, TX KRIS-DT2 6 E. W. Scripps Company
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX KTXD-TV 47 Cunningham Broadcasting
El Paso–Las Cruces, NM KVIA-DT2 7 News-Press & Gazette Company
Longview, TX KLPN-LD[d] 47 White Knight Broadcasting[e]
Tyler, TX KTPN-LD 48 White Knight Broadcasting[f]
Christiansted, VI WCVI-TV 23 LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation
Norfolk, VA WTVZ-DT2 33 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Lynchburg–Roanoke, VA WSET-DT2 13 Sinclair Broadcast Group
Clarksburg–Weston, WV WDTV 5 Gray Television
Charleston–Huntington, WV WVAH-DT2 11 Cunningham Broadcasting[a]
Madison, WI (Janesville, WI) WIFS-DT4 57 Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC
Madison–Middleton, WI WZCK-LD4 8 DTV America Corporation
  1. ^ a b c d e Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  2. ^ Operated by New Age Media, LLC, with assistance provided by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  3. ^ Hemisphere was jointly owned by InterMedia Partners (73 percent) and Azteca Acquisition Corporation (27 percent).
  4. ^ Translator of KTPN-LD.
  5. ^ Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
  6. ^ Operated by Nexstar Media Group.

Regional sports networks

See also

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