Fox Sports San Diego is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between Fox Cable Networks, Fox Entertainment Group division unit of 21st Century Fox (which owns an 80% controlling stake) and San Diego Padres (which owns the remaining 20% ​​of the shares), and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks.
The channel is broadcasting local coverage of sporting events in the San Diego market. Fox Sports San Diego is available at cable providers throughout San Diego County, adjacent Imperial County, as well as Coachella and Las Vegas Valleys, Southern Arizona and Hawaii; It is also available nationally on satellite via DirecTV. Inside the San Diego market, Cox Communications and Spectrum provides alternative Spanish play-by-play feed during Padres games through a second audio program feed from the Spanish team's radio network.
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Histori
The network was established after Fox Sports reached a 20-year broadcasting agreement for regional cable television rights to bring the game from the San Diego Padres Major League Baseball franchise, replacing previous 4SD rights holders, a local cable channel owned by Cox Communications. Henry S. Ford, an executive previously operating at Fox's regional sports network in Detroit and Ohio, was appointed president and general manager of Fox Sports San Diego.
Fox Sports San Diego was launched on March 17, 2012, with a San Diego Padres spring training match against the Kansas City Royals. Networks start operations with minimal attendance and no special editing facility or studio; during its first season, the Padres game broadcast was produced from a high definition production truck that was inherited from 4SD. Pre-match and post-game shows are also produced from the same truck, and broadcast from a semi-permanent stage in Petco Park's Park "Park" area, using a set inspired by similar performances used by Fox for major. sporting events that are broadcast nationwide. Resources have been shared with other FSN outlets; editing facilities originally based in Los Angeles, and master controls located alongside other regional sports networks of Fox at facilities near Houston, Texas.
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Programming
San Diego Padres
The network was created as a result of Padres and Fox Sports signed a 20-year broadcast agreement, in which Fox will pay $ 28 million for the rights in the first year and will likely increase topping out at a potential of $ 75 million in the final year of the contract. Tim commentators Dick Enberg and Mark Grant remain intact after moving to a new network, as they are employed by Padres himself.
Other sports
Professional
In addition to Padres, the channel is broadcasting professional sports teams (with the exception of baseball) from neighboring Los Angeles-Orange County markets, including the Los Angeles Clippers NBA and Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings NHL, broadcasting them televised games by the network of his brother Fox Sports Prime Ticket (fainting in Imperial County). Fox Sports San Diego also aired the Arizona Coyote game in Imperial County, which was broadcast from the channel of his brother Fox Sports Arizona. Until the team is folded in 2014, the network also carries simulcast broadcasts of the Chivas USA MLS game from Prime Ticket for the 2012 MLS Season.
Higher Education
Fox Sports San Diego has also been involved in discussions with many athletic programs on campus including San Diego University, San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego, California State University, San Marcos and Point Loma Nazarene; and universities in the Los Angeles area including UCLA and the University of Southern California.
Leading on-air staff
Current
- Andy Ashby - Live Padres guest analyst
- Steve Finley - Live Padres guest analyst
- Mark Grant - Color Commentator Padres
- Tony Gwynn Jr. - Live Padres guest analyst
- Nick Hardwick - hosted the radio for KLSD's Radio Sports Station (1360 AM)
- Steve Hartman - radio host for Fox Sports Radio KLSD station (1360 AM)
- Clay Hensley - Live Padres guest analyst
- Trevor Hoffman - Live Padres guest analyst
- Mark Loretta - Live Padres guest analyst
- Michelle Margaux - Padres POV host and backup reporter Padres
- Don Orsillo - Padres broadcaster play-by-play
- Mike Pomeranz - Padres Live host, Inside San Diego Sports host, and Backup Players reserve Padres
- Judson Richards - radio host for Fox Sports Radio KLSD station (1360 AM)
- Bob Scanlan - Padres side reporter
- Mark Sweeney - Padres Live analyst and color commentator Padres
Former
- Jesse Agler - Padres Social Hour host (2014 to 2015); now color commentator Padres for Radio Padres station 97.3 The Fan
- Julie Alexandria - side reporter Padres (2016)
- Kris Budden - Padres side reporter (2014 to 2015)
- Kelly Crull - Padres Weekly host and backup side reporter Padres (2013: now anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Chicago)
- Dick Enberg - Padres play-by-play announcer and Cup of Coffee host (2012 to 2016; deceased)
- Tony Gwynn - color commentator Padres (2012 to 2013; deceased)
- Mike Janela - Padres Social Hour host (2016)
- Andy Masur - Padres backup play-by-play announcer (2012: now radio host at WGN in Chicago)
- Britt McHenry - Padres side reporter (2012: now a reporter for ESPN)
- Laura McKeeman - Padres side reporter, Hosted Padres Live backup, and #SDLive co-host (2013; now host/reporter for CNN)
- Megan Olivi - Padres POV host and social media correspondent Padres (2013; now FS1 and UFC host/correspondent/reporter)
- Kate Osborne - Padres POV host and backup side reporter Padres (2014)
- Leila Rahimi - Padres side reporter (2012: now host/anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Chicago)
- Ally Sturm - Padres POV host and backup side reporter Padres (2015)
Availability
Cox Communications and DirecTV have brought the channel since its launch. Initially, DirecTV only brought Fox Sports San Diego as a part-time bait for live game broadcasts; then added a special 24 hour feed on April 1, 2013. AT & amp; T U-verse reached a train deal in September 2012, on the last day of Padres's regular season. Dish Network reached an agreement to bring Fox Sports San Diego on February 7, 2013, adding channels to the lineup two months later on April 1st.
Of the five major television providers serving the San Diego area, Time Warner Cable (now known as Spectrum serving about 22% of the market) is an important disappointment in running the network at launch; on the contrary, during the tenure of Padre on the channel, TWC actually carries 4SD (which, on the other hand, is not offered by U-verse or satellite providers, leading to complaints filed by AT & T to the Federal Communications Commission that ultimately leading to the abolition of the "terrestrial gap" in 2010). In March 2013, the San Diego City Council convened a symbolic resolution resolution pressing Fox and Time Warner Cable to reach an agreement with the opening of the 2013 season, citing "the importance of professional baseball in San Diego." On February 10, 2014, Fox announced that they finally reached an agreement with TWC to bring Fox Sports San Diego; providers began carrying channels on March 30, 2014, in time for the 2014 season.
In 2015, Frontier FiOS agrees to bring Fox Sports San Diego to Coachella Valley in time for the 2015 season.
The only cable TV provider that has not brought Fox Sports San Diego since its launch in 2012 is CenturyLink Prism TV in Las Vegas Valley and Hawaiian Telcom in Hawaii.
References
External links
- Official website
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