Bally Sports San Diego
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Bally Sports San Diego is an American
The channel broadcasts local coverage of sports events within the
History
The network was established after
Fox Sports San Diego launched on March 17, 2012, with a San Diego Padres spring training game against the Kansas City Royals.[3] The network started operations with a minimal presence and no dedicated editing facilities or studio; during its first season, Padres game broadcasts were produced from a high-definition production truck inherited from 4SD. Pre-game and post-game shows were also produced from the same truck, and broadcast from a semi-permanent stage in the "Park at the Park" area of Petco Park, using a set inspired by a similar staging used by Fox for major sports events televised nationally. Resources have been shared with other FSN outlets; editing facilities were initially based out of Los Angeles, and master control is co-located alongside Fox's other regional sports networks at a facility near Houston, Texas.[4]
On December 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies,
Bankruptcy
On February 15, 2023, Diamond Sports Group, the owner of Bally Sports Great Lakes, failed to make a $140 million interest payment, instead opting for a 30-day grace period to make the payment.[9] On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[10]
After filing for bankruptcy, Diamond Sports missed a payment to the Padres in mid-March and entered a grace period. Diamond Sports eventually made the payment on March 29.[11] In mid-May, Diamond Sports missed a second payment to the Padres and once again entered a grace period. On May 30, Diamond let the grace period expire, saying it had "decided not to provide additional funding to the San Diego RSN that would enable it to make the rights payment to the San Diego Padres during the grace period." Because Bally Sports San Diego is a joint venture between the Padres and Diamond it is technically not in bankruptcy. Therefore this missed payment did not have the same bankruptcy protections that Diamond's other missed payments had.[12] As a result, the Padres May 30 game at the Miami Marlins would be the team's last broadcast on Bally Sports San Diego, marking the first time since their bankruptcy filing that Diamond's local rights to a Major League Baseball team reverted back to MLB and the affected team, while leaving the future of the network in doubt. MLB subsequently took over production of Padres broadcasts, with the games being made available on select cable channels, including YurView California, and MLB.TV within the Bally Sports San Diego footprint.[13]
Programming
Professional
The channel airs telecasts of the
College
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Fox Sports San Diego has also been engaged in discussions with many of the area's college athletic programs including the
Liga MX
In May 2018, Fox Sports acquired the English-language rights to broadcast the home matches of Liga MX clubs C.F. Monterrey and Club Tijuana across the Fox Sports family of networks, the latter being located in neighboring Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico as well as having an established fan base in the San Diego area. The first match under this contract aired on July 21, 2018, with a match between Tijuana and Guadalajara which was also simulcast nationally on FS1 as well as other nearby Fox Sports regional networks.
Former programming
San Diego Padres
The network was created as a result of the Padres and Fox Sports signing a 20-year broadcast deal, in which Fox would pay $28 million for rights in the first year and would likely escalate topping out at a potential $75 million in the final year of the contract.
Notable on-air staff
Current
- Andy Ashby – Former Padres Live guest analyst
- Steve Finley – Former Padres Live guest analyst
- Nick Hardwick - radio host for Fox Sports Radio station KLSD (1360 AM)
- Steve Hartman – radio host for Fox Sports Radio station KLSD (1360 AM)
- Annie Heilbrunn – Former backup Padres sideline reporter; former Padres Weekly host (2012) and backup Padres Social Hour host (2014 to 2015)
- Clay Hensley – Former Padres Live guest analyst
- Trevor Hoffman – Former Padres Live guest analyst
- Mark Loretta – Former Padres Live guest analyst
- Mike Pomeranz – Inside San Diego Sports and former Padres Live host
- Judson Richards - radio host for Fox Sports Radio station KLSD (1360 AM)
- Mark Sweeney – Former Padres Live analyst and backup Padres color commentator
Former
- Jesse Agler – backup Padres play-by-play announcer; currently is the Padres play-by-play announcer for Padres Radio station 97.3 The Fan and former Padres Social Hour host (2014 to 2015)
- Julie Alexandria – Padres sideline reporter (2016)
- Kris Budden – Padres sideline reporter (2014 to 2015; now with ESPN)
- Kelly Crull – Padres Weekly host and backup Padres sideline reporter (2013; now anchor/reporter for Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast)
- Dick Enberg – Padres play-by-play announcer and Cup of Coffee host (2012 to 2016; deceased)
- Mark Grant– Padres color commentator
- Tony Gwynn – Padres color commentator (2012 to 2013; deceased)
- Tony Gwynn Jr. – Padres Live guest analyst and Padres POV host
- Mike Janela – Padres Social Hour host (2016)
- Lisa Lane – Padres POV host and backup Padres sideline reporter (2018)
- Michelle Margaux – Padres POV host and backup Padres sideline reporter (2016 to 2017, later Fox Sports Sun, now Houston Astros reporter on Space City Home Network)
- Andy Masur – backup Padres play-by-play announcer (2012; now radio host on WGN in Chicago)
- Britt McHenry – Padres sideline reporter (2012; last for ESPN)
- Laura McKeeman – Padres sideline reporter, backup Padres Live host, and #SDLive co-host (2013; now host/reporter for ESPN)
- UFChost/correspondent/reporter)
- Don Orsillo – Padres play-by-play announcer[14]
- Kate Osborne – Padres POV host and backup Padres sideline reporter (2014)
- Leila Rahimi – Padres sideline reporter (2012; later host/anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Chicago, now sports anchor for WMAQ-TV, also in Chicago)
- Bob Scanlan – Padres sideline reporter
- Ally Sturm – Padres POV host and backup Padres sideline reporter (2015)
Availability
Of the five major television providers serving the San Diego region,
In 2015,
The only cable TV providers that haven't carried Bally Sports San Diego since its launch in 2012 are CenturyLink Prism TV in the Las Vegas Valley and Hawaiian Telcom in Hawaii.
References
- ^ U-T San Diego. MLIM Holdings. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ a b c "MAFFEI: Fox Sports San Diego is close to being reality". North County Times. MLIM Holdings. December 8, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
- ^ "Channel Finder". Fox Sports San Diego. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ^ a b Jason Dachman (May 11, 2012). "Fox Sports' San Diego Startup Operates Entire Network Out of One Truck". Sports Video Group. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (3 May 2019). "Sinclair Clinches Disney-Regional Sports Networks Deal, Byron Allen Joins as Partner". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Sinclair completes acquisition of regional sports networks from Disney". Bloomberg. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Novy-Williams, Eben (2020-11-19). "Bally's Buys Sinclair RSN Naming Rights As Part of Sports Betting Push". Sportico.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Bally Sports, Coming March 31". YouTube (Fox Sports Midwest). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- Sports Business Journal. Leaders Group. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Hayes, Dade (2023-03-15). "Diamond Sports Group, Owner Of Bally Networks Once Run By Fox, Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- Sports Business Journal. Leaders Group. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (May 31, 2023). "Diamond Sports Group Pulls Plug on Bally Sports San Diego Padres Games". Next TV. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "Bally Sports' parent company misses another Padres payment," from San Diego Union-Tribune, 5/23/2023
- ^ "Don Orsillo begins new chapter with Padres". San Diego Union-Tribune. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "PADRES: Fox Sports San Diego ready to launch". North County Times. MLIM Holdings. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012.
- ^ "FSSD Launches Full-Time on DIRECTV April 1". Fox Sports San Diego. February 27, 2013.
- ^ a b "Dish deal leaves TWC as lone Padres holdout". U-T San Diego. MLIM Holdings. February 7, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "Finally, Padres make it onto Time Warner". U-T San Diego. MLIM Holdings. February 10, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "FCC throws Cox a curve on Padres". U-T San Diego. MLIM Holdings. January 21, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ^ "No sign of Fox Sports, Time Warner Padres TV deal". U-T San Diego. MLIM Holdings. March 26, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.