Major League Baseball on NBC Sports Regional Networks

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Major League Baseball on NBC Sports Regional Networks refers to

television coverage on the chain of NBC Sports regional networks.[1]

NBC Sports Bay Area (San Francisco Giants)

Giants' telecasts are split between

TBS packages.).[2]

See also

NBC Sports Chicago (Chicago White Sox)

NBC Sports Chicago was created in 2004. It is jointly owned by

FSN Chicago. However, with the creation of the then Comcast SportsNet Chicago, all of Chicago's major professional teams dropped their agreements with FSN Chicago, though that channel limped along for another two years until going defunct in 2006. All games of the major Chicago sports teams on NBC SportsNet Chicago are broadcast in high definition
.

Cubs (until 2019)

Cubs telecasts are locally aired on three different outlets: Over broadcast television via the WGN television outlets (both the

The CW
, though WGN still does push back CW primetime programming to accommodate game broadcasts.

play-by-play announcer, and Bob Brenly, a former major league catcher and Arizona Diamondbacks manager, is the color commentator for the games. WGN also produces the games shown on WCIU; for those games, the score bug changes the "WGN" logo to "WGN Sports on The U" (previously "CubsNet"). WCIU games additionally air over MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYS-LD (Channel 69) in the South Bend, Indiana
market. WGN and CSN Chicago generally show an even number of Cubs games, while WCIU averages about 8 games per season.

In 2009, the Chicago Cubs expressed interest in creating their own regional cable network. Crane Kenney, the Cubs' president, said that a regional network owned by the Cubs would create additional revenue streams. The hope was that this would be similar to other successful regional sports networks such as the

YES Network and NESN. The only difference would be that the Cubs could not immediately broadcast Cubs games due to the existing contracts and/or ownership stakes in the then CSN Chicago, WGN-TV and WCIU-TV. According to Kenney, the new Cubs network would be like the MLB Network, but showing Cubs-only programming. Classic Cubs games from the past could be scheduled as well as in-depth specials. Live telecasts of the minor league affiliate Iowa Cubs games were also being considered (when there are no Cubs games scheduled or available due to contract agreements).[3]

The 2019 Major League Baseball season was the teams final on NBC Sports Chicago. Since the 2020 season the Cubs have partnered with their own regional sports network for games, Marquee Sports Network.

See also

White Sox

Television broadcasts were formally split three ways: WGN (both the local feed and WGN America), WCIU-TV (a local independent station) and NBC Sports Chicago. The announcers are the same wherever the game is televised: Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson on play-by-play and Steve Stone on color. Occasionally, well-known former White Sox players such as "Black Jack" McDowell fill in as substitutes in the broadcast booth. However since the 2019 season NBC Sports Chicago is the exclusive home for non nationally televised White Sox games. Since the 2019 season Jason Benetti has been the play-by-play announcer.

See also

American League West

NBC Sports California (Oakland Athletics)

As of 2012, television coverage is exclusively on

2009 MLB season, broadcasting an increased regular season of 145 regular season games (an increase of 37 from in 2008)[4]

On TV,

. Fosse also does play by play on the radio during Spring training games.

See also

National League East

NBC Sports Philadelphia (Philadelphia Phillies)

As of 2014, the Phillies' television stations are

Tom McCarthy calls play-by-play for the television broadcasts, with Ben Davis, John Kruk, and Mike Schmidt
providing color commentary.

Phillies games used to be unavailable on the satellite version of MLB Extra Innings. Beginning in 2007, both the cable and satellite version of MLB Extra Innings began to use the then CSN Philadelphia feed for some games and in 2008, when MLB Extra Innings began showing both feeds of most games, all Phillies games shown on the then CSN Philadelphia became available to all subscribers. In 2010, Phillies games on WPHL (which are produced by NBC Sports Philadelphia) were also shown on Extra Innings. Residents in the Philadelphia area cannot view these games due to blackout restrictions.

See also

SportsNet New York (New York Mets)

SNY was created in an effort for the

New Jersey Nets broke the monopoly by starting the YES Network
for their games, leaving the Mets in the Cablevision fold until their contract expired in 2005.

As of the 2011 season the Mets received $68 million in rights from the SportsNet New York channel, which they own two-thirds of.[6]

SNY carries at least 120 Mets games per season (with the remainder airing on

TBS, or ESPN). Gregg Picker produces the games and Bill Webb, who directs the World Series and the All-Star Game
for FOX, is the director for Mets broadcasts on both SNY and WPIX.

Notes:

See also

  • List of New York Mets broadcasters
  • Mets Pre-Game Live
    : half-hour-long program which previews the upcoming Mets games/series.
  • Mets Post-Game Live
    : half-hour-long program which recaps and reviews recent Mets Games and take a look at ahead of upcoming series.
  • Mets Fast Forward: hour-long condensed version of the previous Mets game at 6:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. following a Mets game on SNY or PIX11.
  • Mets Weekly
    : weekly half-hour Mets coverage, interviews, and stories; premieres Sundays at 6:00 p.m.
  • Kids Clubhouse: weekly half-hour kids' baseball education and coverage; premieres Saturdays at 12:00 p.m. Hosted by Neha Joy.
  • Mets Classics
    : classic Mets games from past seasons and the current season (UltiMet Classics).
  • Mets Hot Stove
    : offseason hot stove discussion about the Mets hosted by Kevin Burkhardt with various local writers.
  • Mets Yearbook
    : half-hour program of past Mets year in reviews from 1962 to 1988.
  • Mets Year in Review: a program recapping the mets season since 2009 hosted by Kevin Burkhardt.

Former

Comcast SportsNet Houston (Houston Astros)

It was the exclusive home of the NBA's Houston Rockets beginning with the 2012–13 NBA season and the MLB's Houston Astros beginning in the 2013 MLB season[7] and will be majority owned by the teams (Astros at 46.384% and Rockets at 30.923%, with NBCUniversal owning the other 22.693%).[8]

The initial idea of a team-owned regional sports network was first proposed in 1999. It was former Rockets president

AT&T SportsNet Southwest
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lucia, Joe (April 6, 2021). "Which RSN has the best MLB scorebug?". Awful Announcing.
  2. ^ Kroner, Steve (November 2, 2007). "Giants are moving to KNTV". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  3. ^ Cubs Could Have Own Television Network Soon
  4. ^ COMCAST SPORTS NET CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL OAKLAND ATHLETICS TELECAST SCHEDULE Archived 2009-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Welcome to Comcast SportsNet". Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  6. ^ Mike Ozanian (29 May 2011). "Einhorn Offer Suggests Mets Deal With SportsNet New York Is Undervalued". Sportsmoney. Forbes. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  7. ^ Astros, Rockets reach deal on new network MLB.com News August 3, 2010
  8. ^ a b Comcast SportsNet Houston plans October launch Houston Chronicle March 7, 2012 (retrieved April 6, 2012)