Wazoo Sports Network
Kentuckiana and Southern Indiana | |
Headquarters | London, Kentucky |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 480i SD |
Ownership | |
Owner | Wazoo Sports, Inc. |
History | |
Launched | 2009 |
Closed | December 31, 2011 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.wazoosports.com |
Wazoo Sports Network was a
On September 28, 2009, Wazoo Sports announced a partnership with
Wazoo Sports Network lost its three digital subchannel affiliations in December 2011. WEHT ended their affiliation (and subchannel 25.2 altogether) the evening of December 1, 2011 after that station's sale to
Variously Wazoo also offered other Kentucky High School Athletic Association-sanctioned high school sports broadcasts pertaining to local teams and state tourneys over a network of affiliates spread throughout Kentucky via syndication, and offered almost all of their high school programming via video on demand through the network's website.
Besides high school sports, programming of interest produced, aired in archive form, or part of a network Wazoo Sports was associated with included the following sports and teams;
- Minor league baseball
- College sports
References
- Belo Corp. and Wazoo Sports. September 28, 2009. Archivedfrom the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^ "WLEX creates channel to air classic UK games, prep sports | KentuckySports.com". www.kentucky.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "WLEX, Wazoo Sports Debut Channel - TVNewsCheck.com".
- ^ "WEHT To Debut Local Sports Channel". TVNewsCheck. July 19, 2010. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^ a b Newkirk, Jacob (December 22, 2011). "WHAS11 joins WEHT in dumping Wazoo Sports". Jake's DTV Blog. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2012. The article was updated on December 27.
- ^ "Wazoo no longer available on 11.3 or digital channels". WHAS11.com. December 18, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c Sloan, Scott (January 9, 2012). "Kentucky broadcaster Wazoo Sports files for bankruptcy". Lexington Herald-Leader. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2012.