Fox Sports Pittsburgh
Launched	1986 (as KBL)
Network	Fox Sports Net
Owned by	DirecTV Sports Networks
Slogan	Bring the game to you
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Pittsburgh and all of Western, Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania, all of West Virginia except the eastern panhandle counties (metro D.C.), eastern and southeastern Ohio, western Maryland and the extreme eastern counties of Kentucky (see Armstrong Group Cable) Nationally via Satellite
Formerly called	KBL (1986–1994) Prime Network (1994–1996) Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh (1996–2004)
Website	http://pittsburgh.fsninsider.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	659
Dish Network	428 (SD+HD for selected programming)
Cable
Available on select cable systems	Check local listings for channels

FSN Pittsburgh is a regional sports network owned and operated by DirecTV Sports Networks. FSN Pittsburgh started out as KBL, which was owned by Prime Network. It was a network of Prime SportsChannel America when Prime and SportsChannel America merged. In 1996, Fox Sports Net bought out Prime SportsChannel and changed KBL to FSN Pittsburgh.

In 2006, News Corporation gave FSN Pittsburgh to Liberty Media, in a stock swap between the two companies of the DirecTV stock.^{[citation needed]}

On May 4, 2009, DirecTV Group Inc. said it would become a part of Liberty's entertainment unit, part of which would then be spun off as a separate company called DirecTV which would own FSN Pittsburgh.^[1]

[edit] Sports

[edit] Professional

• Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
• Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)
• Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) (Pre-Season simulcast with KDKA-TV)

[edit] College

• Big East Basketball (via ESPN Plus)
• Atlantic 10 Basketball

[edit] High School

• WPIAL High School Football

[edit] Regions Served

FSN Pittsburgh serves western and central Pennsylvania as well as Northeastern Pennsylvania with the popularity of the Pittsburgh Penguins farmteam in Scranton, all of West Virginia, Chautauqua County, New York, western Maryland, eastern and southeastern Ohio. (see Armstrong Group Cable)

[edit] Programming

[edit] National programming

From Fox Sports Net:

• The Best Damn Sports Show Period
• Beyond the Glory
• FSN Final Score
• The Official BCS Ratings Show
• Sports Science
• Atlantic Coast Conference men's college basketball - Sunday nights
• Big 12 college football
• Pac-10 college football
• Pac-10 men's college basketball - Thursdays, Saturdays, Sunday nights, and Pac-10 conference tournament
• Women's college basketball from the Big 12, Pac-10 and ACC
• Association of Volleyball Professionals (pro beach volleyball)
• Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters tennis tournaments
• Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Classic
• Red Bull Air Racing Series

[edit] Exclusive programming

• Pittsburgh Pirates live broadcasts
  • Pregame and postgame shows
  • Pirates Instant Replay - replayed broadcasts
  • Inside Pirates Baseball

• Pittsburgh Penguins live broadcasts
  • Pregame and postgame shows
  • Penguins Rewind - replayed broadcasts
  • Inside Penguins Hockey

• Pittsburgh Steelers news
  • [Mike Tomlin] Press Conferences - Hosted by Stan Savran
• The Mike Tomlin Show - Hosted by Stan Savran

• College football
  • Pittsburgh Panthers - news and Tuesday press conference
  • West Virginia Mountaineers - news and Tuesday press conference
  • Penn State Nittany Lions - news and Tuesday press conference
  • California Vulcans, Robert Morris Colonials, and Duquesne Dukes - broadcasts and news

• College basketball
  • Pittsburgh Panthers - live broadcasts, news and coverage
  • Penn State Nittany Lions - news and coverage
  • West Virginia Mountaineers - news and coverage
  • Duquesne Dukes - news and coverage
  • Robert Morris - news and coverage

• McDonald’s High School Football - Thursday and Friday night live broadcasts
• WPIAL football championships
• Trib Total Media High School Edition
• PIHL Penguins Cup

[edit] Former programming

• Savran on SportsBeat, hosted by Stan Savran was the longest-running sports show in Pittsburgh. It first aired on March 11, 1991, with the final airing on July 13, 2009 after being cancelled the week before.

• Pittsburgh Sports Tonight

• Pirates/Steelers On The Line, A call in show hosted by Rob King.

• The Edzo Show, featuring former Penguins head coach Eddie Olczyk. The show changed it's name back to "Inside Penguins Hockey" after Olczyk was fired by the Penguins on December 15, 2005

[edit] Weekday Afternoon Cartoon Block (1994–1996)

• Stunt Dawgs

• Biker Mice From Mars

• Exosquad

• Casper and Friends AKA The Harveytoons Show

• Mr. Bogus

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Pittsburgh Penguins

• Paul Steigerwald (Play-by-play)
• Bob Errey (Color-commentator)
• Dan Potash (Sideline reporter for Pirates, Penguins, University of Pittsburgh)
• Jay Caufield (Studio analyst)

[edit] Pittsburgh Pirates

• Tim Neverett (Play-by-play) (Replacing Lanny Frattare as of December 18, 2008)
• Greg Brown (Play-by-play)
• Bob Walk (Color-commentator)
• John Wehner (Color-commentator for road games only)
• Steve Blass (Color-commentator for home games only)
• Kent Tekulve (Studio analyst)

[edit] Anchors/Reporters

• Stan Savran
• Rob King
• Dan Potash
• Paul Alexander

[edit] Former Anchors/Reporters

• Lanny Frattare (Pittsburgh Pirates Play by Play) (Retired)^[2]
• Trenni Kusnierek (now with MLB Network)
• Ryan Burr (now with ESPN)
• Brent Stover (now with Big Ten Network)
• Pat Parris (now with Fox Sports Midwest)
• Guy Junker (now with WTAE and WEAE)
• Marshall Harris (now with Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia)
• Mike Lange (Pittsburgh Penguins Play by Play) (now with WXDX-FM)
• Rob Nikoleski
• Stephanie Gabos
• Keith Wilson

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Pittsburgh Regional Page at FSN Insider