Spectrum Sports was a

regional sports network In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel (many of which are also distributed on direct broadcast satellite services) that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region. ...

serving

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

and owned by

Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. With over 32 million customers in 41 states, it is the second-largest cable operator in the United States by subscribe ...

through its acquisition of

Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, operat ...

in May 2016. It ceased operations in June 2017, with some of its remaining programs migrating to Spectrum News Austin.

Programming

The following sporting were carried by Spectrum Sports (Texas): *

TAPPS The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, or TAPPS, is an organization headquartered in the Lone Star Tower at Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas. It was formerly headquartered at the Salado Civic Center in Salado, Texas. Fou ...

high school games weekly (football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball; Fridays live) * UIL football (Thursdays live, Friday & Saturday tape delayed, post-season live) * UTRGV basketball and baseball * Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer *

UTSA Roadrunners The UTSA Roadrunners is a collegiate athletic program that represents the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The UTSA Roadrunners are also commonly referred to as "UTSA", "Roadrunners", "Runners", “The Meep Meeps”, or simply “The B ...

basketball (select) *

SMU Mustangs The SMU Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, United States. The Mustangs were founded in 1911 and joined the Southwest Conference, competing against Baylor, Rice, Texas, Texa ...

basketball (select) *

Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it ...

basketball ( Lamar, Incarnate Word, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, etc.) (select) *Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup *

Texas State Bobcats football The Texas State Bobcats football program Texas State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. They play in the Sun Belt Conference. The program began in 1904 and has an overall winning record. ...

, basketball, and baseball *

Allen Americans The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009 in the Central Hockey League (CHL) where they played f ...

hockey Other shows that aired on Spectrum Sports: *''Raceline'' *''Future Phenoms'' *''Sled Head'' *''Torc Unleased'' *''Xtream Racing'' *

FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). The franchise began play in 1996 as a charter club of the le ...

MLS soccer (simulcast of TXA 21 outside of Dallas–Fort Worth, primary broadcaster for select games) *

Dallas Vigilantes The Dallas Vigilantes were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Dallas, Texas. Like its AFL predecessor, the Dallas Desperados, the Vigilantes played at the American Airlines Center. The Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks began play ...

arena football

External links

North Texas

References

{{Sports television in the United States

Television channels and stations established in 2010 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017 Defunct local cable stations in the United States 2010 establishments in Texas 2017 disestablishments in Texas Defunct mass media in Texas