FanDuel Sports Network South is an American

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owned by Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group) and operated as an affiliate of

FanDuel Sports Network FanDuel Sports Network (formerly Bally Sports) is a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group). The networks carry regional broadcasts of sporting events from various ...

. The network carries regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events from across the

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, along with other sporting events and programming from FanDuel Sports Network and FanDuel TV. FanDuel Sports Network South is available on

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providers throughout

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

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and

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. It is also available nationwide on

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via

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History

FanDuel Sports Network South was originally launched on August 29, 1990, as SportSouth, under the ownership of the

Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its asse ...

, in conjunction with business partners Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) and Scripps-Howard Broadcasting. At its launch, the channel held the regional cable television rights to the

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...

and

Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team ...

. Shortly after Turner completed its merger with

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, SportSouth was purchased by

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's Fox Cable Networks in the winter of 1996. The channel was integrated into the recently formed

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group of regional sports networks, and was officially rebranded as Fox Sports South in January 1997. The channel's name was amended to "Fox Sports Net South" in 2000, as part of a collective brand modification of the FSN networks under the "Fox Sports Net" banner). In 2002, Fox Sports South began producing the ''Southern Sports Report'' from its

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studios, as part of the collective FSN networks' expansion of "regional sports reports" to complement the '' National Sports Report'', both formatted as daily news programs focusing on sports news and highlights. The Atlanta studios served as a production hub for the regional sports reports broadcast on other FSN networks, often utilizing the same anchors (with Terry Chick being the most prominent). The ''Southern Sports Report'' was discontinued in 2005; around the same time, FSN South began producing a similar program, ''Around The South'', which focused on sports stories across the region. In 2004, the channel shortened its name to FSN South, through the networks' de-emphasis of the Fox Sports Net brand. On February 23, 2006, News Corporation purchased the general entertainment cable channel Turner South from the Turner Broadcasting System for $375 million. After the deal was completed, the channel dropped all remaining entertainment programming and converted into a sports-exclusive channel as it became part of the Fox Sports Networks group, adopting the "SportSouth" name formerly used by Fox Sports South. FSN South, which effectively became a sister network to the new SportSouth (which was renamed Fox Sports Southeast in October 2015), reverted to the Fox Sports South moniker in 2008. In 2008, SportSouth acquired the partial television rights to the

, splitting the telecasts with Atlanta

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(channel 17), which ceased distributing the station's Braves telecasts nationally after its separation from its companion

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feed TBS (which became a conventional cable network) in October 2007. After Turner turned over the operations of WPCH to the

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under a

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in 2011, production of the Braves telecasts was transferred from

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to Fox Sports South, in a deal in which the channel would produce a package of 45 regular season games each year for WPCH. On February 28, 2013, Fox Sports South and SportSouth reached a deal with the Braves to acquire the 45 additional Atlanta Braves games beginning with the 2013 season, ending the team's contract with WPCH-TV and marking the first time in 40 years that the team's game telecasts were not available on broadcast television in the Atlanta market. In July 2013, News Corporation spun off the Fox Sports Networks and most of its other U.S. entertainment properties into

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On December 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies,

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announced plans to acquire all 22 regional Fox Sports networks from

, including Fox Sports South and sister network Fox Sports Southeast. However, on June 27, 2018, the

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ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of

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. On May 3, 2019,

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and

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(through their joint venture, Diamond Holdings) bought

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from The Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion. The deal closed on August 22, 2019. On November 17, 2020, Sinclair announced an agreement with casino operator

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to serve as a new

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partner for the FSN channels. Sinclair announced the new Bally Sports branding for the channels on January 27, 2021. On March 31, 2021, coinciding with the

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, Fox Sports South and sister network Fox Sports Southeast was rebranded as Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast, resulting in 18 other Regional Sports Networks renamed Bally Sports in their respective regions. The first live sporting event on the regional network was the opening-day coverage of the Braves visiting the Phillies on April 1. The game was preceded by the "Braves Live" pregame show. On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports filed for

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. On October 16, 2024, it was revealed in a court filing that Diamond had reached a new sponsorship agreement with

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, under which it intends to rebrand Bally Sports as the FanDuel Sports Network; on October 18, 2024, Diamond officially announced the rebranding, which will take effect October 21. Under the agreement, FanDuel will have the option to take a minority equity stake of up to 5% once Diamond Sports exits bankruptcy. The branding will be downplayed within programming related to high school sports.

Coverage area

FanDuel Sports Network South's coverage area includes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and most of Kentucky. It is, by far, the largest coverage by area and total market reach of any Bally Sports affiliate. As such, the channel is often separated into several sub-regional feeds for the purposes of adhering to the various professional leagues' home territory rules. For example,

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...

games are only seen in Tennessee, most of Kentucky, northern Mississippi and northern Alabama.

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Divisio ...

games are available in those markets plus Georgia. Meanwhile,

and

Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Con ...

games are only seen in North and South Carolina. Neither team's games are seen elsewhere within FanDuel Sports Network South's coverage area, although Predators games are occasionally rebroadcast in North Carolina. The Atlanta Hawks also have restrictions preventing games from being carried in most of the Carolinas, parts of Mississippi, and all of Kentucky. In some areas select games from neighboring FanDuel Sports Networks are carried on either FDSN South or an alternate channel. These include games from the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

( FanDuel Sports Network Midwest),

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...

( FanDuel Sports Network Indiana),

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

(

FanDuel Sports Network Ohio FanDuel Sports Network Ohio (formerly Bally Sports Ohio) is an American regional sports network owned by Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group) as part of the FanDuel Sports Network chain. The channel broadcasts regional cover ...

), and

New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Confere ...

( Bally Sports New Orleans efore 2024. In October 2008, Fox decided to split Fox Sports South into three separate channels to offer more localized sports coverage. It launched separate respective feeds for the Carolinas and most of Tennessee, Fox Sports Carolinas and Fox Sports Tennessee. Fox Sports considered these feeds as separate networks, which maintained their own sub-sites within the main Fox Sports Local website. These channels were collapsed back into the Bally Sports South name when it launched on March 31, 2021, with a common non-gametime schedule, but the separate feeds otherwise continue.

Teams by Media Market

Note: In Kentucky, eastern North Carolina, and parts of Mississippi, FanDuel Sports Network Southeast is not available. In these areas all games are shown on FanDuel Sports Network South or an alternate channel.

Programming

FanDuel Sports Network South holds the exclusive regional cable television rights to the

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franchise; the

and

of the

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; and the

and

of the

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. The channel also provides coverage of men's college basketball from the Davidson Wildcats and the

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, including regional coverage of the Murray State Racers and Belmont Bruins. Due to the naming rights deal with FanDuel, select programming from FanDuel TV is included in the schedule.

Announcers

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

* Brandon Gaudin – play-by-play announcer * C. J. Nitkowski – analyst * Jeff Francoeur – analyst * Treavor Scales – ''Braves LIVE'' pre-game and post-game host * Nick Green – ''Braves LIVE'' analyst / ''Braves Live'' fill-in pre-game and post-game host * Peter Moylan – ''Braves LIVE'' analyst * Wiley Ballard – reporter / alternate play-by-play announcer / ''Braves Live'' fill-in pre-game and post-game host * Paul Byrd – reporter * Hanna Yates – reporter

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...

* Bob Rathbun – play-by-play announcer *

Dominique Wilkins Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12, 1960) is a French-born American former professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wilkins is a nine-time NBA All-Star, a seve ...

– analyst * Treavor Scales – ''Hawks LIVE'' host * Mike Glenn – ''Hawks LIVE'' analyst * Tabitha Turner – sideline reporter *

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- analyst (select games) and ''Hawks Live'' fill-in pre-game and post-game host

Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Con ...

* Mike Maniscalco – play-by-play announcer * Tripp Tracy – analyst * Hanna Yates – ''Hurricanes LIVE'' host / in-game reporter * Shane Willis – ''Hurricanes LIVE'' analyst

Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team ...

* Eric Collins – play-by-play announcer * Dell Curry – analyst * Shannon Spake – sideline reporter / ''Hornets LIVE'' host * Terrence Oglesby ''Hornets LIVE'' analyst (Home Games Only)

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...

* Pete Pranica – play-by-play announcer * Brevin Knight – analyst * Rob Fischer – sideline reporter / ''Grizzlies LIVE'' host * Chris Vernon – ''Grizzlies LIVE'' analyst / contributor (Home Games Only)

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Divisio ...

* Willy Daunic – play-by-play announcer * Chris Mason – analyst * Kara Hammer – rinkside reporter (home games) * Hal Gill – ''Predators LIVE'' analyst * Lyndsay Rowley – ''Predators LIVE'' host/reporter, rinkside reporter (away games)

Former announcers

* John Forslund – Carolina Hurricanes play-by-play announcer * Kevin Egan – Atlanta United play-by-play announcer * Maurice Edu – Atlanta United analyst * Jillian Sakovits – sideline reporter / ''Atlanta United LIVE'' host * Kelly Crull - reporter / ''Braves LIVE'' fill-in pre-game and post-game host * Rebecca Kaple – sideline reporter * Ashley ShahAhmadi – sideline reporter / ''Hornets LIVE'' host * Chip Caray – Atlanta Braves play-by-play announcer * Andre Aldridge – sideline reporter / ''Hawks LIVE'' host * Mike Glenn – ''Hawks LIVE'' analyst * Gerald Henderson ''Hornets LIVE'' analyst * Jerome Jurenovich – ''Braves LIVE'' and ''Hawks LIVE'' pre-game and post-game host * Brian Jordan – ''Braves LIVE'' analyst

References

External links

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History

Coverage area

Teams by Media Market

Programming

Announcers

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...

Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Con ...

Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team ...

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Divisio ...

Former announcers

See also

References

External links