CSN Bay Area
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| Comcast SportsNet Bay Area | |
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| Launched | 1990 (as SportsChannel Bay Area) |
| Network | Comcast Sports Net |
| Owned by | Comcast Fox Broadcasting Company San Francisco Giants |
| Country | United States |
| Language | American English |
| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area Northern California |
| Formerly called | SportsChannel Bay Area (1990-1991) SportsChannel Pacific (1991-1998) Fox Sports Bay Area (1998-2000) Fox Sports Net Bay Area (2000-2004) FSN Bay Area (2004-2008) |
| Replaced | Pacfic Sports Network |
| Sister channel(s) | CSN West |
| Website | CSN Bay Area |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 654 (SD) 654-1 (HD) |
| Dish Network | 419 (SD) 369 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on select cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (CSN Bay Area for short) is the regional sports network that serves cable outlets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as parts of Northern California.
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[edit] History
Originally launched as SportsChannel Bay Area in April 1990, it merged with the Pacific Sports Network in the July 1991 and became SportsChannel Pacific. When the SportsChannel networks joined the Fox Sports Net family, the channel was rebranded as Fox Sports Bay Area in January 1998, and to FSN Bay Area in 2004. With the network being 45% owned by Comcast, 30% owned by the San Francisco Giants and 25% owned by Fox, the network was rebranded as a part of the Comcast SportsNet family on March 31, 2008.[1]
[edit] Programming
CSN Bay Area televises the MLB's Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants, the NBA's Golden State Warriors, the NHL's San Jose Sharks, MLS's San Jose Earthquakes, the AFL's San Jose SaberCats and the NLL's San Jose Stealth. The channel also broadcasts college sports, mainly involving the Stanford Cardinal and the California Golden Bears as well as sports involving the Pacific-10, Western Athletic, Mountain West and West Coast Conferences.
Until 2004, the network also broadcast games involving the NBA's Sacramento Kings and the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs. Following the expiration of their contracts with the then-FSN Bay Area, the owners of the Kings and Monarchs went on to create CSN Bay Area's sister station, CSN West.
Every Thursday night, CSN Bay Area airs an out-of-market National Hockey League game, usually either from CSN Philadelphia or CSN Mid-Atlantic.
[edit] Additional channels
CSN Bay Area also operates three additional channels for their programming. CSN Plus and CSN Plus2 are overflow channels utilized for scheduling conflicts when more than one team broadcast by the station is playing at the same time. CSN HD is the high definition feed of the network. Like the CSN+ channels, this channel is only utilized for select HD broadcasts, and shows no other programming. A select number of Giants, Athletics, Warriors, Sharks and SaberCats games are broadcast in HD.
[edit] Personalities
- Mindi Bach, Athletics pre-game host
- Jim Barnett, Warriors color analyst
- Troy Dayak, Earthquakes color analyst[2]
- Ray Fosse, Athletics color analyst
- Bob Fitzgerald, Warriors and SaberCats play-by-play announcer
- Randy Hahn, Sharks play-by-play announcer
- Duane Kuiper, Giants play-by-play announcer
- Glen Kuiper, Warriors and Athletics play-by-play announcer
- Mike Krukow, Giants color analyst
- Greg Papa, Giants pre-game and post-game host
- Drew Remenda, Sharks color analyst
- Bip Roberts, Giants studio analyst
- FP Santangelo, Giants and Athletics game analyst
- John Shrader, Earthquakes play-by-play announcer[2] and Sharks intermission host
- Matt Steinmetz, Warriors game analyst
[edit] References
- ^ Authentic Opening Day
- ^ a b San Jose Earthquakes Media Relations, Quakes team with Comcast SportsNet, <http://www.mlsnet.com//news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080423&content_id=152568&vkey=pr_sje&fext=.jsp&team=t110>. Retrieved on 23 April 2008
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