Bally Sports Ohio is an American

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owned by

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and is operated as an affiliate of

Bally Sports The Bally Sports Regional Networks are a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint-venture company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios. The naming rights to the network we ...

. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of

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, with a focus on professional sports teams based in

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and

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, which are broadcast on separate programming feeds, as well as

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. Bally Sports Ohio is available on

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providers throughout Ohio, as well as parts of

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, northwestern

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, eastern

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, border communities of

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, and extreme southwestern

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; it is also available nationwide on

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via

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History

The channel originally launched on February 9, 1989 as SportsChannel Ohio. It launched as an affiliate of

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, a slate of regional sports networks operated as a

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between

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and

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. SportsChannel Ohio initially held the broadcast games from the

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and the

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. The channel also aired select

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

games produced by

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basketball and football games, and

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sporting events (with the exception of football and basketball). In 1997,

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and

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purchased a 40% interest in Cablevision's sports properties including the SportsChannel America networks (as well as

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and its

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and

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team tenants, the

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and

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) in a deal worth $850 million, forming the venture National Sports Partners to run the owned-and-operated regional networks. As part of a gradual rebranding of the SportsChannel networks that began that month, SportsChannel Ohio was rebranded as Fox Sports Ohio in January 1998. The channel was then rebranded as Fox Sports Net Ohio in 2000, as part of a collective brand modification of the FSN networks under the "Fox Sports Net" banner; subsequently in 2004, the channel shortened its name to FSN Ohio, through the networks' de-emphasis of the brand. In February 2005, News Corporation (which spun off most of its entertainment properties into

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in July 2013) acquired Cablevision's ownership stakes in Fox Sports Ohio and

Fox Sports Florida Bally Sports Florida is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local sports coverage in the state of Florida, with a focus on professional sport ...

, following an asset trade in which Fox sold its interest in Madison Square Garden, the Knicks and the Rangers, to Cablevision, in exchange for acquiring sole ownership of the two networks. The channel reverted to the Fox Sports Ohio moniker in 2008. 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 Ohio, sister network

SportsTime Ohio Bally Sports Great Lakes is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel, which is a sister network to Bally Sports Ohio, broadcasts statewide coverage of professiona ...

, and Fox's 50% stake in the network's Cincinnati sub-feed. 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,

and

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(through their joint venture, Diamond Holdings) bought

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from

for $10.6 billion. The deal would also bring Fox Sports Ohio and SportsTime Ohio under common ownership with Sinclair stations

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in Columbus and

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in Cincinnati, bringing possible

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with those stations; Sinclair also owns or operates

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in Toledo,

WKEF WKEF (channel 22) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC, Fox, and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Dabl affiliate WRGT-TV (channel 45) under a local ...

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and

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within Fox Sports Ohio/SportsTime Ohio's coverage area. On August 23, 2019, the deal was completed. 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 Ohio and sister network SportsTime Ohio were rebranded as Bally Sports Ohio and Bally Sports Great Lakes, respectively, resulting in 18 other Regional Sports Networks renamed Bally Sports in their respective regions. On the rebranded regional network, the first live sporting event was the Reds home opener against the Cardinals on April 1. The game was preceded by the "Reds Live" pregame show. 150px, 2010s logo as Fox Sports Ohio

Feeds

The network operates regional feeds for the Cleveland and Cincinnati markets, both branded as Bally Sports Ohio (but with the latter feed disambiguated in some

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s and online television listings services as "Bally Sports Cincinnati"), which broadcast different events depending on the market. This arrangement can cause event conflicts in the

market, which is located between Cincinnati and Cleveland. In the event of conflicting events between the two regional feeds (typically between the

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and

, the Blue Jackets and

, and the Reds and Cavaliers), cable providers in Central Ohio will carry the other game on an alternate channel.

Programming

Bally Sports Ohio holds the exclusive regional cable television rights to the

's Cleveland Cavaliers (since 1990),

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's Cincinnati Reds (since 1991), the

's Columbus Blue Jackets (since 2000),

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(since 2019), and a select number of the AHL's

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games. The channel also carries a select number of

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games involving

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and

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. The channel formerly broadcast

games from the network's launch as SportsChannel Ohio, until Fox Sports Ohio lost the rights as a result of the team starting (eventual sister channel)

in March 2006. Despite this move, Reds games continue to be blacked out in most of

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, the designated market area of the Indians. When Reds games air in the rest of Ohio, the Cleveland feed airs generic national Fox Sports Networks programming unless a local Cleveland event is scheduled. Although Fox Sports Ohio and STO came under common ownership following Fox's purchase of the latter in 2012, Fox Sports Ohio does not share broadcast rights to any sporting events with SportsTime Ohio and vice versa (unlike arrangements that exist between

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and

Fox Sports Southeast Bally Sports Southeast (BSSE) (originally named SportSouth from its inception until October 4, 2015, and Fox Sports Southeast (FSSE) until March 31, 2021) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture betw ...

, and

and

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), with both networks maintaining their own respective team television contracts. Starting in 2019,

games were split between Fox Sports Ohio and SportsTime Ohio, although those telecasts are blacked out in the Cincinnati area due to the presence of

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. On October 19, 2016, Fox Sports and the Reds announced an extension of their broadcast agreement to the end of the 2032 season. The deal includes the Reds taking an equity stake in the Cincinnati sub-feed of Fox Sports Ohio.

Notable on-air staff

Current

Cincinnati Reds

* John Sadak - play-by-play *

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– primary color commentary/fill in co-host ''Reds Live'' *

Jeff Brantley Jeffrey Hoke Brantley (born September 5, 1963) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, from to . Brantley currently is a broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds. Early care ...

– color commentary (select games) *

Barry Larkin Barry Louis Larkin (born April 28, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. He played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2004. He briefly played in the minor leagues before making hi ...

– color commentary (home games) *

Jim Day James E. Day (born July 7, 1946 in Thornhill, Ontario) was a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion Sam LeCure Samuel Rohrer LeCure (born May 4, 1984) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He attended Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri and the University of Texas. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinna ...

– co-host ''Reds Live''/ Cincinnati Reds color commentary (select games) * Annie Sabo – Fill in co-host ''Reds Live''

Cleveland Cavaliers

* John Michael - play-by-play *

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- commentator *

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- commentator *

Mike Fratello Michael Robert Fratello (born February 24, 1947) is an American sports broadcaster and a professional basketball coach. Fratello is currently an analyst for Fox Sports Ohio for the Cavaliers and a part-time color commentator for Fox Sports West f ...

- commentator * Cayleigh Griifin – pregame/halftime/postgame host *

Campy Russell Michael Campanella "Campy" Russell (born January 12, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for ni ...

– pregame/halftime/postgame analyst * Serena Winters - sideline reporter

Columbus Blue Jackets

Jeff Rimer Jeff Rimer (born July 18, 1951) is a Canadian-born American broadcaster who serves the television play-by-play announcer for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. Rimer began his broadcasting career in Calgary with Cable 10 and ...

– play-by-play *

Jody Shelley Jody Shelley (born February 7, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. During his National Hockey League (NHL) career he played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers. ...

– sideline reporter/color commentary * Dave Maetzold - in-game/locker room reporter *

Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (born February 2, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and current studio analyst for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Bally Sports Ohio. He was drafted in the seventh round, 179th overall, by the St. L ...

- pregame/intermission/postgame (''Blue Jackets Live'') co-host * Brian Giesenschlag – pregame/intermission/postgame (''Blue Jackets Live'') co-host

Columbus Crew

* Neil Sika – play-by-play *

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– color commentary * Brett Hiltbrand – sideline reporter/pregame/halftime/postgame host (''Crew Live'')

College sports

Dan Hoard Dan Hoard is an American radio and television sportscaster who calls games for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals with Dave Lapham. He is also the play-by-play announcer for University of Cincinnati Bearcats football and men's b ...

- host for ''Bearcats Insider'' * Terry Nelson – analyst for ''Bearcats Insider'' *

Tony Pike Anthony Steven Pike (born March 10, 1986) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cincinnati and was drafted by the Panthers in the sixth r ...

– analyst for ''Bearcats Insider'' * John Cooper – analyst for ''Game Time with Ryan Day'' *

Jim Lachey James Michael Lachey (born June 4, 1963) is a radio analyst for Ohio State football and a former American football offensive tackle who played for ten seasons in the National Football League with the San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders, and ...

– analyst for ''Game Time with Ryan Day'' * Chris "Beanie" Wells – analyst for ''Game Time with Ryan Day''

References

External links

Official website
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