SportsNet Pittsburgh is an American

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owned as a joint venture between the

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and the

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. It is operated by sister network

NESN New England Sports Network, popularly known as NESN , is an American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by a joint venture of Fenway Sports Group (which owns a controlling 80% interest, and is the owner of Boston Red So ...

through common ownership with

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. Headquartered in

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, the channel broadcasts local coverage of sports events throughout

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and

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. It is the exclusive home of the

and the

. The channel was first launched by

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in April 1986 as the KBL Entertainment Network, which featured a mixture of sports and entertainment programming. After being transferred to TCI subsidiary

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, KBL was rebranded as part of its

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chain of regional sports networks in 1994, and subsequently became a charter member of

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upon its establishment in 1996. After a corporate restructuring that brought Liberty's networks under

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, the channel was rebranded as Root Sports Pittsburgh in 2011, and then AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh under the

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brand after DirecTV was acquired by

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. In 2023,

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announced that it would sell or shut down its regional sports networks: in August 2023, it was announced that the Penguins would acquire the network and rebrand it as SportsNet Pittsburgh in October 2023, with

—a sister via the Penguins' owner

—assuming day-to-day operations. , SportsNet Pittsburgh is available on

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providers throughout nearly all of Pennsylvania (outside the

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market), almost all of

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, western

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, eastern

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, southwestern border areas of

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and

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, reaching more than 2.4 million homes; it is also available in the

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, market through

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, though Penguins broadcasts are

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due to the presence of the

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. It is also available nationwide on

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via

History

The channel launched on April 13, 1986, as Pirates Cable Network, exclusively serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area; its first sports event telecast on that date was a

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game between the

and

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from

Three Rivers Stadium Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Built ...

, announced by

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, in which the Pirates shut out the Cubs, 8–0. The network commenced full-time broadcasts on April 24, 1986, as the KBL Entertainment Network, in order to allow other sports besides the Pirates to be included on the network. Its first regular broadcast was a Pirates home game against the

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. The network was initially owned by

Tele-Communications Inc. Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) was a cable television provider in the United States, and for most of its history was controlled by Bob Magness and John Malone. The company was started in 1958 in Bozeman, Montana as Western Microwave, Inc. and C ...

(now part of

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), then the largest

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provider in the Pittsburgh market. KBL quickly expanded its cable coverage. As early as May 9, 1986, its cable footprint roughly approximated its present six-state coverage area. While it primarily carried sports-related programming, KBL also served as a general entertainment cable channel while under TCI ownership, essentially filling the void left after

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WPGH-TV WPGH-TV (channel 53) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate WPNT (channel 22). Both stations share studios on I ...

(channel 53) became a charter affiliate of the

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seven months after KBL's debut. It aired

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for part of the day, including reruns of the

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animated series ''

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''. In 1994, TCI transferred the channel to its corporate parent

; KBL then immediately dropped all entertainment programming and converted the renamed Prime Sports KBL into an affiliate of Prime SportsChannel America, a partnership between Liberty's

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and the

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-owned

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regional sports network groups. In 1995, Prime Network's retail subsidiary, Prime Sports Merchandising, purchased some sports apparel stores located inside

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s and rebranded them as Prime Sports Shops, promoting them on its networks including KBL.

In 1996,

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, which formed a sports division for the

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network two years earlier after it obtained the broadcast rights to the

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and sought to create a group of regional sports networks, acquired a 50% interest in the Prime Network from TCI parent Liberty Media. Later that year on November 1, News Corporation and Liberty Media relaunched the Prime Network affiliates as part of the new

group, with Prime Sports KBL officially rebranding as Fox Sports Pittsburgh. The deal temporarily ended the Prime SportsChannel partnership, although News Corporation subsequently acquired most of the SportsChannel networks the following year; the retail stores, meanwhile, retained the "Prime Sports" name for many years after the rebranding of the regional networks as part of Fox Sports Net. The channel was rebranded as Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, through the networks' de-emphasis of the "Fox Sports Net" brand. On December 22, 2006, News Corporation sold its interest in FSN Pittsburgh and sister networks

FSN Utah Root Sports Utah was an American regional sports network that was owned by the AT&T Sports Networks subsidiary of AT&T Inc., as part of the AT&T SportsNet brand of networks and is an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered in Salt Lake ...

FSN Northwest ROOT SPORTS Northwest (stylized as ROOT SPORTS Northwest) is an American regional sports network owned as a 60/40 joint venture between the Seattle Mariners and Warner Bros. Discovery respectively, the latter of which operates it through its spo ...

and

FSN Rocky Mountain AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain is an American regional sports network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit as part of the AT&T SportsNet brand of networks, and is an affiliate of Bally Sports. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, ...

to Liberty Media, in an asset trade in which News Corporation also traded its 38.5% ownership stake in satellite provider

for $550 million in cash and stock, in exchange for Liberty Media's 16.3% stake in the company. On May 4, 2009, DirecTV Group Inc. announced it would become a part of Liberty's entertainment unit, part of which would then be spun off into the separate company under the DirecTV name, in a deal in which Liberty would increase its share in DirecTV from 48% to 54%, with Liberty owner

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and his family owning a 24% interest. DirecTV would operate its newly acquired FSN-affiliated networks through

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, a new division formed when the split off from Liberty Media was completed on November 19, 2009. On December 17, 2010, DirecTV Sports Networks announced that its four Fox Sports Networks-affiliated regional outlets would be relaunched under the "

Root Sports AT&T Sports Networks, LLC (ATTSN) is a group of regional sports networks in the United States that primarily own and operate AT&T Sports Networks (founded in 2009, as Liberty Sports Holdings, later DirecTV Sports Networks, LLC). It is owned by W ...

" brand. The network officially rebranded as Root Sports Pittsburgh on April 1, 2011, coinciding with the start of the

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. For nominal purposes, the Root Sports networks continued to carry programming distributed mainly to the Fox Sports regional networks to provide supplementary sports and entertainment programming. On April 8, 2016, DirecTV Sports Networks rebranded under the AT&T name as AT&T Sports Networks. On June 12, 2017, AT&T Sports Networks announced that the network, along with Root Sports Southwest, and Root Sports Rocky Mountain, would rebrand as AT&T SportsNet with the channel becoming AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. All network programming and on-air talent remained intact, with the exception of

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, who was replaced in October 2017 by

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as the play-by-play announcer of the Penguins. The name change took effect on July 14, 2017. In July 2019, it was reported that AT&T was looking to sell its regional sports networks to reduce debt related to its acquisition of

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, as well as rolling out 5G on its cell phone networks. Two potential suitors included

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, which had acquired Fox Sports Networks (with

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) amid the

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(and already had a decades-long presence in the Pittsburgh market as the owners of WPGH-TV/

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), as well as

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, which owns regional networks via its

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division, and whose parent company

is the cable provider in Pittsburgh. On October 1, 2021, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, along with sister networks AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, and Root Sports Northwest, was removed from Dish Network satellite and Sling streaming TV services. On February 24, 2023,

announced plans to exit the RSN business, informing the teams that AT&T Sports Networks would file for

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unless deals were made for them to exit or take over the channels.

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was not affected, as it is majority-owned by the

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. While originally setting a deadline of March 31, it later reached an agreement to keep the networks operational through at least the end of the

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. ''

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'' noted that Penguins owner

had experience in the RSN business via its operation of

in Boston, and reported that the channel could be integrated with or replaced by a local feed of NESN. On August 28, 2023, it was reported that the Penguins had reached an agreement to acquire AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. Two days later, it was announced that the network would be acquired by Fenway Sports Group via the Pittsburgh Penguins, and would be rebranded as SportsNet Pittsburgh on October 2. NESN will handle the day-to-day operations of the network. It was initially uncertain whether the Pirates would continue to be televised by the channel, with sportswriters citing potential conflict of interest concerns with FSG being the parent company of a competing MLB team, the

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. On December 13, 2023, the Pirates announced that they had acquired a stake in SportsNet Pittsburgh, and confirmed that it would remain the team's home beginning in the 2024 season. Team president Travis Williams stated that Major League Baseball was not worried about any conflict of interest concerns.

Programming

SportsNet Pittsburgh carries Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC soccer, and area collegiate and high school sports programming. To fill out its schedule outside various local sports, the network also carries syndicated sports events, documentary and magazine programs including outdoor programming, pro

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programming,

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programs,

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baseball, BBL basketball, PWHL hockey, ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Professional sports

Pittsburgh Penguins

SportsNet Pittsburgh maintains exclusive regional rights to most regular season and any early-round

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games involving the

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; it also carries pre- and postgame coverage and Penguins-related programs such as classic game re-airs, historical programming, ''Penguins in 2'' (condensed game replays), ''Inside Penguins Hockey'', ''The Raw Tapes'', and ''Penguins Game Plan.'' On April 27, 2011, the network reached a contract extension with the Penguins, allowing the network to continue carrying most of the team's NHL game telecasts through the end of the 2028–29 NHL season.

Pittsburgh Pirates

The network holds the regional cable television rights to the

, carrying over 150 regular season and

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games annually, as well as pre- and postgame coverage, rebroadcasts of recent games (as part of ''Pirates Instant Replay''), classic game re-airs, and the team analysis program ''Inside Pirates Baseball'' presented by Allegheny Health Network. From the 2013 to 2018 seasons, Sportsnet's telecasts of Pirates games were blacked out on DirecTV in many portions of the Pirates' claimed territory, including the

, market, for reasons not released publicly. Despite the blackout, DirecTV did not allow Pirates games to be shown in the blacked-out area on its

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package. The blackout was lifted in time for the 2019 season.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The network formerly served as the cable home of the

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, broadcasting team-related magazine and analysis programs such as weekly

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s held by coach

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during the regular season and the team coach's show ''The Mike Tomlin Show'' (both were hosted by

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). This continued through the 2016 season.

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now airs ''The Mike Tomlin Show'', while Tomlin's Tuesday press conference is no longer televised live. Although regular Steelers coverage is no longer part of the network's lineup, team documentary programming continues to air from time to time, usually focused on historical figures such as

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and

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. National NFL content from

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and

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is also aired by SportsNet Pittsburgh.

Minor league sports

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The network currently serves as the cable home of the AHL's

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, broadcasting weekend home games during the regular season. Prior to the network acquiring the rights to the games, the team had no television coverage in either Pittsburgh's or Wilkes-Barre's

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

Beginning with the 2024 season, Sportsnet airs select matches from the

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of the

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. The network shares the local broadcast rights to the Riverhounds with independent station

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College sports

Current Programming

West Virginia Mountaineers The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University, an American university located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mou ...

coaches shows, football and basketball pregame shows *

Duquesne Dukes The Duquesne Dukes are the athletic teams of Duquesne University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Dukes compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Football and bowling, however ...

men's and women's basketball and coaches shows *

Robert Morris Colonials The Robert Morris Colonials are the athletic teams for Robert Morris University, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The Colonials compete in NCAA Division I ( FCS, formerly Division I-AA, in football). In 2020, the school jo ...

men's basketball, men's and women's ice hockey *

Saint Francis Red Flash The Saint Francis Red Flash are the 23 sports teams representing Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania in intercollegiate athletics. The Red Flash competes in the NCAA Division I and are primary members of the Northeast Conference, with ...

men's basketball *

Mountain East Conference The Mountain East Conference (MEC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 12 schools, m ...

men's and women's basketball tournaments, as well as occasional regular season broadcasts of football and basketball * Syndicated coverage of men's and women's ice hockey from various schools and conferences

Former Programming

SportsNet Pittsburgh formerly carried the exclusive rights to the West Virginia Mountaineers, carrying all football and men's basketball games not picked up by a national network, as well as select women's basketball games, select other live events (women's soccer, baseball, etc.), and the football team's weekly Tuesday press conferences. Although the network lost rights to the live events portion of their WVU coverage to

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beginning with the 2020-2021 season, a coaches show involving all Mountaineer sports and ''Mountaineer Gameday Live'', a live pregame show for Mountaineer football and men's basketball, still air on the channel. Similarly, the network formerly carried football, men's and women's basketball, and other events featuring the

Pittsburgh Panthers The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly also referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams representing the University of Pittsburgh, although the term is colloquially used to refer to other aspects of the university such as alumni, facu ...

, which were produced first by

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and later by

Fox Sports South Bally Sports South (BSSO) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports Networks. The network carries regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events from acros ...

and

Raycom Sports Raycom Sports is an American producer of sports television programs. It is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and owned and operated by Gray Television. It was founded in 1979 by husband and wife, Rick and Dee Ray. In the 1980s, Raycom ...

once the Panthers moved to the

ACC ACC most often refers to: *Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference located in the US *American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular speci ...

. Additionally, the network aired a number of Panthers-related insider programs, including

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's weekly press conferences, The ''Pat Narduzzi Show'' with Larry Richert, and the magazine program ''Beyond The Script'', which was hosted by the network's Rob King. The partnership ended following the 2020-21 athletic year. Additional collegiate programming formerly carried by SportsNet has included: * Syndicated coverage of

Atlantic 10 The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...

Big 12 The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...

Big East The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and M ...

, Big Sky,

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Conference USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Fo ...

Pac-12 The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective g ...

, and

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

athletics (most notably football and men’s and women’s basketball) *

Marshall Thundering Herd The Marshall Thundering Herd is the intercollegiate athletic collection of teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in the Sun Belt Conference, which are membe ...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 23 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division ...

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, and

Villanova Wildcats The Villanova Wildcats are the athletic teams of Villanova University. They compete in the Big East (NCAA Division I) for every sport; except football and rowing where they compete in the Colonial Athletic Association (Football Championship Su ...

insider programming * ACC, Big 12, Big East, and Conference USA weekly magazine shows *

Three Rivers Classic The Three Rivers Classic is a two-day Division I (NCAA), Division I college ice hockey tournament which is held annually at PPG Paints Arena, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The inaugural tournament took place on December 28� ...

hockey tournament coverage

High school & youth sports

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high school football, baseball, softball, and boys' and girls' basketball championship games, as well as occasional broadcasts of regular-season WVSSAC football contests, are carried by SportsNet Pittsburgh. The network is the regional home of the annual

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, which is held locally in

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. Former Pirates' play-by-play announcer

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calls most games. SportsNet also provides extensive coverage of Pittsburgh-area high school athletics. Notable events broadcast by the network include the Pittsburgh City League boys’ and girls’ basketball championships, the

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, and the

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Baseball Invitational. Until 2019,

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regular season, playoff, and championship football games were a network staple.

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took over the rights to all 6 championship games in 2018, and the rights to additional playoff and regular season games in 2019.

Studio Programming

The network provides live pre- and postgame coverage for all Penguins and Pirates games, including games aired on other networks. With the sale of the network to Fenway Sports Group, pre- and postgame coverage has been expanded from 30 minutes to an hour before and after each game as of October 2023. Since 2021, SportsNet has served as the local affiliate of

's ''Follow The Money'', a 3-hour sports betting program that airs weekdays from 7-10am. Additional content from VSIN was added in the fall of 2023, including ''The Lombardi Line'' and ''Musburger Pregame''. Previously, the network aired simulcasts of Audience Network's ''

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'' and ''

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'' in similar time slots. Throughout the previous 2 decades, locally-produced studio programming has been drastically reduced from nightly programs to pre- and postgame coverage only. ''Savran on SportsBeat'', ''Pittsburgh Sports Tonight'', and live Steelers coverage are just some of the local studio shows that were cancelled during the network's ownership under Liberty Media in the late 2000s. Nationally distributed Fox Sports studio shows also aired in both live and tape-delay until they were moved to

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upon its 2013 launch.

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Pittsburgh Penguins

* Josh Getzoff - Play-by-play announcer *

Colby Armstrong Colby Joseph Armstrong (born November 23, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlanta Thrashers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens in a 9-y ...

- color commentator *

Phil Bourque Phillipe Richard Bourque (born June 8, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft; instead, he was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 4, 1982. He is a dis ...

- color commentator (select games) * Hailey Hunter - rinkside reporter/studio anchor (select games) * Dan Potash - studio anchor/rinkside reporter (select games) *

Mike Rupp Michael Ryan Rupp (born January 13, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Phoenix Coyotes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins,N ...

- studio analyst/color commentator (select games) *

Jay Caufield John Jay Caufield (born July 17, 1960) is an American former NHL right winger. Caufield was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, area about a mile outside Lansdale borough. He graduated fr ...

- studio analyst *

Bryan Trottier Bryan John Trottier (born July 17, 1956) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won four Stanley Cups with the ...

- studio analyst *

Matt Bartkowski Matthew Richard Bartkowski (born June 4, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently playing for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL). Playing career Florida Panthers Bartkowski played high s ...

- studio analyst *

Ryan Malone Ryan Gregory Malone (born December 1, 1979) nicknamed "Bugsy", is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers. In 2003, ...

- studio analyst

Pittsburgh Pirates

* Greg Brown – play-by-play announcer *

Joe Block John Joseph Block (born March 1, 1978) is a radio and TV play-by-play announcer who calls games for the Pittsburgh Pirates on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and KDKA-FM, joining the team in 2016 after 4 years with the Milwaukee Brewers. Broadcasting ...

- play-by-play announcer * Hannah Mears - field reporter * Rob King - studio host * Kevin Young - color commentator *

Matt Capps Matthew Dicus Capps (born September 3, 1983) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He is a 2002 graduate of Alexander High School in Douglasville, Georgia, where he lettered in football, basketball, cross-country and baseb ...

- color commentator *

Michael McKenry Michael Charles McKenry (born March 4, 1985), nicknamed "The Fort", is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals. High school ...

- color commentator and studio analyst *

Bob Walk Robert Vernon Walk (born November 26, 1956), nicknamed "The Whirly Bird", is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (), Atlanta Braves (–), and Pittsburgh Pirate ...

- color commentator *

Neil Walker Neil Martin Andrew Walker (born September 10, 1985) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (2009–2015), New York Mets (2016–17), Milwaukee Brewers (20 ...

- color commentator *

John Wehner John Paul Wehner (pronounced "Way-ner") (born June 29, 1967) is an American former utility player in Major League Baseball (MLB) and a current broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His nickname is "Rock". Career A Pittsburgh native and graduate ...

- color commentator *

Steven Brault Steven Joseph Brault (born April 29, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder and former pitcher for the Spire City Ghost Hounds of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the P ...

- studio analyst *

Jordy Mercer Jordy Joe Mercer (born August 27, 1986) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Washington Nationals. Prior to beginning his ...

- studio analyst *

Alex Presley Alexander Crawford Presley (born July 25, 1985) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, and Detroit Tigers from 2010 to 2017. Early an ...

- studio analyst

College Sports

* Tim Benz - basketball and ice hockey play-by-play announcer * Josh Taylor - basketball play-by-play announcer * Alex Panormios - basketball play-by-play announcer *

Ellis Cannon Ellis G. Cannon is an American talk show host, television personality and publisher. He was born on March 28, 1959, and was raised in Midland, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Midland in 1977. Cannon received his B.A. and J. ...

- Duquesne men’s basketball color commentator * Tad Maurey - Duquesne women's basketball color commentator * Rachel Zimmerman - Duquesne women’s basketball color commentator *

Mike Prisuta ''The DVE Morning Show'' (currently branded ''Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show'') is a morning radio comedy and variety show broadcast on Pittsburgh classic rock station 102.5 FM WDVE featuring DJ Randy Baumann. The show began airing in the ...

- Robert Morris men’s ice hockey color commentator

Studio anchors

* Dan Potash * Hailey Hunter * Rob King

Notable former on-air staff

Pittsburgh Penguins

– play-by-play announcer (later with the

Pittsburgh Penguins Radio Network The Pittsburgh Penguins Radio Network is a radio network operated by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League that provides broadcasts for all the team's games. Josh Getzoff assumed play-by-play duties at the start of the 2021-22 seaso ...

; now retired) *

– play-by-play annnouncer (now with the communications and marketing department of the Penguins' front office and the Penguins Radio Network) *

Bob Errey Robert Errey (born September 21, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left wing and current sportscaster for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 15th overall by Pittsburgh in the 1983 NHL Ent ...

– color commentator (now with NHL Network) *

Peter Taglianetti Peter Anthony Taglianetti (born August 15, 1963) is an American former NHL defenseman and former college hockey coach at Washington & Jefferson College. With the Pittsburgh Penguins, he won the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992. Taglianetti is also a ...

– color commentator *

Eddie Olczyk Edward Walter Olczyk Jr. (; born August 16, 1966) is a former center in the National Hockey League for 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He ...

– color commentator (now with ''

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'' and

) *

– play by play announcer (now with Penguins Radio Network)

Pittsburgh Pirates

Tim Neverett Timothy Joseph Neverett (born March 19, 1966) is an American sportscaster who currently works as a television and radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously worked as a play-by-p ...

– play-by-play announcer (now with the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brookly ...

) *

– play-by-play announcer (semi-retired, currently the play-by-play announcer for PONY League World Series telecasts) *

Steve Blass Stephen Robert Blass (born April 18, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a ...

– color commentator (retired after 2019 Pirates' season) *

Ken Macha Kenneth Edward Macha (; born September 29, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. He managed the Oakland Athletics from 2003–2006, including American League Western Division championships in both his first and final s ...

– studio analyst *

Kent Tekulve Kenton Charles Tekulve ( ; born March 5, 1947), nicknamed "Teke", is an American former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also played f ...

– studio analyst (retired after 2017 Pirates' season) * Lacee Collins – field reporter * Robby Incmikoski - field reporter * Aly Cohen - studio host

West Virginia University

* Warren Baker – men's basketball color commentator (now with ESPN+) *

Marc Bulger Marc Robert Bulger (; born April 5, 1977) is a retired American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth ro ...

– football color commentator * Mike Logan – football color commentator *

Rasheed Marshall Rasheed Malik Marshall (born July 11, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round (174th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football for West Virginia University. ...

– football color commentator * Meg Bulger – football sideline reporter (still occasionally appears on the network as a sideline reporter for Mountain East basketball)

High School Football

* Chris Schneider – color commentator *

Craig Wolfley Craig Alan Wolfley (born May 19, 1958) is a former football player and current color analyst for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Along with former teammate Max Starks, he hosts a show on 970 ESPN. College career Wolfley attended Syracuse Univ ...

– color commentator (now with

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) * Rich Walsh – sideline reporter (now with

)

Studio Anchors & Analysts

– host of ''SportsBeat'', Penguins and Pirates pregame shows (died in June 2023) * Guy Junker – co-host of ''SportsBeat'' (later with

WTAE-TV WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this one of two stations that have been built and signed ...

; now Pirates public address announcer) * Paul Alexander – now with

KDKA-AM KDKA () is a Class A, clear channel, AM radio station, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. and licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Its radio studios are located at the combined Audacy Pittsburgh facility in the Foster Plaza on ...

KDKA-FM KDKA-FM (93.7 MHz, "93.7 The Fan") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. through licensee Audacy License, LLC and broadcasts a sports radio format. Studios are loc ...

Ryan Burr Ryan Burr (born March 17, 1978, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a sports television journalist. Burr worked for the NBC Sports Group from 2012 to 2021, with his duties mainly consisting of hosting all programs on Golf Channel and college basketball ...

– now with the

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Trenni Casey Trenni Casey ( Kusnierek; born April 30, 1977) is a sports anchor and reporter for NBC Sports Boston. Early life Casey is a graduate of Muskego High School and a 1999 journalism graduate of Marquette University.NBC Sports Boston NBC Sports Boston is an American regional sports network owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports events thro ...

* Marshall Harris – now with

WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington S ...

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

Brent Stover Brent Stover is a sportscaster who is employed by the CBS Sports Network. Sportscasting career Stover is a studio host and play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. He joined the network in 2010, announcing college football and college basketball, ...

– now with

Big Ten Network Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs ...

References

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