Fox Sports Midwest | |
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Launched | November 1989 |
Network | Fox Sports Networks |
Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) |
Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Eastern and Central Missouri, Central and Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Nationwide (via satellite) |
Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri |
Formerly called | Prime Sports Midwest (1989–1996) Fox Sports Midwest (1996–2000)(2008-present) Fox Sports Net Midwest (2000–2004) FSN Midwest (2004–2008) |
Sister channel(s) |
Fox Sports Kansas City Fox Sports Indiana |
Website | www |
Availability
(some events may air on overflow feed Fox Sports Midwest Plus due to event conflicts) |
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | 671 (SD/HD) Fox Sports Midwest Plus 671-1 (SD/HD) |
Dish Network | 418 (SD/HD) Fox Sports Midwest Plus 452, 412-40 (SD) |
Cable | |
Available on most cable systems in designated broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-verse | 748 (SD) 1748 (HD) Fox Sports Midwest Plus 747 (SD) 1747 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Fox Sports Go |
www (U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login from participating providers to stream content; some events may not be available due to league rights restrictions) |
Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Fox Sports Midwest is an American regional sports network owned by Fox Cable Networks, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts regional event coverage of sports teams throughout the Midwestern United States, most prominently, professional sports teams based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Fox Sports Midwest is available on cable providers throughout eastern and central Missouri, central and southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
The channel originally launched in November 1989 as Prime Sports Midwest, serving as an affiliate of the Prime Network. Originally seen mainly within Indiana, the channel began expanding its cable provider coverage westward in 1994. Following Liberty Media's sale of the Prime Network to News Corporation, the channel became a member of the newly formed Fox Sports Net (then a joint venture between Liberty Media and News Corporation) and rebranded as Fox Sports Midwest on November 1, 1996. The channel was then rebranded as Fox Sports Net Midwest in 1999, 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 Midwest, through the networks' de-emphasis of the brand.