Root Sports Northwest | |
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Launched | 1989 |
Network |
Root Sports (carries programming sourced from Fox Sports Networks) |
Owned by |
Seattle Mariners (60%) AT&T Sports Networks (40%) |
Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area |
Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Alaska |
Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington |
Formerly called | Northwest Cable Sports (1989–1992) Prime Sports Northwest (1992–1996) Fox Sports Northwest (1996–2000) Fox Sports Net Northwest (2000–2004) FSN Northwest (2004–2008) FS Northwest (2008-11) |
Website | northwest |
Availability
(some events may air on overflow feed Root Sports Northwest Plus due to event conflicts) |
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | 687 Main channel (SD/HD) 688 Overflow feed (SD) 688-1 Overflow feed (HD) |
Dish Network | 412-16 (SD) 412-16 (HD) |
Cable | |
Comcast (Seattle) | 30 (SD) 627 (HD) |
Comcast (Portland) | 34 (SD) 734 (HD) |
Available on most other cable systems in designated broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
Root Sports Northwest (stylized as "ROOT SPORTS") is an American regional sports network that is owned as a joint venture between the Seattle Mariners and the AT&T Sports Networks subsidiary of AT&T Inc., the latter of which operates it as part of the Root Sports chain of regional networks and as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered near Seattle in the city of Bellevue, Washington, the channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Seattle and Portland.
Root Sports Northwest is available on cable providers throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska and nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
Root Sports Northwest was launched in 1989 as Northwest Cable Sports, a network owned by King Broadcasting Company. In 1991, King Broadcasting sold Northwest Cable Sports and its other media properties to The Providence Journal Company, which sold the network to Liberty Media in 1992. Liberty integrated Northwest Cable Sports into its Prime Network group of regional sports networks, subsequently rebranding it as Prime Sports Northwest.