Root Sports Rocky Mountain | |
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Launched | November 1988 |
Network |
Root Sports (carries programming sourced from Fox Sports Networks) |
Owned by |
AT&T Sports Networks (AT&T Inc.) |
Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area |
Colorado Wyoming Southern Idaho western Kansas western Nebraska northeastern Nevada western South Dakota Nationwide (via satellite) |
Headquarters | Denver, Colorado |
Formerly called | Prime Sports Network (1988–1990) Prime Sports Rocky Mountain (1990–1996) Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (1996–2000) Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain (2000–2004) FSN Rocky Mountain (2004–2011) |
Sister channel(s) | Root Sports Utah |
Website | rockymountain |
Availability
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | 683 (SD/HD) |
Dish Network | 414 (SD) 5414 (HD) |
Cable | |
Comcast (Denver) | 26 (SD) 665 (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 Rocky Mountain is an American regional sports network that is owned by the AT&T Sports Networks subsidiary of AT&T Inc., as an owned-and-operated outlet of Root Sports and is an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the network broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout the Rocky Mountain region, mainly focusing on professional sports teams based in the Denver metropolitan area.
Root Sports Rocky Mountain is available on cable providers throughout Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Southern Idaho, northern New Mexico, western Kansas, western Nebraska, western South Dakota, northeastern Nevada; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
Root Sports Rocky Mountain was originally launched in November 1988 as the Prime Sports Network, a joint venture between Bill Daniels and Tele-Communications Inc. The channel was one of the original members of the Prime Network, a group of regional sports networks with the Los Angeles-based Prime Ticket (now Fox Sports West) as its flagship outlet. The network was later renamed Prime Sports Rocky Mountain in 1990.