Fox Sports Pittsburgh

Root Sports Pittsburgh

Launched	April 13, 1986 (1986-04-13)
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	Western, central and northeastern Pennsylvania West Virginia (except eastern panhandle counties near metro D.C.) eastern Ohio western Maryland extreme eastern Kentucky nationwide (via satellite)
Headquarters	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Formerly called	Pirates Cable Network (1986) KBL Entertainment Network (1986–1994) Prime Sports KBL (1994–1996) Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh (1996–2004) FSN Pittsburgh (2004–2011)
Website	pittsburgh.rootsports.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	659 (SD/HD)
Dish Network	428 (SD/HD, selected programming)
Cable
Comcast (Pittsburgh)	28, 29 and 32 (SD) 843 (HD)
Verizon FiOS	76 (SD) 576 (HD)

Root Sports Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the channel broadcasts local coverage of sports events throughout Greater Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, as well as national programs from Fox Sports Networks including college sports, and magazine, entertainment and documentary programs. It is the exclusive home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Penguins, and the cable home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

As of August 2013^[update], Root Sports Pittsburgh is available on cable providers throughout nearly all of Pennsylvania (outside of the Philadelphia market), almost all of West Virginia (except the Eastern Panhandle), western Maryland, eastern Ohio, southwestern border areas of New York and Ashland, Kentucky, reaching more than 2.4 million homes. It is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.