Fox Sports Arizona

Fox Sports Arizona
Launched	September 1, 1996 (1996-09-01)
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	Arizona New Mexico Utah Southern Nevada
Headquarters	Phoenix, Arizona
Formerly called	Prime Sports Arizona (1996) Fox Sports Arizona (1996–2000) Fox Sports Net Arizona (2000–2004) FSN Arizona (2004–2008)
Sister channel(s)	Broadcast: KSAZ-TV/Phoenix KUTP/Phoenix
Website	.comfoxsportsarizona
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	686 (SD/HD)
Dish Network	415 (SD) 415 (HD; live telecasts only)
Cable
Cox Communications (Phoenix)	34 (SD) 1034 (HD)
Cox Communications (Tucson)	26 (SD) 1026 (HD)
Available on select other cable systems in designated broadcast area	Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability
Streaming media
Fox Sports Go	/.com.foxsportsgowww (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)

Fox Sports Arizona is an American regional sports network that is 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 professional, collegiate and high school sports events, with a primary focus on Phoenix area teams. It is available on most cable providers throughout Arizona; Fox Sports Carolinas is also available nationwide on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network.

Overview

The channel originally launched as Prime Sports Arizona on September 1, 1996, serving as an affiliate of the Prime Network. Two months later on November 1, the channel was rebranded as Fox Sports Arizona, after Liberty Media sold the Prime Network to News Corporation, with Prime's regional networks serving as the cornerstone of the new Fox Sports Net chain of regional sports networks (which Liberty originally co-owned in a joint venture with News Corporation).^[1]

Fox Sports Arizona logo, used from 2008 to 2012.

Fox Sports Arizona holds the regional cable television rights to three of the four major professional sports franchises in the Phoenix area: the Arizona Diamondbacks (Major League Baseball, with rights to most regular season games), the Phoenix Suns (NBA, with rights to most regular season and early-round playoff games) and the Arizona Coyotes (NHL, also with rights to most regular season and early-round playoff games). In addition, Fox Sports Arizona also televises collegiate sports events involving the Arizona State Sun Devils, as well as a number of events from the Pacific-12 Conference.

Fox Sports Arizona formerly held the broadcast rights to select Arizona Wildcats sporting events from its inception until the spring of 2009; the University of Arizona shifted these event telecasts to the Arizona Wildcats Sports Network, beginning in August 2009; these game telecasts have been simulcast by Fox Sports Arizona since September 2010.

Other services

Fox Sports Arizona Plus

Fox Sports Arizona launched an alternate feed, Fox Sports Arizona Plus, on April 25, 2008. Created as an overflow active only during instances in which a sporting event that Fox Sports Arizona holds rights to overlaps with another game being broadcast on the primary channel, it was established to resolve scheduling conflicts involving the 2008 NBA Playoffs Game 3 matchup between Phoenix Suns and a scheduled Arizona Diamondbacks game on that date. Fox Sports Arizona Plus was available on select cable providers including Cox Communications and Qwest Choice TV, and via satellite on Dish Network.

On-air staff

Notable on-air staff

• Brad Steinke – Fox Sports Arizona anchor

References

External links

• Official website