FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma

Overview

launch date	October 29, 2008
picture format	720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV)
network	FanDuel Sports Network
owner	Main Street Sports Group
country	United States
language	English
area	Oklahoma Nationwide (via satellite)
headquarters	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
former names	Fox Sports Oklahoma (2008–2021) Bally Sports Oklahoma (2021–2024)
sister channels	FanDuel Sports Network Southwest
website	https://www.fanduelsportsnetwork.com/
online serv 1	FanDuel Sports Network app
online chan 1	www.fanduelsportsnetwork.com/ (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)
online serv 2	DirecTV Stream
online chan 2	Internet Protocol television
online serv 3	FuboTV
online chan 3	Internet Protocol television

FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma is an American regional sports network owned by Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group) and operated as an affiliate of FanDuel Sports Network. The channel provides statewide coverage of sports events within the state of Oklahoma, namely the Oklahoma City Thunder, the state's major college sports teams, and high school sports.

FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma is available on cable providers throughout Oklahoma, and nationwide on satellite via DirecTV.

Background

The channel launched on October 29, 2008 as Fox Sports Oklahoma (FSOK), a spinoff of Fox Sports Southwest, which had been distributed to cable providers throughout Oklahoma since the Dallas-based network began operations as Home Sports Entertainment (HSE) in January 1983. It was created in order to serve as the cable broadcaster of the Oklahoma City Thunder, after Fox Sports Southwest acquired the broadcast rights to the NBA franchise following its relocation to Oklahoma City that year from Seattle.[1]

Programming

In addition to holding the regional television rights to the Thunder's regular season and any early-round playoff games, FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma also holds exclusive broadcast rights to state football, basketball and baseball championships held by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma has broadcast Class A-6A Football Championship games and periodically runs OSSAA Championship Spotlight, a magazine program that highlights various high school sports depending on the time of year.[11]

FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma also broadcasts pre-game and post-game shows for the Oklahoma City Thunder (under the Thunder Live banner), and Oklahoma Sooners-related programs (such as coaches' shows and team magazine programs). Outside of programming exclusive to FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma, the channel runs various programs supplied by FanDuel Sports Network Southwest (including sports interview, magazine and analysis programs focusing on Texas sports) as well as some game telecasts including the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball and the Dallas Wings of the WNBA. Until the National Hockey League franchise reached a deal with Tegna to broadcast their games on Dallas–Fort Worth station KFAA-TV effective with the 2024–25 season, the network also carried select Dallas Stars hockey games from the Southwest feed.

From 2012 to 2022, it held tier 3 rights to the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference under the Sooner Sports TV branding,[12] which gave it rights to one football game per-season, four men's basketball games per-season, and other selected athletics events. The football game was not aired on the channel itself, but distributed via pay-per-view—an arrangement that proved controversial among fans. In 2022, the team signed with ESPN+, which holds the tier 3 rights to all other Big 12 teams (besides the Texas Longhorns, which have a separate deal with ESPN to run the regional sports network Longhorn Network).[13][14][1][15]

FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma

Background

Programming

Other services

FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Extra

On-air staff

Current

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