Bally Sports Wisconsin
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Bally Sports Wisconsin (BSWI) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. Operating as the "Wisconsin" sub-feed of Fox Sports North until 2007, the channel was known as Fox Sports Wisconsin until 2021. It broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout the state of Wisconsin, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Milwaukee, namely the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. It primarily operates from a studio/office facility in downtown Milwaukee, with secondary offices and production studio/office hub based in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Wisconsin Eastern Minnesota Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan Northwestern Illinois Iowa Nationwide (via satellite) |
Network | Bally Sports |
Headquarters | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Diamond Sports Group (Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios) |
Sister channels | WVTV "CW18" & "My24" WMSN-TV WLUK-TV |
History | |
Launched | April 1, 2007 (17 years ago) (2007-04-01) |
Replaced | FSN North (in broadcast area only) |
Former names | FSN Wisconsin (2007–2012)
Fox Sports Wisconsin (2012–2021) |
Links | |
Website | ballysports |
Availability (some events may air on overflow feed Bally Sports Wisconsin Extra due to event conflicts) (Spectrum systems auto-tune to the standard definition channel position in high definition using their cable boxes and streaming platforms) | |
Streaming media | |
Bally Sports app/website | (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) |
DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
FuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
Bally Sports Wisconsin is available on cable providers throughout Wisconsin, extreme eastern Minnesota, the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, northwestern Illinois, and Iowa; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV.
Bally Sports Wisconsin broadcasts 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year and reaches more than 1.7 million homes.[1]