Five WNBA teams have their games carried on soon-to-be former Fox Sports-branded regional sports channels. Those regional sports channels will soon undergo a facelift fitting of its status as being under the Sinclair umbrella.
EXCLUSIVE: @WeAreSinclair and Bally’s today will unveil the new names and logos for their 19 regional sports networks.
As part of the rebrand, Sinclair will shut down part-time RSNs FS Tennessee and FS Carolinas (@Ourand_SBJ).
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The 19 regional sports channels are slated to be rebranded sometime prior to April. Out of those regional sports channels, five of them are WNBA broadcasters.
The Arizona-based channel airs Phoenix Mercury games, the South/Southeast-based channel re-upped with the Atlanta Dream last season after airing on WSB-TV’s digital platform in 2019. The Dallas Wings air on the Southwest-based channel. The Indiana Fever air its games on the Indiana-based channel and the Minnesota Lynx’s games air on the North-based channel.
Sports Business Daily has reported Bally’s will pay Sinclair $85 million over a decade for the naming rights.
