Bally Sports Wisconsin
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 |
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.