Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
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Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (CSN Mid-Atlantic) is a regional sports network
that delivers live-game coverage and sports news and entertainment television programming to more than 4.7 million households throughout the Washington, D.C.
and Baltimore
region of the United States
.
The network serves as the official television partner of the Washington Redskins
, Washington Capitals
, Washington Wizards
, D.C. United
and Washington Mystics
, as well as the home of the Atlantic Coast Conference
and the Colonial Athletic Association
.
The network was founded in 1984 as Home Team Sports (HTS), one of the first regional sports networks in the country. Comcast
agreed to acquire a two-thirds ownership stake in HTS from Viacom
on July 11, 2000. The transaction was completed seven months later in mid-February 2001. HTS was relaunched as Comcast SportsNet on April 4, 2001.
In 2010, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic split its website into two regional websites and rebranded them as Comcast SportsNet Baltimore and Comcast SportsNet Washington. While the websites were rebranded, the Baltimore and Washington markets still show the same programming, and therefore are still collectively known as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.
, Virginia
and the District of Columbia, as well as parts of Delaware
, Pennsylvania
, North Carolina
and West Virginia
, on 25 cable and satellite providers.
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic provides more than 500 live professional and college sporting events per year. The network serves as the regional rights holder for the Washington Capitals
and Washington Wizards
, airing all non nationally exclusive games, as well as D.C. United
of Major League Soccer
, the Washington Mystics
of the WNBA and the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. As the official cable partner of the Washington Redskins
, the network also has exclusive high-definition rights to televise their preseason games (games airing over broadcast television on WRC-TV
are carried only in 480i
).
As the region's television home for the Atlantic Coast Conference
and Colonial Athletic Association
, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic broadcasts numerous men's and women's college sporting events, often featuring Maryland, Virginia Tech and Virginia. The network's coverage of college sports also includes games from the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences through FOX Sports Net.
News & entertainment programming:
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic provides daily news and entertainment programs that deliver news, analysis and opinion surrounding the region's sports landscape. The network also features special pregame and postgame shows, as well as numerous specials and original programming.
Washington Capitals
D.C. United
Virginia Destroyers
Regional sports network
In the United States of America and Canada, a regional sports network, or RSN, is a cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market. The most important programming on an RSN consists of live broadcasts of professional and college sporting events, as those games generate...
that delivers live-game coverage and sports news and entertainment television programming to more than 4.7 million households throughout the Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
and Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
region of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The network serves as the official television partner of the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
, Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
, Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
, D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
and Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
, as well as the home of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
and the Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
.
The network was founded in 1984 as Home Team Sports (HTS), one of the first regional sports networks in the country. Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
agreed to acquire a two-thirds ownership stake in HTS from Viacom
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
on July 11, 2000. The transaction was completed seven months later in mid-February 2001. HTS was relaunched as Comcast SportsNet on April 4, 2001.
In 2010, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic split its website into two regional websites and rebranded them as Comcast SportsNet Baltimore and Comcast SportsNet Washington. While the websites were rebranded, the Baltimore and Washington markets still show the same programming, and therefore are still collectively known as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.
Coverage area
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic is distributed to more than 4.7 million households throughout MarylandMaryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and the District of Columbia, as well as parts of Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
and West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, on 25 cable and satellite providers.
Programming
Live game coverage:Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic provides more than 500 live professional and college sporting events per year. The network serves as the regional rights holder for the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
and Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
, airing all non nationally exclusive games, as well as D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
, the Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
of the WNBA and the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. As the official cable partner of the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
, the network also has exclusive high-definition rights to televise their preseason games (games airing over broadcast television on WRC-TV
WRC-TV
WRC-TV, channel 4, is an owned and operated television station of the NBC television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...
are carried only in 480i
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
).
As the region's television home for the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
and Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic broadcasts numerous men's and women's college sporting events, often featuring Maryland, Virginia Tech and Virginia. The network's coverage of college sports also includes games from the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences through FOX Sports Net.
News & entertainment programming:
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic provides daily news and entertainment programs that deliver news, analysis and opinion surrounding the region's sports landscape. The network also features special pregame and postgame shows, as well as numerous specials and original programming.
- SportsNet Central - A daily half-hour news program that cover's the region's top sports news, the program airs live at 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m. 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. and replays from 6-9 a.m.
- Washington Post Live - An hour-long program that uses panel discussions, interviews and feature stories to cover all aspects of the area's sports scene. The program, which is hosted by Ivan Carter, airs weekdays at 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.
- Redskins Nation - Hosted by Redskins radio voice Larry Michael, this program is deicated exclusively to covering the Washington Redskins. The half-hour show airs weekdays at 5:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Anchors & reporters
- Julie Donaldson
- Chick Hernandez
- Kelli Johnson
- Michael JenkinsMichael Jenkins (sportscaster)Michael Jenkins is an sportscaster for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Bethesda, Maryland. He is the primary anchor for the network's Geico SportsNet Central 1:00AM news show and also covers local feature stories.-Biography:Jenkins spent most of his childhood years in Breckenridge, Texas...
- Brent Harris
- Chris Miller
- Jill Sorenson
Show hosts
- Larry Michael (Redskins Nation)
- Ivan Carter (Washington Post Live)
Game announcers
Washington Wizards- Steve BuckhantzSteve BuckhantzSteve Buckhantz is a television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards.-Biography:His television announcing career began as Sports Director at WTTG, a Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. A District native, Buckhantz grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where his father owned a construction...
(Play-by-Play Announcer) - Phil ChenierPhil ChenierPhilip Chenier is a former professional basketball player. He is presentlya television sports broadcaster for the NBA's Washington Wizards.-NBA playing career:...
(Color Analyst) - Chris Miller (Sideline Reporter)
- Ron Thompson (Postgame Analyst)
Washington Capitals
- Joe BeninatiJoe BeninatiJoe Beninati is the television play-by-play announcer for the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals. Along with color analyst Craig Laughlin he provides Capitals game coverage for CSN Washington. He has also done freelance announcing for ESPN, Westwood One, WFAN and as a prominent hockey...
(Play-by-Play Announcer) - Craig LaughlinCraig LaughlinCraig Alan Laughlin is a retired Canadian ice hockey right wing and color analyst for the Washington Capitals on CSN Washington.Laughlin was drafted in 1977 by the Montreal Canadiens...
(Color Analyst) - Al Koken (Sideline Reporter)
- Alan May (Postgame Analyst)
D.C. United
- Dave Johnson (Play-by-Play Announcer)
- Thomas RongenThomas RongenThomas Rongen is a Dutch soccer coach, formerly the head coach of D.C. United, the Sporting Director of Major League Soccer club Chivas USA, and the coach of the American Samoa national association football team...
(Color Analyst) - Russ Thaler (Sideline Reporter)
Virginia Destroyers
- Dave Johnson (play-by-play)
- Brent Harris (play-by-play)
- Jerry GlanvilleJerry GlanvilleJerry Glanville is a former American football player and current head coach of the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, former NASCAR driver and owner, and sportscaster in the United States. He served the head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1986 to 1990 and the Atlanta Falcons from...
(league-wide color analyst)
Former on-air staff
- Rich Cook (2002–2004)
- Scott HansonScott HansonScott Richard Hanson is an American television anchor and reporter for NFL Network. He is currently the host of the NFL RedZone channel which offers live, whip around coverage of every NFL game on Sunday afternoons....
(2002–2006), now a reporter for the NFL NetworkNFL NetworkNFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation... - Lisa Hillary (2007-2010), now with Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
- George Johnson (2001–2004), former sports director at WISC-TVWISC-TVWISC-TV is the CBS affiliate television station for Madison, Wisconsin. The station is the flagship of Madison-based Morgan Murphy Media, and has been affiliated with CBS since its launch on June 24, 1956...
(CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
) in Madison, WI - Marius Payton (2004–2006), now with the MountainWest Sports NetworkMountainWest Sports NetworkMountainWest Sports Network, informally known as the mtn. , is an American regional sports network dedicated to the Mountain West Conference.-History:...
(the mtn.) - Sage SteeleSage SteeleSage Steele is a SportsCenter anchor for the weekend morning editions of SportsCenter. She also hosts the 9:00 a.m. ET and 12:00 p.m. ET SportsCenter shows during the week.-Early life:...
(2001–2007), now with ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming.... - Russ Thaler (2001-2011), now with VersusVersusVersus, often abbreviated v. or v, vs. or vs may refer to:- Media :* Versus , a United States sports channel, to be renamed NBC Sports Network in 2012* Versus , a Japanese action/horror film...