Fox Sports Midwest is a regional sports network

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 operates in eastern and central Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 , central & southern Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, Southern Indiana

Southern Indiana

Southern Indiana, in the United States, consists of the 33 counties located in the southernmost part of the state. The region's history and geography has led to a blend of Northern and Southern culture distinct from the remainder of Indiana. It is often considered to be part of the Upland South...

, Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

, and Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

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History

FSN Midwest began in the November 1989 as Prime Sports Midwest as an affiliate of the Prime Network

Prime Network

The Prime Network was a group of regional sports networks owned by Liberty Media that served several regionalized areas that was in operation between 1983 and late-1997. While Liberty owned many of these stations, some were affiliates and owned by other companies...

. Originally seen mostly in Indiana, it began moving westward in 1994. It joined Fox Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

 and changed its name to Fox Sports Midwest on November 1, 1996, then to Fox Sports Net Midwest in 1999 and FSN Midwest in 2004 before reverting to the Fox Sports Midwest moniker in 2008.

On July 15, 2010, Fox Sports Midwest signed a new exclusive contract with the St. Louis Cardinals that starts in 2011, ending the team's broadcasts on KSDK

KSDK

KSDK, Channel 5, is the NBC-affiliated television station in St. Louis, Missouri. KSDK is owned and operated by Gannett Company, and the station's transmitter is located in Marlborough, Missouri. The station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 35, using its former analog channel assignment...

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Subfeeds

In early 2008, as part of a deal to return the Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...

 to FSN, Fox Sports Kansas City was spun off Fox Sports Midwest as the new FSN affiliate for the Kansas City market.

There is also a separate feed for Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association...

 and Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

 games called Fox Sports Indiana.

Teams

• St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
  
• St. Louis Blues
• Missouri Valley Conference
  Missouri Valley Conference
  The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
  
   men's and women's basketball
• Missouri Tigers
  Missouri Tigers
  The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri, United States...
  
   men's and women's basketball, Football,Volleyball,softball and Baseball,
• St. Louis Billikens men's basketball
• Kansas State Wildcats
  Kansas State Wildcats
  Kansas State University's athletic teams are called the Wildcats. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.Kansas State participates in...
  
   men's and women's basketball
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
  Nebraska Cornhuskers
  The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
  
   men's and women's basketball

Personalities

• Quinn Buckner
  Quinn Buckner
  William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft...
  
  : Pacers
  Indiana Pacers
  The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
   Analyst (Now on Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana is a regional cable sports network that operates in Central Indiana. Fox Sports Indiana was created in 2006 by Fox Sports Net as a spin-off to Fox Sports Midwest due to gaining the television contract for the Indiana Pacers full time...
  
  )
• Jack Clark
  Jack Clark (baseball)
  Jack Anthony Clark , also known as "Jack the Ripper," is a former Major League Baseball player. From 1975 through 1992, Clark played for the San Francisco Giants , St. Louis Cardinals , New York Yankees , San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox...
  
  : St. Louis Cardinals studio game analyst, former Cardinals first baseman.
• Chris Denari
  Chris Denari
  Chris Denari is the television play-by-play announcer for the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever on FSN Indiana. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network...
  
  : Pacers
  Indiana Pacers
  The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
   & Fever
  Indiana Fever
  The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
  
   Play-by-play (Now on Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana is a regional cable sports network that operates in Central Indiana. Fox Sports Indiana was created in 2006 by Fox Sports Net as a spin-off to Fox Sports Midwest due to gaining the television contract for the Indiana Pacers full time...
  
  )
• Bernie Federko
  Bernie Federko
  Bernard Allan Federko is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1976 through 1990.-Playing career:...
  
  : Blues Analyst
• Chris Gervino: Missouri Tigers men's basketball play-by-play announcer, This Week in Mizzou Basketball/Football host
• Joel Goldberg: Reporter (Now hosts Royals Live and Royals Insider on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Jimmy "The Cat" Hayes: Reporter
• Scott Highmark: Missouri Valley Conference play-by-play announcer
• Rick Horton: Game analyst & occasional play-by-play announcer for St. Louis Cardinals games. Former Cardinals pitcher.
• Al Hrabosky
  Al Hrabosky
  Alan Thomas "Al" Hrabosky is a former Major League Baseball player from - for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves and is currently the color commentator on Cardinals regular season broadcasts on FSN Midwest...
  
  : Cardinals Analyst; Former Cardinals' pitcher
• Clark Kellogg
  Clark Kellogg
  Clark Clifton Kellogg, Jr. is the VP of player relations for the Indiana Pacers as well as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports and former player in the National Basketball Association.-High School:...
  
  : Pacers
  Indiana Pacers
  The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
   Analyst (Now on Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana is a regional cable sports network that operates in Central Indiana. Fox Sports Indiana was created in 2006 by Fox Sports Net as a spin-off to Fox Sports Midwest due to gaining the television contract for the Indiana Pacers full time...
  
  )
• John Kelly: Blues play-by-play
• Ryan Lefebvre
  Ryan Lefebvre
  Ryan Lefebvre is an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals since 1999. In 2008, he became the primary announcer for Royals' television broadcasts on Fox Sports Kansas City...
  
  : Royals play-by-play (on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Dan McLaughlin
  Dan McLaughlin
  Dan McLaughlin is a professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest.-Early life:...
  
  : Cardinals play-by-play announcer.
• Stacy Paetz: Reporter (Now hosts Pacers Live on Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana
  Fox Sports Indiana is a regional cable sports network that operates in Central Indiana. Fox Sports Indiana was created in 2006 by Fox Sports Net as a spin-off to Fox Sports Midwest due to gaining the television contract for the Indiana Pacers full time...
  
  )
• Darren Pang: Blues' Analyst
• Pat Parris: Reporter, Cardinals pre-game and post-game studio host.
• Eric Piatkowski
  Eric Piatkowski
  Eric Todd Piatkowski is a former American professional basketball player. He most recently played for the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns. He is the son of former ABA player Walt Piatkowski.-High school career:...
  
  : Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball color analyst
• Greg Sharpe: Nebraska Cornhuskers men's and women's basketball play-by-play announcer
• Paul Splittorff
  Paul Splittorff
  Paul William Splittorff Jr. was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who spent his entire career with the Kansas City Royals. Listed at 6' 3", Splittorff batted and threw left handed.-Early years:Splittorff was born in Evansville, Indiana...
  
  : Royals analyst (on Fox Sports Kansas City)
• Jon Sundvold
  Jon Sundvold
  Jon Thomas "Sunny" Sundvold is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round of the 1983 NBA Draft. A 6'2" shooting guard from the University of Missouri, Sundvold played in 9 NBA seasons from 1983–1992...
  
  : Missouri Tigers men's basketball color analyst
• Stan Weber: Kansas State Wildcat's basketball play-by-play announcer
• Frank White: Royals analyst (on Fox Sports Kansas City)