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{{Short description|Defunct regional sports television network}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Fox Sports Tennessee
| logo = Fox Sports Tennessee 2012 logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
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| type = [[Regional sports network]]
| country = [[United States]]
| area = [[Tennessee]] eastern [[Arkansas]] southern [[Kentucky]]
| network = [[Fox Sports Networks]]
| slogan =
| headquarters = [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| picture_format = [[720p]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]]) [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
| owner = [[Diamond Sports Group]]
| parent = [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] & [[Entertainment Studios Networks]]
| key_people =
| sister_channels = [[Fox Sports South]] [[Fox Sports Southeast]] [[Fox Sports Carolinas]]
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| launch_date = {{Start date|2008|10|31}}
| replaced = Fox Sport South (within designated market)
| closed_date = {{End date|2021|03|31}}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.foxsports.com/tennessee}}
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'''Fox Sports Tennessee''' ('''FSTN''') was an American [[regional sports network]] owned by [[Diamond Sports Group]], a joint venture between [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and [[Entertainment Studios]], and operated as an affiliate of [[Fox Sports Networks]]. The channel broadcast regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in the state of [[Tennessee]], namely the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] and [[Nashville Predators]].

Fox Sports Tennessee was available on [[cable television|cable]] providers throughout Tennessee, eastern [[Arkansas]] and southern Kentucky, with an estimated reach of 1.8 million subscribers, and nationwide on [[direct broadcast satellite|satellite]] via [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]].

The network closed down on March 31, 2021. Its content was merged into the schedules of the newly named [[Bally Sports South]] and [[Bally Sports Southeast]].

==History==
[[File:Fox sports tennessee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fox Sports Tennessee logo, used from 2008 to 2012.]]
Fox Sports Tennessee launched on [[Halloween|October 31]], 2008, and was created through the separation of [[Fox Sports South]] into three regional networks: alongside the main Fox Sports South channel (originating from [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]) and [[Fox Sports Carolinas]], the latter of which launch on the same date as Fox Sports Tennessee.<ref name=split>{{cite web|title=Fox Sports Launches Regional Nets in Tennessee, Carolinas|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/82011-Fox_Sports_Launches_Regional_Nets_In_Tennessee_Carolinas.php|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=November 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509184929/http://www.multichannel.com/article/82011-Fox_Sports_Launches_Regional_Nets_In_Tennessee_Carolinas.php|archive-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> In July 2013, News Corporation [[Corporate spin-off|spun off]] the Fox Sports Networks and most of its other U.S. entertainment properties into [[21st Century Fox]].

On December 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies, [[The Walt Disney Company]] announced plans to acquire all 22 regional Fox Sports networks from [[21st Century Fox]], including Fox Sports Tennessee. However, on June 27, 2018, the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of [[ESPN]]. On May 3, 2019, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and [[Entertainment Studios]] (through their joint venture, [[Diamond Sports Group|Diamond Holdings]]) bought [[Fox Sports Networks]] from [[The Walt Disney Company]] for $10.6 billion. The deal closed on August 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-08-23/sinclair-completes-acquisition-of-regional-sports-networks-from-Disney|title=Sinclair completes acquisition of regional sports networks from Disney| publisher=Bloomberg |date=22 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/sinclair-disney-regional-sports-network-deal-1203204685/|title=Sinclair Clinches Disney-Regional Sports Networks Deal, Byron Allen Joins as Partner|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|website=Variety|date=3 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref>

In 2020, Diamond Sports formed a partnership with [[Bally's Corporation]] was formed to rebrand the networks as "Bally Sports". On January 27, 2021, Bally's and Sinclair issued a joint press release unveiling the new logos for the rebrand of the networks that will occur at a still undetermined date later in 2021. It also was announced that Fox Sports Tennessee would be shut down at that time with programming being merged into the new [[Bally Sports South]] (previously Fox Sports South) and [[Bally Sports Southeast]] (previously Fox Sports Southeast).<ref>{{cite news |title=Sinclair Broadcast Group And Bally's Corporation Unveil Official Bally Sports Logo And Corresponding Regional Monikers |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sinclair-broadcast-group-and-ballys-corporation-unveil-official-bally-sports-logo-and-corresponding-regional-monikers-301216258.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=www.prnewswire.com |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc ; Bally's Corporation |date=Jan 27, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The final event broadcast by the network was a 3-2 Predators win in overtime against the Dallas Stars on March 30, 2021.

==Programming==
Fox Sports Tennessee held the regional cable television rights to the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] and the [[Nashville Predators]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]. It also carried simulcasts of [[Major League Baseball]] games, carrying [[Cincinnati Reds]] games televised by [[Fox Sports Ohio]],<ref>{{cite web|title=FOX Sports Tennessee, SportSouth to Televise 123 Reds Games during 2011 MLB Season|url=http://www.foxsportstennessee.com/03/08/11/FOX-Sports-Tennessee-SportSouth-to-Telev/landing.html?blockID=435856&feedID=3731|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123172256/http://www.foxsportstennessee.com/03/08/11/FOX-Sports-Tennessee-SportSouth-to-Telev/landing.html?blockID=435856&feedID=3731|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2013|work=Fox Sports Tennessee|date=March 8, 2011}}</ref> [[St. Louis Cardinals]] games televised by [[Fox Sports Midwest]]<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Fox Sports Tennessee and SportSouth St. Louis Cardinals Telecast Schedule|url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/components/downloads/2011_stl_foxsports_south.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413210817/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/components/downloads/2011_stl_foxsports_south.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 13, 2015 |website=St. Louis Cardinals}}</ref> and (within Tennessee) [[Atlanta Braves]] games televised by Fox Sports South, as well as coverage of [[college athletics|collegiate sports]] events from the [[Southeastern Conference]].

==Other services==
===Fox Sports Tennessee HD===
'''Fox Sports Tennessee HD''' was a [[High-definition television|high definition]] simulcast feed of Fox Sports Tennessee, which broadcasts in the [[720p]] format. The channel broadcasts most Predators and Grizzlies games (both live telecasts and late-night replays) as well as several [[National Collegiate Athletics Association|NCAA]] football and basketball games shown nationally on FSN and other programming distributed nationally by Fox Sports Networks in high definition. Fox Sports Tennessee HD originally transmitted only during game telecasts (with a [[test pattern]] being shown at other times) until July 2009, when it was converted into a 24-hour simulcast feed.
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==Announcers==
===Memphis Grizzlies===
* Pete Pranica – play by play announcer
* [[Brevin Knight]] – analyst
* Rob Fischer - sideline reporter / ''Grizzlies LIVE'' host
* Chris Vernon - ''Grizzlies LIVE'' analyst / contributor

===Nashville Predators===
* Willy Daunic - play-by-play announcer
* [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]] - analyst
* Kara Hammer - rinkside reporter
* [[Terry Crisp]] - ''Predators LIVE'' analyst
* Lyndsay Rowley - ''Predators LIVE'' host/reporter
* Jerome Jurenovich and [[Kelsey Wingert]] – Preds Studio Update Host

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.foxsports.com/tennessee}}

{{Fox Sports}}
{{SBGI}}
{{Memphis Grizzlies}}
{{Nashville Predators}}
{{Nashville TV}}

[[Category:Fox Sports Networks]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021]]
[[Category:2021 disestablishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Defunct mass media in Tennessee]]

Fox Sports Tennessee - Revision history

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