KBL

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Root Sports Pittsburgh

Root Sports Pittsburgh is an American regional sports network that is owned by the DirecTV Sports Networks subsidiary of AT&T Inc., as an owned-and-operated outlet of Root Sports and is an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the channel broadcasts local coverage of sports events throughout the Greater Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, as well as national programs from Fox Sports Networks including college sports, and magazine, entertainment and documentary programs.

As of August 2013, Root Sports Pittsburgh is available on cable providers throughout nearly all of Pennsylvania (outside of the Philadelphia market), West Virginia, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, southwestern border areas of New York and Ashland, Kentucky, reaching more than 2.4 million homes; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.

History

The channel launched on April 13, 1986 as Pirates Cable Network, exclusively serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area; its first sports event telecast on that date was a Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs from Three Rivers Stadium, announced by Mike Lange, in which the Pirates shut out the Cubs, 8-0.