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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | |
| Headquarters | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Gray Media |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02) |
| Replaced | Bally Sports New Orleans |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| FuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network (GCSEN) is a broadcast televisionregional sports network in the U.S. states ofAlabama,Louisiana andMississippi, owned byGray Media. The network is the broadcast home for theNew Orleans Pelicans of theNational Basketball Association.
The network launched on October 2, 2024.
On March 14, 2023,Diamond Sports Group, the parent company ofBally Sports New Orleans (the previous television home of the Pelicans), filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy,[1] 30 days after they failed to make a $140M interest payment.[2]As part of the bankruptcy, during the2023–24 NBA season, Bally Sports reached an agreement with the NBA to allow teams to exclusively air up to 10 games on localover-the-air networks.[3] The Pelicans reached an agreement with Gray Television for its over-the-air games.[4] On August 23, 2024, Diamond Sports rejected its contract with the Pelicans through bankruptcy court.[5]
On September 17, 2024, the Pelicans announced that Gray Television would become the exclusive home of local Pelicans games beginning with the2024–25 NBA season. In order to air games across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, Gray announced that all games would air on the soon-to-launch Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network, which would mostly be available ondigital subchannels.[6][7] The network launched on October 2, 2024.[8][9]
On January 13, 2025, it would be announced by Gray Media, in partnership withMajor League Rugby, that theNew Orleans Gold would broadcast their games exclusively on the Gulf Coast Sports Network throughout the 2025 season onward, airing all 16 of the Gold’s home and away games.[10][11]
Prior to the2025 MLB season, Gray Media announced agreements with theAtlanta Braves andTexas Rangers to air 15 games, 10 additionalspring training games for the Braves and 4 for the Rangers, over-the-air.[12] Braves games (produced byFanDuel Sports Network South) will air on the Gulf Coast Sports Network in Biloxi, Birmingham, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Mobile and Montgomery.[12] Rangers games (produced by theRangers Sports Network) will air on the Gulf Coast Sports Network in Alexandria.[13] Gray also announced an agreement with theBiloxi Shuckers ofMinor League Baseball to air 12 games.[14]
In June 2025, Gray Media announced an extension to its agreement with theNew Orleans Saints of the National Football League (WVUE had been acquired from its former owner, late Saints/Pelicans ownerTom Benson, in 2017, continuing a long-standing team relationship). Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network will rebroadcast pregame shows and air a new slate of studio shows before and after Saints games.[15] That same month, the network announced a programming agreement withLocked On Podcast Network.[16]
The network is primarily available on localover-the-air stations, along withDirecTV,Cox Cable,Fubo TV andMediacom.[17][18][19][20][21]
| City of license /Market | Station | Virtual channel | Primary affiliation (on main channel)[8][22] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria, Louisiana | KLGC-LD | 25.2 | The CW |
| KALB-TV | 5.4 | NBC | |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WAFB | 9.3 | CBS |
| Biloxi, Mississippi | WTBL-LD | 51.3 | MeTV |
| WLOX | 13.6 | ABC | |
| Birmingham, Alabama | WBRC | 6.3 | Fox |
| Hattiesburg, Mississippi | WLHA-LD | 18.2 | Telemundo |
| WDAM-TV | 7.5 | NBC | |
| Jackson, Mississippi | WLBT | 3.3 | NBC |
| Iowa–Lafayette, Louisiana | KNGC-LD | 25.1 | N/A |
| Lake Charles, Louisiana | KGCH-LD | 32.1 | N/A |
| Meridian, Mississippi | WOOK-LD | 15.5 | Telemundo |
| WTOK-TV | 11.5 | ABC | |
| Mobile, Alabama | WALA-TV | 10.5 | Fox |
| Monroe, Louisiana | KCWL-LD | 24.1 | N/A |
| KNOE-TV | 8.3 | CBS | |
| Montgomery, Alabama | WSFA | 12.3 | NBC |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | WVUE-DT | 7.1 | Fox |
| 8.3 | |||
| Shreveport, Louisiana | KSLA | 12.2 | CBS |