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| Type | Regional sports network |
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| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | North Carolina South Carolina |
| Network | Fox Sports Networks |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Sister channels | Fox Sports South Fox Sports Southeast Fox Sports Tennessee |
| History | |
| Launched | October 31, 2008 (2008-10-31) |
| Replaced | Fox Sport South (within designated market) |
| Closed | March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) |
Fox Sports Carolinas (FSCAR) was an Americanregional sports network operated as an affiliate ofFox Sports Networks. The channel was headquartered inCharlotte,North Carolina.
The channel broadcast professional, collegiate and high school sports events, with a primary focus on North Carolina–based teams, namely theCharlotte Hornets andCarolina Hurricanes. It was available on mostcable providers in North andSouth Carolina, with an estimated reach of four million cable television subscribers; Fox Sports Carolinas was also available nationwide onsatellite providersDirecTV andDish Network.
The network closed down on March 31, 2021. Its content was merged into the schedules of the newly namedBally Sports South andBally Sports Southeast.
Fox Sports Carolinas launched on October 31, 2008, and was created through the separation ofFox Sports South into three regional feeds: the main Fox Sports South channel (originating fromAtlanta), Fox Sports Carolinas andFox Sports Tennessee.[1]
In 2019, Diamond Sports Group purchased Fox Sports Carolinas along with the other 20 Fox Sports Networks and in 2020 a partnership withBally'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 the Fox Sports Carolinas feed would be shut down at that time; its programming will be merged into the newBally Sports South (previously Fox Sports South) andBally Sports Southeast (previously Fox Sports Southeast).[2]
The channel held the regional cable television rights to theCharlotte Hornets of theNBA andCarolina Hurricanes of theNHL; it also carried team-related programs from theCarolina PanthersNFL franchise, and broadcast games and team andcollegiate programs from theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) andSoutheastern Conferences (SEC). Fox Sports Carolinas also broadcastMajor League Baseball from two of its sister regional networks. It carried Fox Sports South telecasts ofAtlanta Braves games in all of South Carolina, and portions of the Charlotte andPiedmont Triad markets; andFox Sports Ohio telecasts ofCincinnati Reds games in and aroundAsheville, Charlotte andWinston-Salem.
Fox Sports Carolinas HD was ahigh definition simulcast feed of Fox Sports Carolinas, which airs most Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Hurricanes games (includingtape-delayed late-night replays) and events telecast nationally throughout the Fox Sports Networks in the720p format. Fox Sports Carolinas HD originally transmitted only during game telecasts (with atest pattern being shown at other times) until July 2009, when it was converted into a 24-hour channel.
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