Carolina Sports and Entertainment Television
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Carolinas Sports and Entertainment Television, or C-SET, was a regional sports network in the United States that was in operation from October 2004 until June 2005. This was the primary television vehicle of the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association during that team's first season in the league.
C-SET was a joint venture between Bobcats owner Robert L. Johnson, the executive who founded Black Entertainment Television and used the money to become the first majority African-American owner in NBA history, and Time Warner Cable, the cable provider for most of the Carolinas. It was supposed to cover both North Carolina and South Carolina. An aspect that set C-SET apart from similar team-owned channels is that Time Warner Cable did not put the channel on analog cable, instead using it as an attraction to get customers for their digital cable services. A package of 15 Bobcats games produced by C-SET did air on WJZY.
In addition to the Bobcats, C-SET aired college sports programs, mostly from the Big South Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, outdoors programming (hunting and fishing), auto racing, and action sports. C-SET also planned a nightly sportscast.
C-SET lasted only one NBA season and folded on the day of the 2005 NBA Draft. The lack of analog cable carriage and the resulting poor attendance of the team was seen as a primary reason, as was the lack of other distributors carrying (or being able to carry as Time Warner blocked satellite television providers from carrying the channel) the channel.
In 2005, the Bobcats moved their local cable broadcasts to News 14 Carolina, where they remain today. In 2006-07, the team added over-the-air broadcasts on WMYT after one season on WHKY.
Broadcast television in the Charlotte market (Nielsen DMA #26) | ||
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WBTV 3 (CBS) - WSOC 9 (ABC) - WHKY 14 (Ind) - W16CF 16 / W38CN 38 / W66ST 66 (TBN) - WUNE 17 / WUNG 58 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WCCB 18 (Fox) - WLNN-LP 24 / WTBL-LP 49 (A1) - WGTB-LP 28 (FN) - WNSC 30 (PBS/SCETV) - WCNC 36 (NBC) - WTVI 42 (PBS) - WJZY 46 (The CW) - WMYT 55 (MNTV) - WAXN 64 (Ind) |
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Local cable television channels | ||
CMS TV3 - News 14 Carolina - Ch. 16 (Local Government) - C-SET (defunct) |
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See also Broadcast television in Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Columbia and Piedmont Triad |
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