FSN Detroit
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| Type | regional sports network |
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| Country |  United States |
| Availability | Michigan, Northeast Indiana, Northwest Ohio |
| Owner | FOX (1997-present) Post-Newsweek Stations (1992-1997) Tom Monaghan (1984-1992) |
| Past names | PASS Sports (1984-1996) Fox Sports Net Detroit (1996-2004) |
| Website | [1] |
FSN Detroit or Fox Sports Net Detroit is a regional sports network that covers local sports teams in the state of Michigan. It is available in all of Michigan, northeast Indiana, northwest Ohio and nationwide via satellite. The FSN Detroit studios are based out of Seattle, Washington.
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[edit] History
Pro Am Sports System (PASS for short) was started by Tom Monaghan in 1984 who at the time also owned the Detroit Tigers.
In 1992, Monaghan sold the Tigers to Mike Ilitch and PASS was sold to Post-Newsweek Stations and merged with the Post's Detroit television station WDIV(Detroit's NBC affiliate).
Following the purchase, PASS moved its studios and offices from Ann Arbor, MI to WDIV's in Detroit. PASS became available on basic cable, (under Monaghan it was a premium cable network). Post-Newsweek made the station 24-hours, (under Monaghan it only airing in the evening and on weekends).
FSN Detroit originally launched as a competitor to the Post-Newsweek Stations' PASS Sports. After a surprise bid in 1996 to pick up the rights to the Detroit Pistons, FSN Detroit began planning to launch the network two years later. However, when Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers TV rights were up for bid, FSN Detroit decided to accelerate to launch date by bidding and winning the rights to the Red Wings beginning with the 1997-98 season and the Tigers beginning in 1998. The Washington Post Company, the parent company of Post-Newsweek Stations sold the remaining year (1998) of the Tigers, Pistons contracts and the contract of broadcaster John Keating to FSN Detroit.
[edit] Sports Coverage
- Wings: FSN Detroit has the rights to cover at least 65 Red Wings games in the regular season as well as some preseason games and the first two rounds of the playoffs. FSN Detroit also shows a Red Wings Weekly and a pregame show live from the location of the game.
- Tigers: FSN Detroit has the rights to cover at least 120 Tigers games in the regular season as well as some in the preseason. FSN Detroit also has Tigers Weekly and a Tigers pregame show.
- Pistons: FSN Detroit has at least 40 telecasts with 37 regular season and 3 preseason. Also if the Pistons qualify for the NBA postseason there could be some games on there.
- Lions: FSN Detroit airs a Lions Post game show and also covers the major press conferences.
- College events: FSN Detroit has local coverege of the Big Ten Conference, Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Horizon League, MAC and MCC. FSN Detroit also has exclusive rights to Hockey Day in Michigan and the Great Lakes Invitational.
- High School sports: FSN Detroit shows the regional finals of High School football live at Ford Field, high school girls basketball and boys basketball live in East Lansing, Michigan.
[edit] Original Programming
- Detroit Lions Post Game Show: A 60 minute in-season show that features feedback from former Detroit Lions tight end Rob Rubick and Detroit News writer Terry Foster. It also shows coverage of Rod Marinelli's post game news conference.
- Detroit Lions Press Conference: A 30 minute in-season show that shows the Rod Marinelli, Monday news conference.
- Detroit Pistons Insider: A 30 minute in-season Pregame show where Matt Shepard and Pete Skorich preview the Pistons opponent.
- Detroit Pistons Live': A pregame/postgame show debuting in April 2007 about the Detroit Pistons.
- Detroit Red Wings Live: A 30 minute in season Pregame show and post game show.
- Detroit Red Wings Weekly: A 30 minute in season weekly program hosted by Trevor Thompson. It usually is live from Joe Louis Arena, but on special occasions from Hockeytown Authentics or Hockeytown Cafe.
- Detroit Sports Report: A 30 minute year round show from Seattle, Washington. Usually on Sunday nights it airs a special spotlight edition of a key figure in Detroit sports. It was formerly mainly a postgame show, but beginning in April 2007 this will be known as Red Wings Live, Tigers Live or Pistons Live and air not only after the game, but before as well.
- Detroit Tigers Live: A 30 minute in season show from the location of the Detroit Tigers game. It is hosted by John Keating.
- Michigan Replay: A 30 minute show on Sunday mornings following a Michigan Wolverines football game. Co-hosted by former Michigan offensive tackle Jim Brandstatter and Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr.
- One on One with Tom Izzo: A 30 minute show featuring Michigan State Spartans head basketball coach Tom Izzo and sports anchor Mickey York.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Current
- Brad Adam: DSR Host (2004–present)
- Rod Allen: Tigers Analyst (2003–present)
- George Blaha: Pistons Play-by-Play (2006–present)
- Cara Capuano: DSR Host (2004–present)
- Ken Daniels: Red Wings Play-by-Play, CCHA Play-by-Play (1996–present)
- Ryan Field: Reporter (2003–present)
- Terry Foster: Reporter (2000–present)
- Mario Impemba: Tigers Play-by-Play (2002–present)
- John Keating: Reporter (1995–present)
- Greg Kelser: Pistons Analyst (1993–present)
- Angie Mentink: DSR Host (2001–present)
- Matt Morrison: DSR Host (2006–present)
- Larry Murphy: Alternate Red Wings Analyst (2003–present)
- Fred Pletsch: CCHA Analyst (2000–present)
- Mickey Redmond: Lead Red Wings Analyst (1985–present)
- Rob Rubick: Lions Analyst, (1999–present)
- Shireen Saski: Features Reporter (1999–present)
- Matt Shepard: CCHA Play-by-Play, Features Reporter (1997–present)
- Trevor Thompson: Reporter (2000–present)
- Cameron Wong: DSR Host (2003–present)
- Mickey York: DSR Host (2003–present), Reporter (2000–2003)
[edit] Former
- Bill Freehan: Tigers Analyst (1984–1985)
- Kirk Gibson: Tigers Analyst (1998–2002)
- Ernie Harwell: Tigers Play-by-Play (1994–1997)
- Josh Lewin: Tigers and CCHA Hockey Play-by-Play (1998–2001)
- Fred McLeod: Pistons Play-by-Play, Tigers Play-by-Play (1984–2006)
- Jim Northrup: Tigers Analyst (1985–1994)
- Larry Osterman: Tigers and CCHA Hockey Play-by-Play (1984–1992)
- Jim Price: Tigers Analyst (1993–1997)
- Kerry Sayers: DSR Host (2002–2005)
- Marc Soicher: DSR Host (2000–2003)
- Dave Strader: Red Wings Play-by-Play, CCHA Play-by-Play (1985–1996)
- Kelly Tripucka: Pistons Analyst (1993–2001)
- Pat Verbeek: Alternate Red Wings Analyst (2003–2006)
[edit] FSN Detroit HD
FSN HD is a high definition telecasts of select Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers broadcasts.
FSN Detroit HD is available
- Comcast (Ch. 201) (Metro Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing)
- DirecTV (Ch. 96 or 97) (Metro Detroit).
- Wide Open West (Ch. 220)
- Bright House (Ch. 232) (Redford, Novi, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Livonia)
[edit] FSN Plus
FSN is planning a new channel called FSN Plus that will be available on most cable companies that offer regular FSN Detroit. This will show any sporting event that can't be shown on the regular FSN Detroit due to scheduling conflicts. The exact release for this channel is unknown but is scheduled to have a handful of Detroit Tigers games in 2007.
[edit] Trivia
- FSN Detroit is produced by FSN Northwest, which is the main reason why the studio is in Seattle, Washington.
- On December 12, 2006, FSN Detroit became the first United States television station to have its play-by-play man at ice level when Detroit Red Wings play-by-play man Ken Daniels broadcasted the Wings-Senators game from between the benches, while color commentator Mickey Redmond remained in the booth.
