Bally Sports New Orleans

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Bally Sports New Orleans began on October 31, 2012, as Fox Sports New Orleans, a regional sports channel built around the then-New Orleans Hornets. Fox Sports Networks secured the club’s local cable rights after Cox Sports Television did not renew its agreement. Based in New Orleans, the channel carried Hornets and later Pelicans telecasts, along with college games and selected programming from its regional-sports siblings.

The channel’s ownership journey had plenty of corporate relay passes. Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox required the regional networks to be sold; Diamond Sports Group, backed by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, acquired them in 2019. On March 31, 2021, Fox Sports New Orleans became Bally Sports New Orleans under Diamond’s Bally’s naming-rights arrangement. Same local-scoreboard mission, considerably more red paint.

Diamond entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2023. In 2024, the channel’s key professional programming departed: the New Orleans Pelicans moved to a Gray Media and Raycom Sports arrangement led by New Orleans station WVUE-DT, while Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers coverage also left. Bally Sports New Orleans ceased operations on October 21, 2024, as other Diamond regional networks adopted the FanDuel Sports Network name.

Our Bally Sports New Orleans collection celebrates a short-lived but memorable New Orleans broadcast signal: the cable-era home of pregame chatter, hometown calls, improbable comebacks, and the eternally optimistic next possession.