Gray Media is partnering with Main Street Sports and its FanDuel Sports Network to simulcast a handful of Cincinnati Reds baseball games on its local Fox affiliate in the city.
The games will include the Opening Day match-up between the Reds and the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, March 27, as well as nine other regular season games between March and September.
The FanDuel Sports Network simulcasts will air on WXIX (Channel 19, Fox) and on other stations affiliated with the Rock Entertainment Sports Network in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, including stations in Lexington, Louisville, Nashville and Charleston-Huntington.
“Fox19 and Rock Entertainment Sports Network are proud to serve our viewers in Cincinnati and across the region by bringing iconic Reds baseball back to free, over-the-air broadcasts,” said WXIX General Manager Jennifer Rieffer on Wednesday. “There’s nothing quite like Reds baseball on broadcast television.”
The Reds games will continue to be available on FanDuel Sports Network via cable, satellite and on streaming services, including FanDuel Sports Network’s own service that costs $20 per month.
The deal between Gray Media and FanDuel Sports Network is the latest to involve the broadcaster bringing premium professional sports to free, over-the-air TV stations it owns or controls. The company also has agreements to air games from the Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis Grizzlies, Charlotte Hornets and the New Orleans Pelicans on its local TV stations. It also has an agreement in place with the Chicago Sports Network to air games from the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox on local TV stations outside the Chicago market.
