At this time tomorrow, FSN Pittsburgh will become ROOT Sports, a name that will take some time to wrap my head around. Oh, the times that Pittsburgh sports fans have had with FSN over the past 15 years. Penguin games, Pirate games and Sportsbeat with Stan and Guy, just a few of the programs that made Fox Sports Network memorable.
FSN Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain and Seattle are owned by DirecTV and is still under the FOX brand, but they have decided to take a different format. It's not the first time it's changed. Back when the Pens won their first two Stanley Cups and the Pirates were in the race for a pennant (believe it or not), it was KBL Sports, which was 20 years ago.
Of course it's just the name changing, but the brand will be hard to forget. Whatever happens with ROOT Sports, it guarantees great hometown coverage for markets in Pittsburgh, Seattle, Colorado and Utah. If I make one suggestion, bring back Stan and Guy with Sportsbeat, that show made the station what it is today!
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