Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Louisiana Mississippi Alabama |
| Headquarters | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Gray Television |
| Sister channels | Arizona's Family Sports Peachtree Sports Network |
| History | |
| Launched | October 2, 2024 |
| Replaced | Bally Sports New Orleans |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| FuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network is a broadcast television regional sports network in the U.S. states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, owned by Gray Television. The network is the broadcast home for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.
The network launched on October 2, 2024.
History
[edit]On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of Bally Sports New Orleans (the previous television home of the Pelicans), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,[1] 30 days after they failed to make a $140M interest payment.[2] As part of the bankruptcy, during the 2023–24 NBA season, Bally Sports reached an agreement with the NBA to allow teams to exclusively air up to 10 games on local over-the-air networks.[3] The Pelicans reached an agreement with Gray Television for its over-the-air games.[4] On August 23, 2024, Diamond Sports rejected its contract with the Pelicans through bankruptcy court.[5]
On September 17, 2024, the Pelicans announced that Gray Television would become the exclusive home of local Pelicans games beginning with the 2024–25 NBA season. In order to air games across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, Gray announced that all games would air on the soon-to-launch Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network, which would mostly be available on digital subchannels.[6][7] The network launched on October 2, 2024.[8][9]
Carriage
[edit]The network is primarily available on local over-the-air stations, but can also be watched on Cox Cable, Fubo TV and Mediacom.[10][11][12][13]
Over-the-air affiliates
[edit]| City of license / Market | Station | Virtual channel | Primary affiliation (on main channel)[8][14] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria, Louisiana | KLGC-LD | 25.2 | The CW |
| KALB-TV | 5.4 | NBC | |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WAFB | 9.3 | CBS |
| Biloxi, Mississippi | WTBL-LD | 51.3 | MeTV |
| WLOX | 13.6 | ABC | |
| Birmingham, Alabama | WBRC | 6.3 | Fox |
| Hattiesburg, Mississippi | WLHA-LD | 18.2 | Telemundo |
| WDAM-TV | 7.5 | NBC | |
| Jackson, Mississippi | WLBT | 3.3 | NBC |
| Lafayette, Louisiana (Pelicans games only) |
KXKW-LD | 32.1 | The Action Channel |
| Lake Charles, Louisiana | KGCH-LD | 32.1 | N/A |
| Meridian, Mississippi | WOOK-LD | 15.5 | Telemundo |
| WTOK-TV | 11.5 | ABC | |
| Mobile, Alabama | WALA-TV | 10.5 | Fox |
| Monroe, Louisiana | KCWL-LD | 24.1 | N/A |
| KNOE-TV | 8.3 | CBS | |
| Montgomery, Alabama | WSFA | 12.3 | NBC |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | WVUE-DT | 7.1 | Fox |
| 8.3 | |||
| Shreveport, Louisiana | KSLA | 12.2 | CBS |
References
[edit]- ^ "Diamond Sports Group Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceedings to Strengthen Balance Sheet". Business Wire (Press release). March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ Ourand, John (February 15, 2023). "Diamond Sports Group not making $140M interest payment". Sports Business Journal. Leaders Group. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Ourand, John (November 6, 2023). "Diamond Sports reaches deal with NBA". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "WAFB will televise 10 of this season's Pelicans games" (Press release). WAFB. December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Crupi, Anthony; McCann, Michael (August 23, 2024). "Diamond Sports Group Reaches Deals With NBA, NHL". Sportico. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Clark, Christian (September 17, 2024). "The Pelicans officially have a new TV broadcast home. Here's how you can watch it". NOLA.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Sklar, Sam (September 17, 2024). "How to watch New Orleans Pelicans games, Zion Williamson for free in Mississippi". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network launches with Pelicans games as the main attraction". Fox8Live. October 3, 2024. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Clark, Christian (October 3, 2024). "Pelicans making changes to broadcast team as part of Gulf Coast Sports TV rollout". NOLA.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network now on fubo". Retrieved October 15, 2024.
- ^ "Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network will be available in this Louisiana city soon". Retrieved October 15, 2024.
- ^ "Gulf Coast Sports, Pelicans games now available on Cox Cable". October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ "Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network expands to Mediacom". November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
- ^ "Stations for Network - Gulf Coast SEN". Rabbitears.info. Retrieved October 6, 2024.