Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Philadelphia metropolitan area Eastern Pennsylvania |
Network | SportsChannel |
Headquarters | Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cablevision (50%) NBC (50%) |
Sister channels | PRISM |
History | |
Launched | January 1, 1990 |
Closed | September 30, 1997 |
Replaced by | Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia |
SportsChannel Philadelphia was an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between Rainbow Sports, a unit of the Rainbow Media subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, and NBC (which both owned 50%), and operated as an affiliate of SportsChannel. Operating as a sister network of the premium service PRISM and headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the channel provided regional coverage of sports events involving professional sports teams based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and college and high school sports events throughout the Delaware Valley region.