The network, launched by Midwest Radio and Television (later Midwest Communications) in 1982 was described as an "experimental cable channel", originally filled much of its schedule with rebroadcasts of WCCO's newscasts and ESPN's SportsCenter, as well as programming from the Financial News Network. A second cable channel called WCCO Cable Weather Channel was also launched at the same time, initially providing automated weather forecasts 24 hours a day before transitioning into providing live weather forecasts in early 1983.[1] In 1985, an agreement was made to fill most of WCCO II's schedule with music videos produced by K-TWIN. A few hours were reserved for rebroadcasts of newscasts and other programming.[2]
On March 1, 1989,[3] WCCO II was relaunched as the Midwest Sports Channel when it acquired rights to Twins broadcasts.[4]CBS acquired Midwest in 1992, then sold MSC (by 1997 also featuring a Milwaukee sub-feed, now Fox Sports Wisconsin) to News Corporation in 2000, and it became Fox Sports North, which is today Bally Sports North.
Referencesedit
^"Making the name fit the business" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 3, 1983. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^"Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 23, 1985 · Page 44". Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 23, 1985. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^"Major League Baseball team by team" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 6, 1989. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^Shea, Stuart (2015). Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research, Inc. pp. 151–152. ISBN978-1-933599-40-3. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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