Fox Sports Oklahoma
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Fox Sports Oklahoma is a regional sports network
Regional sports network
In the United States of America and Canada, a regional sports network, or RSN, is a cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market. The most important programming on an RSN consists of live broadcasts of professional and college sporting events, as those games generate...

 that airs coverage of sports teams in Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. It launched on October 29, 2008 as a spinoff of Fox Sports Southwest, with the first game of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball franchise based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ; their home court is at Chesapeake Energy Arena....

. It originally split Thunder games with KSBI
KSBI
KSBI, virtual channel 52, is an independent television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is locally owned and operated by Family Broadcasting Group of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma-based company, in a duopoly with Tuff TV affiliate KXOC-LP...

, but on August 3, 2010, the team signed a new exclusive multi-year agreement with Fox Sports Oklahoma beginning with the 2010-11 Season
2010–11 NBA season
The 2010–11 NBA season was the 65th season of the National Basketball Association . The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 20, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in six games, 4 games to 2, to win their first NBA title, and...

. Besides the Thunder, it also features coverage of the Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma Sooners
The University of Oklahoma features 19 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Sooners, a nickname given to the early participants in the land rushes which initially opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to non-native settlement. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A,...

 and the Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State Cowboys are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. Their mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big 12 Conference's South Division. The university's current athletic director is Mike Holder...

. Fox Sports Oklahoma also has exclusive broadcast rights to Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association
Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association , is an organization which organizes secondary school activities at the state level, such as sports, speech tournaments, and music competitions. Derald Glover is its president. The OSSAA is a member of the National Federation of State High School...

 state championships. Fox Sports Oklahoma has broadcast Class A-6A Championship games in football and periodically runs OSSAA Championship Spotlight which highlights various high school sports depending on the time of year.

Personalities

  • Brian Davis
    Brian Davis
    Brian Lester Davis is an English professional golfer.Davis was born in London. He turned professional in 1994 and became a member of the European Tour in 1997. He performed steadily for his first six seasons on the Tour, and won the 2000 Peugeot Open de Espana...

    - Thunder play-by-play
  • Grant Long
    Grant Long
    Grant Andrew Long is a retired American professional basketball player. He played over 1,000 NBA games over a 15-year career....

     - Thunder color commentator
  • Kelly Crull - Thunder sideline reporter
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