Bally Sports West

==Prime Ticket==
===1985–1989===
What is now Bally Sports West was founded under the Prime Ticket name on October 19, 1985; the channel was originally co-owned by Dr. Jerry Buss, then-majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings, and cable television pioneer Dr. Bill Daniels, who held a minority ownership interest in both franchises. Unlike many of the regional sports networks in operation at the time of Prime Ticket's launch, the channel was (and still is) structured as a basic cable channel, instead of a premium service.
The channel would form the basis of the Prime Sports regional sports network in 1989.
===1989–1995===
==Prime Sports West==
===1995–1996===
In August 1994, Daniels sold his share in Prime Ticket and the Prime Network to TCI sister company Liberty Media. In 1995, Liberty Media adopted a unified identity for its owned-and-operated regional sports networks under the "Prime Sports" brand.
==Fox Sports West (first era)==
===1996–1999===
Less than a year later on October 31, 1995, News Corporation, which sought to create its own group of regional sports networks as a cable venture for Fox Sports, which was formed the year prior through the Fox Broadcasting Company's acquisition of the television rights to the NFL's National Football Conference, acquired a 50% ownership interest in Liberty's U.S.-based regional Prime Sports networks and its international networks Premier Sports (Australia), Prime Deportiva (Latin America) and Prime Sports Asia. Liberty and News Corporation created Fox/Liberty Networks as a holding company for the co-owned regional sports properties. In exchange, News Corporation also sold a 7.5% interest in Star TV to Liberty Media.
On July 3, 1996, News Corporation and Liberty Media announced that the Prime Sports networks would be relaunched as part of the new Fox Sports Net group, with the eight Prime Sports owned-and-operated networks adopting brands that combined the "Fox Sports" name with the state or region served by the respective network. the Prime Sports-branded affiliates were officially relaunched as Fox Sports Net on November 1, 1996.
==Fox Sports Net West==
===1999–2004===
==FSN West==
===2004–2008===
==Fox Sports West (second era)==
===2008–2012===
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===2012–2021===
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==Bally Sports West==
===2021–present===
On November 17, 2020, Sinclair announced an agreement with casino operator Bally's Corporation to serve as a new naming rights partner for the FSN channels. Sinclair announced the new Bally Sports branding for the channels on January 27, 2021. On March 31, 2021, coinciding with opening of the 2021 Major League Baseball season, Fox Sports West was rebranded Bally Sports West, along with 18 other Regional Sports Networks renamed Bally Sports in their respective regions.
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