Comcast Sports Southwest
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Comcast Sports Southwest Launched Sept 1, 2009 Owned by NBCUniversal Picture format 480i Country United States Language American English Broadcast area Houston, Texas and surrounding area Sister channel(s) Comcast SportsNet Website Comcast Sports Southwest Availability Cable Comcast 129 Comcast Sports Southwest (CSS) is a regional sports network serving the Houston, Texas area. It was launched on September 1, 2009 and has a similar format to Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast which was launched ten years earlier. Both networks share the same logo and focus primarily on collegiate and high school sports.
The network shows live college football and basketball games, primarily from Conference USA, the Sun Belt Conference, and the Southeastern Conference. Several of the live football games feature the University of Houston and Rice University. CSS also has the rights to Houston's coaches show and encores of most games from both schools on Friday nights.
On Thursday nights, live high school football games are shown. The network also produces its version of SportsNite (CSN's signature program).
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v · d · eComcast SportsNet Networks Bay Area • California • Chicago • New England • New York • Northwest • Philadelphia • Washington • Houston (coming in 2012)
Affiliates Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast • Comcast Sports Southwest • Sun Sports • MountainWest Sports Network
v · d · eTelevision stations in Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown English KPRC (2.1 NBC, 2.2 This TV) • KUHT (8.1 PBS, 8.2 Create, 8.4 TFTB) • KUVM-LD (10.1 Color bars, 10.2 Sonlife, 10.3 Infomercials, 10.4 silent) • KHOU (11.1 CBS, 11.2 Bounce) • KTRK (13.1 ABC, 13.2 LW, 13.3 LW in SD) • KTXH (20.1 MNTV) • KVQT-LD (21.6 UHN) • KRIV (26.1 Fox) • KUVM-CD (34.1 silent, 34.2 RTV, 34.3 Infomercials, 34.4 AMGTV) • KIAH (39.1 CW, 39.2 Antenna TV, 39.3 US) • KBPX-LP (46.1 TCN) • KPXB (49.1 Ion, 49.2 Qubo, 49.3 ION Life) • KYAZ (51.5 BizTV) • KTBU (55.6 WCETV (CCTV News)) KUBE (57.1 Ind, 57.4 PegasusTV, 57.5 Me)
Ethnic Spanish
KPRC (2.3 LATV) • KUHT (8.3 V-me) • KUGB-CA (28.1 Uniglobe/KEYS TV) • KHLM-LD (43.1 Multi, 43.2 MBC, 43.3 TDH, 43.4 Bendicion TV, 43.5-7 Infomercials, 43.8 UTN) • KXLN (45.1 UNI, 45.2 TFU in SD) • KTMD (47.1 TMD, 47.2 Inmi) • KYAZ (51.1 AZA) • KTBU (55.1 Mega, 55.3 Nacion TV, 55.4 Mi Casa TV) • KUBE (57.2 La Mera) • KZJL (61.1 Estrella, 61.2 Inmi) • KFTH (67.1 TFU, 67.2 UNI in SD)
Asian
Religious English
Spanish
KETH (14.4 Enlace) • KVQT-LD (21.2 Familia (Spanish), 21.4 2Vsion, 21.5 Igl. Filadelfia) • KCVH-LD (30.1 Aleluya TV) • KZHO-LD (38.1 Visión Celestial, 38.2 Vida Vision, 38.3 silent, 38.4 NJC TV, 38.5 silent)
Silent stations KVVV-LD (15) • KJIB-LP (31) • KEHO-LD (49) • KQHO-LP (56)
Outlying areas Local cable channels Comcast Sports Southwest • Fox Sports Houston • Houston MediaSource • HISD TV • HCC TV • HTV
ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV
encrypted channels
are italicizedDefunct KVVV 16 (Ind) • KVDO-LP (25) • News 24 Houston
Texas Broadcast television areas by city: Abilene/Sweetwater • Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) • Austin • Beaumont/Port Arthur • Corpus Christi • Dallas-Fort Worth • Del Rio • Eagle Pass • El Paso • Houston • Laredo • Lubbock • Midland-Odessa (Permian Basin) • Rio Grande Valley • San Angelo • San Antonio • Sherman/Ada, OK • Texarkana/Shreveport, LA • Tyler/Longview (East Texas) • Victoria • Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) • Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK
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