Not anymore.
The Houston Business Journal reports that Fox Sports Houston becomes a full network Jan 12:
The new feed allows the station to provide more local content and have its own identity, as well as show replays of Houston Rockets and Astros games, which the station had not been able to do before, according to Ramon Alvarez, spokesman for Fox Sports Houston. Previously, Fox Sports Southwest’s feed was carried in Houston for most non-event programming.
“There was a need to have a separate operation for Houston because it is a Top 10 market and because of the Rockets and Astros,” he said. READ MORE
From what I understand those two teams were a big reason for the stand alone Houston network. Why? They were contemplating starting their own combined sports network! I doubt that will happen now. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here
