FanDuel Sports Network North

FanDuel Sports Network North is an American regional sports network owned by Main Street Sports Group. The channel broadcasts coverage of sporting events involving teams located in the Upper Midwest region. It is available on cable providers throughout Minnesota, western Wisconsin, northern Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota; it is available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV. The network maintains production studios and offices located in downtown Minneapolis, which are shared with production and office operations of Fanduel Sport Network Wisconsin. The station is a FanDuel affiliate and is part of the Mainstreet Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group) network. It was founded in 1982 as WCCO II, a local cable channel owned by Midwest Radio and Television (later Midwest Communications) The channel also served as an affiliate of SportsChannel America, filling much of its broadcast day with a mix of national programs and paid programming from the channel, and incorporated sports news tickers provided by the channel. In 1997, the Midwest Sports Channel became an affiliate. of the recently created Fox Sports Net. In 2000, Comcast acquired Midwest. Sports Channel from CBS.