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Root Sports was launched in 1989 as Northwest Cable Sports, a network owned by King Broadcasting Company. In 1991, King Broadcasting sold Northwest Cable Sports and its other media properties to The Providence Journal Company, which sold the network to Liberty Media in 1992.
Root Sports Northwest is found on DIRECTV channel 687 and has a coverage area spanning Oregon, Washington State, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Seattle Mariner baseball calls the network home, as do two MLS franchises â the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders FC.