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Fox Sports Houston / Oklahoma?

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HoustonListener

I thought Fox Sports Houston no longer existed but was re-absorbed back into Fox Sports Southwest. However, Comcast in Houston still lists FSHOU as the identifier on the on screen program guide. However, tonight (at least on Comcast in Houston) during the Rodeo Houston recap show, the bug on the show read "Fox Sports Oklahoma" Was there another program on Fox Sports Southwest that Fox didn't want to or could not broadcast in Houston, so Comcast picked up the Oklahoma feed? or was that because Fox did not want to show the Rodeo Houston recap show in Dallas, but it did in Oklahoma, so that is how it showed up in Houston?

Also, on the topic of regional sports channels, with Comcast Sports Net Houston now on Channel 39/639 on Houston's Comcast lineup, what exactly is the name of the programming on Channel 110 (which Comcast lists on the guide as SPRTS)? Much of the time it just has a slide saying there is no current programming. Yesterday the guide said that it had a Colonial Athletic Association basketball game (James Madison) but it was running the Rockets pre-game show (concurrently with Comcast Sports Net on Channel 39/639) with a crawl across the bottom of the screen saying that the CAA game would be joined shortly. did they have a sun outage or something? I am still trying to figure out what the Channel 110 is... is isn;t branded like the other regional channels, Comcast Sports Bay Area, etc.
 
Even stranger, I just tried to look up the listings for what Fox Sports Southwest was showing tonight on zap2it.com, and for th zipcode near downtown Dallas of 75201, zap2it.com says that channel 36 on Time Warner's digital line up is FSSWACO, and clicking on FSSWACO brings up detail that the channel is Fox Sports Southwest (TW WACO). Does Fox Sports have a separate Waco channel? I wouldn't think so...
 
Channel 110 on Xfinity in Houston has been a sports overflow channel for a number of years now. Usually it will carry alternate Fox SportsNet feeds, but occasionally I've seen other sports networks.

It really doesn't have any specific branding. Just there as an outlet if needed.

Before CSN Houston launched, one of their staffers told me they would have the ability to run alternate programming on a second channel should the need arise, such as a conflict between the Astros and Rockets. Don't know if Channel 110 would be used for that as it is currently only standard-def.
 
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