As someone who follows NBA and NHL action in Southern California, I tune into Bally Sports SoCal to catch locally produced broadcasts of Los Angeles Clippers and Anaheim Ducks games. This channel gives me access to these teams’ regular season matchups with comprehensive regional coverage.
In a hurry? Bally Sports SoCall is available from these services:
Fubo
Known for its outstanding sports coverage, Fubo’s 150+ live TV channels provide a broad selection that appeals to most people. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
DIRECTV STREAM
The king of RSNs, this is the streaming service for MLB, NBA, and NHL fans with its Choice Plan. New customers get a 5-day free trial with DIRECTV STREAM.
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Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM are the only options for streaming any of the Bally Sports regional sports networks.
With that said, DIRECTV STREAM ($108.99/month) is probably the best option for LA-based sports fans as it also offers other RSNs like SportsNet LA and Spectrum SportsNet. These channels show MLB’s Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers, the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, and the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings.
The only major sports franchises in the LA area not carried by that collection of sports networks are the NFL’s Chargers and Rams. You can watch on over-the-air and national cable channels, which you also get with Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM.
We’ve got all the details you need on where and when the Chargers or the Rams are playing next. (Psst: it could be tonight.)
Streaming Bally Sports SoCal
Although Bally Sports SoCal used to be available through a number of streaming services, that is no longer the case.
How to Watch Bally Sports SoCal with Fubo
In most areas, Fubo (formerly FuboTV) is a better deal for sports fans than DIRECTV STREAM. But this isn’t the case in southern California because Fubo doesn’t offer the two Spectrum SportsNet channels.
Still, Fubo is a great service. And if you don’t care about the Lakers and Dodgers, it may be the way to go. It offers 150+ channels with a great collection of national sports.
You also get unlimited cloud DVR storage. And it lets you stream on up to 10 devices simultaneously — great for large households.
Southern California subscribers will pay $94.98/month. It breaks down like this:
- Plan Cost: $79.99/month
- RSN Fee:
- One RSN: $11.99/month — total: $91.98/month
- Two or More RSNs: $14.99/month — total: $94.98/month
For more information, see our Fubo review.
How to Watch Bally Sports SoCal on DIRECTV STREAM
DIRECTV STREAM is your other option to get Bally Sports SoCal. You will need to get at least its Choice plan ($108.99/month) in order to access this channel or any of the other RSNs local to your area that it offers.
Note that its Choice plan will also get you channels such as ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports 1 (FS1), MLB Network, and NBA TV. However, you will need to move up to its Ultimate plan ($119.99/month) if you want to watch channels such as the NHL Network, CBS Sports Network, and Fox Sports 2 (FS2).
Note that DIRECTV STREAM is the only streaming service to offer Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum SportsNet LA.
How to Stream Bally Sports SoCal on Bally Sports+
Note: the FanDuel Sports Network streaming service has secured rights for the games of all covered NBA and NHL teams. But it has not secured rights to most MLB team games. Make sure that your teams will be available before signing up.
A direct-to-consumer streaming service, Bally Sports+, was launched for the start of the 2022 MLB season. It offers two payment plans:
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- Monthly: $19.99
- Yearly: $189.99
This gives you access to Bally Sports channels that are available in your area. This can be anywhere from one to three depending on where you are located. For example, subscribers in Los Angeles would get Bally Sports SoCal as well as Bally Sports West, home of the Los Angeles Angels (MLB) and Los Angeles Kings (NHL).
The service is available on a small number of devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android mobile, Android TV-compatible TVs, iOS (iPhone), tvOS, and directly through the website, BallySports.com.
Cord-cutters should note that Bally Sports+ is limited to the Bally Sports channels. If you want the usual selection of national sports channels like ESPN and FS1, you will need to substitute it — or go straight to DIRECTV STREAM.
We recommend DIRECTV STREAM because they are also the only streaming service to offer Spectrum SportsNet (Lakers) and SportsNet LA (Dodgers). Then again, if you hate the Lakers and love the Clippers, Bally Sports+ may be the way to go.
Alternatives to Bally Sports SoCal
The good news is that if you are looking to watch Anaheim Ducks or Los Angeles Clippers games, you can see a selection of their contests with an antenna. This includes games broadcast on network affiliates, such as any contests that the Clippers or Ducks play on ABC. Additionally, the Ducks are shown on KCOP 13.
Of course, if you are situated outside of the blackout areas for those teams, you could watch out-of-market broadcasts of the Clippers through NBA League Pass ($14.99/mo) and Ducks matches through ESPN+ ($10.99/month).
Meanwhile, other streaming services, such as Hulu + Live TV ($76.99/month), YouTube TV ($72.99/month), and Sling TV ($40.00/month), will grant you access to nationally telecast games. The first three of them also provide access to matchups that are being shown on KCOP 13.
TVs and Devices to Stream Bally Sports SoCal
You can use most devices to watch Bally Sports SoCal with Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM. They both support all the standard TV devices: Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku. And they support Chromecast devices. They supports smartphones and tablets that run iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android.
They also support Android TV and Samsung smart TVs and most web browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Safari.
DIRECTV STREAM offers its own streaming device, which you can buy outright for $120 or $5/mo for 24 months.
Fubo also supports the Xbox gaming system and Hisense, LG, and Vizio smart TVs.
What Is Bally Sports SoCal?
Bally Sports SoCal, like Bally Sports West, was originally named Prime Ticket and launched under that moniker in 1985. In the years since, it has also been known as Fox Sports West 2, Fox Sports Net West 2, and FSN West 2.
After Disney acquired Fox, the US DoJ demanded that it sell its Fox Sports RSNs due to competition concerns since Disney also owned the ESPN channels. The channel was one of 21 sold to the newly created Diamond Sports Group, which was formed by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios.
Bally Sports SoCal took its current name on March 31, 2021, a few months after Bally’s Corporation was brought on as a corporate sponsor of the now-named Bally Sports RSNs that are spread across the country.
Where Is Bally Sports SoCal Available?
Bally Sports SoCal’s broadcast area stretches a considerable distance from the LA metropolitan area. It not only covers all of Southern California but also southern Nevada including the Las Vegas metropolitan area and Hawaii.
However, do take into account that some of the teams carried by this RSN are blacked out in some areas. For example, the Ducks are blacked out in Las Vegas as the Vegas Golden Knights are the local team there. The Golden Knights may be viewed on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain West, which DIRECTV STREAM also carries.
Also note that those in San Diego do not get Bally Sports SoCal. They instead receive Bally Sports San Diego, which does carry the Clippers and Ducks but also carries MLB’s San Diego Padres.
Which Sports Teams Does Bally Sports SoCal Broadcast?
Bally Sports SoCal’s broadcast schedule is busy during the winter months as the channel’s primary focuses are the Los Angeles Clippers and Anaheim Ducks.
During the 2021-22 NBA season, the network was scheduled to show the Clippers 73 times with three more games being broadcast on Bally Sports West. Meanwhile, the Ducks have a greater split between those channels. During that same campaign, 39 Ducks games are being shown on Bally Sports SoCal with 22 on Bally Sports West. Another three are being broadcast on KCOP 13, LA’s MyNetworkTV affiliate.
Various sports programming fills the rest of this network’s slate, including sports events and shows related to poker, surfing, beach volleyball, boxing, and college sports. Note that its college sports coverage rarely features LA-area schools.
Meanwhile, if you are looking for the Los Angeles Dodgers, head to SportsNet LA. Los Angeles Lakers contests are generally shown on Spectrum SportsNet. Those wanting to catch the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Kings will likely be tuning into Bally Sports West. All of these are provided by DIRECTV STREAM to local subscribers.
Fans of the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams will not find any of their games on any RSNs. They are instead shown on CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network.
Subchannels
If you are looking to watch tonight’s Los Angeles Clippers or Anaheim Ducks contest and it is not being shown on Bally Sports SoCal or a national outlet such as TNT or ESPN, check Bally Sports West and KCOP 13. Those are where spillover contests are sent in the cases of multiple games being played simultaneously.
Games shown on KCOP 13 are also available through BallySports.com and the Bally Sports app assuming you have a DIRECTV STREAM subscription.
Bally Sports SoCal Programming
The focus of Bally Sports SoCal programming is its series of live games with the Clippers and Ducks. These include pregame and postgame shows featuring news, analysis, interviews, and such.
Bally Sports SoCal also provides general sports-oriented content like other of the network’s channels. Some are specific to the network like Live on the Line. But most are externally licensed content. And outside the NBA and NHL seasons, it broadcasts a lot of paid programming (infomercials).
Bally Sports SoCal Commentators
Los Angeles Clippers broadcasts are accompanied by Brian Sieman, who serves as the play-by-play announcer, either Mike Fratello or Jim Jackson in the analyst seat, and either Kristina Pink or Jaime Maggio as the sideline reporter.
Describing the action from Honda Center for Anaheim Ducks games are John Ahlers, who has been the team’s play-by-play voice for 20 seasons, and Brian Hayward, a color analyst who has been with the Ducks for 29 years. Aly Lozoff serves as the reporter.
Kent French is the Ducks live host. The Clippers live analyst, Don MacLean was a former UCLA basketball commentator.
Today’s Bally Sports SoCal Schedule
See our Bally Sports SoCal Schedule page for all the details of what’s playing today.
Wrapping Up
Simply put, if you are in Bally Sports SoCal’s broadcast area and want to watch the Los Angeles Clippers or Anaheim Ducks play as often as possible without a cable or subscription bill, DIRECTV STREAM is the best option. New customers get a 5-day free trial with DIRECTV STREAM.
But Fubo is also worth looking at. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
FAQs
Can I watch LAFC on Bally Sports SoCal?
The Major League Soccer (MLS) team Los Angeles FC used to be the primary focus of Bally Sports SoCal in the summer months. During the 2021 season, 18 of that club’s matches were shown on either Bally Sports SoCal. Now, games appear on KCOP 13 (English) and Estrella (Spanish). DIRECTV STREAM provides both these channel as well. Fans outside the LA area can watch on ESPN+.
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My expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and my work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, I combine my technical knowledge with practical user experience, making me a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.
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