Bally Sports Kansas City provides coverage of events in the surrounding areas of Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Nebraska. It is the primary source for games involving the MLB’s Kansas City Royals.
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How to Stream Bally Sports Kansas City
Bally Sports Kansas City is not widely available to stream. Currently, the only live TV streaming services offering it are FuboTV and DIRECTV STREAM. This means that you can watch a Royals game on your television or a Kansas Jayhawks game on your tablet.
How to Get Bally Sports Kansas City with Fubo
An obvious choice for sports fans is Fubo. It offers a huge selection of sports channels including those from CBS, ESPN, and Fox Sports. And it provides the hard-to-find networks beIN Sports and TUDN — over 20 channels. And, of course, Bally Sports Kansas City.
MLB.TV is available as an add-on from Fubo.
The plan allows you to watch on up to 10 devices at home and two on the road — great for large households. It also provides unlimited cloud DVR storage with no expiration time.
The price of Fubo depends upon how many RSNs are included in the plan. For most people, it will be $91.98/month.
- 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 all the details in our Fubo review.
How to Watch Bally Sports Kansas City with DIRECTV STREAM
DIRECTV STREAM (formerly AT&T TV) offers three different packages that include access to regional sports networks such as Bally Sports Kansas City. The least expensive package, Choice, costs $108.99/month. It comes with 100+ other channels. You will usually get other RSNs depending on where you are located. These may include Bally Sports Midwest and Altitude Sports.
The higher-level Ultimate package ($119.99/month) adds another 30 channels. And the Premier package ($164.99/month) adds 10+ premium channels from HBO, Showtime, and Cinemax.
All plans come with unlimited cloud DVR storage and simultaneous streaming.
Note that DIRECTV STREAM provides a zip-code lookup tool that will tell you what local and regional channels viewers in that area will receive. In general, it indicates that Bally Sports Kansas City is not available in the Kansas City area. However, the channel is included in DIRECTV STREAM’s channel list so you should get it if you are in the coverage area.
For more information, see our detailed DIRECTV STREAM review.
How to Stream Bally Sports Kansas City with 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.
Bally Sports+ is a direct-to-consumer streaming service. Since September 26th, 2022, all Bally Sports channels are available through it. What exactly you get depends on where you live. Your only option is how you pay:
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- Monthly: $19.99
- Yearly: $189.99
Based on your location, you will get one or more channels. Generally, if you get Bally Sports Kansas City, you will also get Bally Sports Midwest.
It is good for cord-cutters to have access to Bally Sports+. But it is of limited use for people in the Bally Sports Kansas City coverage area. Most fans in this area will also qualify for access to Altitude Sports, home of the Nuggets, Avalanche, or Rapids.
Even worse, southern Iowa fans qualify for the RSNs Marquee Sports Network and NBC Sports Chicago. Such subscribers are better off with Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM.
Similarly, you get no national sports channels like ESPN and FS1. Or, for that matter, any local channels. But if your viewing focus is the Royals, Bally Sports+ may be something to look into.
You can watch the channel at BallySports.com. But it also supports a small number of streaming devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android TV-compatible TVs, tvOS, and mobile devices with iOS (iPhone, iPad) or Android. (deal details)
Alternatives to Bally Sports Kansas City
If you have access to Bally Sports Kansas City through your cable provider, you may be able to stream content shown in your area using the Bally Sports app. This app runs on most smart TVs and mobile devices.
Beyond that, there is no way to stream Bally Sports Kansas City. But it is still possible to watch many of the teams that it features. For example, it’s common for Royals games to be aired to a national audience on ESPN.
You can also get live coverage of some Kansas City Royals games by subscribing to MLB Network, which is available through the same streaming services that offer ESPN: Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and others.
Royals fans outside the Kansas City area can watch games on MLB.tv, which provides access to all games throughout the league that are not blacked out. Fans in and around Kansas City can still watch the Royals play with MLB.TV, but they must wait 90 minutes after the game has completed.
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Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats football and basketball games are broadcast on a variety of networks such as ESPN, ESPN2, and FS1. These channels are widely available on streaming services. Some also air on ESPN+.
TVs and Streaming Devices for Bally Sports Kansas City
Most streaming devices are supported by DIRECTV STREAM and Fubo. They support Samsung and Android TV-compatible smart TVs. Fubo also supports Hisense, LG, and Vizio smart TVs.
They support all the common “stick” TV devices from Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku.
iOS, Android smartphones, and tablets are supported. You can watch games directly on them. You can also stream them to your TV that has Chromecast built-in or has a device connected.
Of course, you can also watch on most web browsers.
Finally, Fubo supports Xbox gaming systems.
What Is Bally Sports Kansas City?
Bally Sports Kansas City is the primary cable broadcast partner of the Kansas City Royals. This station was previously the primary television home of Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer (MLS), but is not anymore.
It is owned by Diamond Sports Group, a company created to oversee the 19 Bally Sports channels. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios. The name is licensed from Bally’s Corporation, the gaming company. Bally Sports Kansas City is based in St Louis but has an office in Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball’s Royals.
In addition, the station broadcasts football, basketball, and other athletic contests featuring the Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats. St Louis Blues games are also sometimes available. And there is some coverage of local high school games.
It’s important to note that this station is not available outside of its coverage area because of contractual limitations.
Bally Sports Kansas City Commentators
Ryan Lefebvre contributes play-by-play commentary for the majority of Bally Sports Kansas City’s Royals broadcasts with Jake Eisenberg doing the games that he is not working. Rex Hudler performs color commentary. Lefebvre has done television or radio play-by-play for the team since 1999 while Hudler joined the club in 2012 and Eisenberg joined recently in 2022.
Joel Goldberg has covered the team for sixteen seasons and hosts the Royals Live pregame and postgame shows.
Today’s Bally Sports Kansas City Schedule
See our Bally Sports Kansas City Schedule page for all the details of what’s playing today.
Wrapping Up
Bally Sports Kansas City is a regional sports network available to most viewers in Kansas and Missouri plus parts of Nebraska.
Fubo is our recommended service for Bally Sports Kansas City. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
See Also
- Kansas City Royals Viewer’s Guide
- Bally Sports Midwest Viewer’s Guide
- Kansas Jayhawks Viewer’s Guide
- Altitude Sports Viewer’s Guide
- MLB Viewer’s Guide
FAQs
What is the cheapest way to stream Bally Sports Kansas City?
The cheapest way to stream Bally Sports Kansas City is by signing up for Bally Sports+. The only plan is $19.99 but you can get it cheaper if you pay for a year at a time, $189.99 (effectively $15.83/mo). But if you are only getting it for the Royals games, you can save money by signing up for just 7 months. Note that playoff games air on national channels and are thus not included.
What happened to Fox Sports Kansas City?
In April 2021, all stations that were previously part of the Fox Sports Network (FSN) family were rebranded as Bally Sports stations. So Fox Sports Kansas City became Bally Sports Kansas City. This was the result of an antitrust conflict when the Walt Disney Company purchased 21st Century Fox. The US Justice Department decided that the same company could not own all these RSNs and the many ESPN channels.
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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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