Breaking down the RSN's in Iowa - Who gets what

As much of a hodge podge state Iowa is for sports, the same can be said for how we watch sports. With all 6 of the Midwest MLB teams claiming all of Iowa as part of their home TV market and all other Midwest pro teams (expect the Milwaukee Bucks) claim all of Iowa as their TV market it as well, it can be confusing as to were find the games.

Let's start with satellite TV and here's how carriage of the RSN's are broken down with basic programming packages:

Dish Network

Southwest, Central, and South Central Iowa: Comcast SportsNet Chicago and FS Midwest
West Central Iowa and Northwest Iowa*: Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, and FS North
North Central Iowa: Comcast SportsNet Chicago and FS North
Eastern Iowa: Comcast SportsNet Chicago

*Some parts of NW Iowa, based on zip code search for programming packages on Dish Network's website has all 3 of the RSN's, while some zip codes only show Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS North

DirecTV

Southwest Iowa: Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS Midwest
West Central, Northwest, and North Central Iowa: Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS North
Central, South Central and all of Eastern Iowa: Comcast SportsNet Chicago

With a subscription to the Dish Network & DirecTV sports pack, you will have access to all three of the regional Regional sports networks. On DirecTV, even though FS Kansas City & FS Wisconsin have their own channel location, these two are substations of FS Midwest & FS North and are only active during game programming.

Cable TV

It's a little more cut and dry as to what RSN you receive because for the most part, cable TV providers only carry one RSN, however, alot of the teleco providers do carry all three of the RSN's, but here's a breakdown using Mediacom:

FS North: Along and north of US Highway 20
FS Midwest: Southwest, West Central, Central, and South Central Iowa
Comcast SportsNet Chicago: Eastern Iowa