its studio programming: Bill Brown, Byron Day, John Loesing and Todd Donoho. In addition to its professional and collegiate programs, Sports Time broadcast the exhibition game between the United States Olympic basketball team against a group of National Basketball Association players, which was played at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on July 9, 1984; the game drew a crowd of 67,678, which was the largest to see a basketball game in the United States at the time. Sports Time also produced studio programming, including its sports news program Sports Desk: it cut back its studio productions in January 1985 in an attempt to contain costs. Later regional sports networks The Cardinals, Royals and Reds all would return to cable television, some sooner than others. In 1986, the Cardinals Cable Network was established, operating as a premium service and broadcasting 50 games a year. The Cardinals ended the cable arrangement after the 1989 season. Prime Sports, predecessor to Bally Sports Midwest, began carrying games of the Cardinals and Blues in the 1994–95 season. The Royals would not appear on cable again until signing a deal with Fox Sports in 1997. The Reds almost aired a "Reds Vision" pay-per-view service in 1986, but the 25-game package was canceled before Opening Day; another proposal failed in 1989. SportsChannel Cincinnati, the predecessor to Bally Sports Ohio, began carrying Reds games in 1990. References Defunct television networks in the United States Sports television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1984 Television channels and stations disestablished in 1985 Cincinnati Reds announcers Kansas City Royals announcers