Where is reds country

That works out to a rough mile radius from Cincinnati, though the territory is greater from East to West. These are all points no more than about 3. So Reds Country might extend to wherever you can make a day-trip from and spend less than half your waking hours in the car. The Reds TV broadcast blackout territory is decent cipher for where Reds Country is, though the lines are blurred in the overlap with other clubs.

Fox Sports Ohio does the lion's share of Reds regular season TV coverage and their broadcast territory, according to Wikpedia, theoretically extends throughout "Ohio and parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Northwest Pennsylvania, the border communities of West Virginia, and extreme Southwest New York. Given the Reds' exclusive broadcast claim to Southwest Ohio and a vast swath of Central Kentucky, it's tempting to see this as the sweet spot for Reds Country. I and I connect Cincinnati to Louisville, Lexington and Dayton within that swatch, with Columbus looming to the north as a swing market for both Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Louisville and Dayton are also home to Reds affiliates, which further ties them to the big league hub. Peytonmanningtown, IN, may be a major population center, but it's just not as ripe for the picking.

There's also radio. Specifically, WLW. On a recent drive between Cincinnati and Washington, DC, I was able to get a weak signal somewhere in Maryland, though I could not tell if Joey Votto had had doubled twice or had been dubbed "Lead Ice. WLW probably doesn't help extend Reds Country much beyond its broadcast TV boundaries anymore, but it does provide a lifeline to fill in blackout gaps.

To the extent that its the preferred form of media for purists, the cable-less and people whose cars don't have XM radio, its also the only way to get the game. Print media also does some evangelizing for the team, though I'm pressed to find a newspaper beyond the broadcast area that syndicates the Reds' beat reporters or offers coverage beyond what might be found in USA Today.

Any potential source for expanding the reach of the Reds media empire through text is going to be, for better or worse, in the blogosphere. I don't have a handle on how much fandom this generates or sustains, so I thought I'd put it to the group, with the likelihood that this survey will oversample fans from beyond the Greater Cincinnati area. And model railroad enthusiasts, law students, animated GIF collectors I should note that Jamie Ramsey has done some excellent work straw polling where Reds fans are located throughout the 50 states.

As for Kentucky, the population centers are part of Reds Country while western Kentucky tends to be more in favor of the Cardinals and far eastern Kentucky joins the rest of the south in loving the Braves. A handful of counties also like the Yankees best, joining a majority of US counties. Though Kentucky is cheering for four teams this summer, it's Nebraska that is the most divided with six teams claiming the most popular choice in counties there, according to Buzzfeed.

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