The channel broadcast professional, collegiate and high school sports events, with a primary focus on Phoenix-area teams.

The network was launched as Fox Sports Arizona on September 7, 1996, through a partnership between News Corporation and Liberty Media.

[10][11] The first Coyotes game was broadcast on October 18, and the Diamondbacks would join the network a year and a half later for their inaugural 1998 season.

However, on June 27, 2018, the Justice Department ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of ESPN.

[20] As an interim, on April 19, the bankruptcy judge ordered Diamond Sports to pay 50% of what the Diamondbacks were owed.

The Phoenix Mercury's deal was not affected by the ruling, meaning they were allowed to air games onto KTVK and KPHE-LD for their 2023 season.

[24] On July 14, the Suns announced that the Gray deal would go ahead, as Diamond Sports Group declined to match the contract.

Major League Baseball subsequently took over production and distribution of Diamondbacks telecasts (not unlike its takeover of a fellow Bally Sports property, the San Diego Padres, in May).

[27] During the rest of the Diamondbacks' 2023 regular season period, their games were aired on local cable providers alongside YurView Arizona for those that had Cox Communications in the Phoenix and Tucson regions.

[29] On October 21, Bally Sports Arizona signed off for the last time, stating on-screen: "No Longer In Operation.

The network also broadcast football and basketball from the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and New Mexico State Aggies.

The Bally Sports Arizona Extra brand name was first in use on an additional overflow channel that was used for at least three Diamondbacks games.

[32][33] In the Southern Arizona region only, including Tucson, Bally Sports Arizona Extra aired San Diego Padres games and related programming produced by its sister-network Bally Sports San Diego to select cable providers in that region until MLB took over that team's broadcast rights.