In January 2011 when WPTV NewsChannel 5 takes over production of all local news coverage for WFLX Fox 29, its radio partner, ESPN 760, will oversee the sports segments on The Fox 29 Ten O'clock News.

Effective January 1, 2011 WPTV NewsChannel 5, which is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, will produce the local newscasts on WFLX Fox 29, a Raycom Media station.

In January 2010 ESPN 760, which is owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, began producing all the sports segments for WPTV NewsChannel 5 with a unique emphasis on local high school and college sports.

Notably, the WPTV/ESPN 760 partnership, in cooperation with the Palm Beach County Schools, created a weekly Thursday night high school football match up that featured 22 schools throughout the season selected by ESPN 760.

John Spinola,vice president and general manager of WFLX, said: “I have been impressed with what ESPN 760 has been doing for WPTV and l think our Fox 29 viewers will enjoy the added dimension of coverage that ESPN 760 will bring to the Fox 29 Ten O'clock News.”

Steve Politziner, vice president and general manager of ESPN 760, said: “We are excited by the opportunity to provide WFLX viewers with this unique style of creative sports coverage.”

Steve Wasserman, vice president and general manager of WPTV, said: “Evan Cohen and the ESPN 760 team refuse to play by the dull and outdated rules of traditional TV sportscasts and that is why we asked them to join us in this new venture with WFLX Fox 29.”

Will the partnership provide better sports coverage to the viewers?

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