Boston, MA – May 3, 2000 – FOX Sports Net New England today announced that it will debut REGIONAL SPORTS REPORT on Monday, July 31, 2000. The show represents a bold new format in regional sports programming delivering live regional sports news nightly at 11:00 PM. Soon after the network will add another wholly original half-hour at 6:30 PM giving New England sports fans a full hour of daily local sports news. David Woodman, senior vice-president and general manager, FOX Sports Net New England, made the announcement.
The REGIONAL SPORTS REPORT will provide a comprehensive look at the world of sports from a regional perspective. The format provides for heavy emphasis on key local stories, and also includes important national stories and how they effect local fans. REGIONAL SPORTS REPORT will follow FOX Sports Net’s NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT, which airs at 10:00 PM.
The new initiative strengthens FOX Sports Net’s commitment to being the ultimate source for regional sports. REGIONAL SPORTS REPORT will be immediately followed at 11:30 PM by “The Last Word with Jim Rome.”
“NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT does a great job keeping sports fans up to date on the national sports scene. Now, we’re taking it to the next, logical step.” said Woodman. “We have delivered local sports coverage to New England for nearly 20 years, Regional Sports Report builds on this tradition by offering in-depth, late-breaking coverage to our fans about the teams, stories, and issues they care about.
FOX Sports Net is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., and the FOX Entertainment Group. FOX Sports Net now reaches more than 68 million homes nationwide. FOX Sports Net reaches 3.4 million cable homes in New England.
Rainbow Sports, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., has dedicated itself to “Home Team” fans for more than 20 years. Rainbow Sports incorporates all of Rainbow Media’s sports assets, including its 50 percent ownership of FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports National Advertising, majority ownership of the Madison Square Garden Properties, and the ownership and management of FOX Sports Net regional networks in six of the nation’s largest markets — Chicago, Florida, New England, New York, Ohio and San Francisco. MediaOne has a 50 percent interest in FOX Sports Net New England.
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