PRESS
RELEASE from FOX News
August 8, 2008
FOX NEWS TO FEATURE
‘THE FOX
EXPERIENCE’ AT DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Several FOX News Brands to Provide
Comprehensive Convention Coverage Across
Various Platforms
FOX News will feature ‘The
FOX Experience’ at both the Democratic National Convention (DNC)
in Denver (August 25-28) and the
Republican
National Convention (RNC) in St.
Paul
(September 1-4), announced Marty Ryan, the network’s executive producer
of political
programming. The Fox Experience will
provide comprehensive coverage of the events across several FOX News
platforms
— including FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, FOX News Radio,
FOXNews.com
and FOX News Mobile.
In making the announcement, Ryan said,
“The appetite
for coverage of this historic Presidential election cycle has been
unprecedented, and the multi-platform resources we plan to deploy with The FOX Experience in both Denver and
St. Paul will be unmatched by any other news organization.”
During the DNC, The
FOX Experience will be headquartered at Brauns Bar & Grill,
across the
street from the Pepsi Center in Denver. In
St. Paul at
the RNC, all FOX News coverage will emanate from a large custom built
tent
across from the Xcel
Energy Center.
Several FNC programs are scheduled to
air live from The FOX Experience at both conventions,
including FOX & Friends (6:00am –
9:00am ET), America’s Newsroom
(9:00am – 11:00am ET), Studio B w/
Shepard Smith (3:00pm – 4:00pm ET), Your
World w/ Neil Cavuto (4:00pm – 5:00pm ET), America’s
Election HQ (5:00pm – 6:00pm ET), Special Report w/
Brit Hume (6:00pm – 7:00pm ET), FOX Report w/ Shepard
Smith (7:00pm –
8:00pm ET), The O’Reilly Factor
(8:00pm – 9:00pm ET), Hannity &
Colmes (9:00pm – 9:45pm ET), America’s
Election HQ hosted by Brit Hume (9:45pm – 11:15pm ET) and On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren (11:15pm
– 1:00am ET). Neil Cavuto is also
scheduled to host his FOX Business Network program, Cavuto
(6:00pm – 7:00pm ET) live on location at both conventions.
FOXNews.com will also provide extensive
coverage of
both conventions through several live streaming channels.
The centerpiece of FOXNews.com’s coverage
will be The Strategy Room, featuring
a rotating lineup of FOX News anchors/contributors and prominent
political guests
throughout each day. Additional
streaming channels will feature non-traditional behind-the-scenes
coverage of
both conventions, and interactive user/viewer driven content.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour
general news
service covering breaking news as well as political, entertainment and
business
news. For more than six years, FNC has
been the most watched cable news channel in the nation. Owned by News
Corp.,
FNC is available in more than 90 million homes.
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Media Contact:
Richard
White