GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – FOX Carolina (WHNS-Gray Media) and the Carolina Panthers of the NFL are pleased to announce a new partnership that will bring Panthers games and programming to the #1 station in Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson market!
Beginning this August, Carolina fans will see their Panthers in 3 pre-season games LIVE on FOX Carolina, WHNS 21.1. The games will also be simulcast on Gray’s 24-hour sports network Palmetto Sports and Entertainment. Palmetto Sports is available on WHNS 21.2, Spectrum 703 and a number of other local providers. Encore airings will be available to fans on Palmetto Sports at 8pm on the Monday following each of the 3 pre-season games.
In addition, Panthers Fan Fest will air LIVE on both FOX Carolina and Palmetto Sports. An encore presentation will re-air on Palmetto Sports at 8p on the Monday following the event.
During the regular season, FOX Carolina will air Panthers Huddle at 10:30am, leading directly into FOX NFL Pre-game coverage. Palmetto Sports will also carry the show on Saturdays at 9am, 9:30am, 10am and 10:30am. When the team produces Panthers Specials, those will also air in the same time slots on FOX Carolina and Palmetto Sports listed for Panthers Huddle.
“Teaming with the Carolina Panthers and serving their fans in our area is incredibly exciting,” said FOX Carolina VP and General Manager Bryce Caldwell. “We share same the passion Panthers fans have for their team. To be able to carry these games and programs each week on both FOX Carolina and Palmetto Sports is fantastic and shows our commitment to giving viewers here in the western Carolinas what they want. It is clear with this partnership that FOX Carolina is THE Panthers station!
“We are very pleased to be forging this partnership with Fox Carolina and Palmetto Sports,” said Panthers Affiliate Manager for Radio and Television Eric Fiddleman. As the Network affiliate for the majority of our regular season games, we feel there is positive synergy for our fans in having the preseason games and all of our programming airing on Fox 21 as well. Coupled with multiple runs of all programming on their digital 21.2 and Palmetto Sports Network outlets, we are very pleased with the opportunities for viewers and NFL fans across the Upstate and Western North Carolina.”
FOX Carolina is the #1 news station in the market, with more aggregated news viewers than any other station and the area’s top news provider on digital screens. The station is also the Official Partner of the Clemson Tigers. Palmetto Sports which launched in the Fall of 2024 has secured additional partnerships with the Atlanta Braves, South Carolina Gamecocks, Charlotte Hornets, Carolina Hurricanes, Greenville Drive and Gwinnett Stripers minor league baseball teams, Greenville Triumph soccer, Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey along with Wofford and USC Upstate college athletics and others in South Carolina.
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