FAIRWAY, Kan. -- KCTV5 and Sports Radio 810 WHB announced today a first of its kind partnership in Kansas City sports coverage. The stations will combine resources and talent to bring Kansas City fans the best and most comprehensive sports reporting and programming in town.

For the bulk of its Chiefs and NCAA programming, KCTV5 will depend on Sports Radio 810’s experts to provide game day analysis. WHB’s biggest names will have a major role in more than 50 sports-related shows airing on KCTV5 and spanning football and basketball seasons.

“KCTV5 has a proud history of bringing signature sporting events to Kansas City Viewers. From this year’s Superbowl, to the Jayhawks 2008 NCAA championship to the Masters we broadcast the biggest, most highly viewed sports programming in the Kansas City market every year,” said Kirk Black, Senior Vice President and General Manager for KCTV5 and MyKSMO-TV. “With our historical commitment to Chiefs pre-season and regular season games and production, as well as our new relationship with the Jayhawks network on MyKSMO-TV, it just made sense to pursue this partnership with Sports Radio 810, the predominant sports reporting experts in town.”

"We think it’s a great fit for our sports journalists and commentators to team up with KCTV5," said Chad Boeger, President of Sports Radio 810. "We have always had strong relationships with Kansas City's television stations and will bring KCTV5 a new dimension to sports reporting and team coverage. Our outstanding staff of reporters is excited to cover the Chiefs and NCAA Basketball not only on radio but now television on KCTV5's premiere stage. This is a great partnership."

KCTV5 has been Kansas City’s CBS Network affiliate since 1955 and is owned by the Meredith Corporation.

The Meredith Corporation (www.meredith.com) is one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies with core competencies in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media. Meredith owns 12 television stations that reach nearly 10 percent of television households across the country. Meredith's Broadcasting assets include: WGCL-TV (CBS), Atlanta; KPHO-TV (CBS), Phoenix, AZ; KPTV (FOX) and KPDX-TV (My Network TV), Portland, OR; WFSB-TV (CBS), Hartford, CT; WSMV-TV (NBC), Nashville, TN; KCTV (CBS) and KSMO (My Network TV), Kansas City, MO; WHNS-TV (FOX), Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC-Asheville, NC; WNEM-TV (CBS), Flint-Saginaw, MI; KVVU-TV (FOX), Las Vegas, NV; WSHM, (CBS) Springfield, MA.