Page2Live reporting WPTV is not going to renew the contracts for sports reporters Ryan Lieber and Jay Gilmore.
As of January 1, 2010 local ESPN radio station WEFL 760 AM host Evan Cohen will anchor sports segments on WPTV for the 5, 6 and 11pm newscasts. Jason Pugh will have the weekend anchor duties.
Page2Live’s Jose Lambiet says an insider told him the move isn’t as much about cost-cutting as it is to attract Evan Cohen, a popular drive-time radio host on WEFL
[Audio] Evan Cohen Announces WPTV partnership with WPTV GM Steve Wasserman in Studio