Oklahoma fans who tune into Saturday night’s telecast of the OU-UTEP game on Fox Sports will see a quick preview of their favorite team’s television future.

Sooner Sports TV, the school’s long-anticipated venture with Fox Sports, will be announced during the broadcast, a source said.

Coaches shows, pregame shows and postgame shows will be part of the package. Fox Sports has a pregame show, “Sooner Sports Gameday,” set for 8:30 p.m. ahead of the 9:30 kickoff at the Sun Bowl.

Programming will be aired on variety of Fox platforms, including Fox Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports Southwest, Fox College Sports and Fox Sports Plus. The coverage area of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and parts of Arkansas includes some 9-10 million homes, although national satellite subscribers to DirectTV and Dish Network will be able to upgrade to a sports package that carries all Sooner Sports TV programming.

Third-tier men’s basketball games, women’s basketball games and non-revenue sports such as baseball, softball, volleyball and soccer also will be regularly seen on Sooner Sports TV. Other university athletic events, such as Bob Stoops’ weekly press conference, will be carried live, and “legacy programming,” such as classic games or coaches shows from Bud Wilkinson or Barry Switzer’s days in Norman, will treat OU fans to a bygone era.

The source said as soon as the Big 12’s pending contract with ABC/ESPN is finalized, Fox Sports and Oklahoma will announce their complete programming arrangement.

Sooner Sports TV is not like the Longhorn Network, which is owned and operated by ESPN and paid the University of Texas $300 million over 20 years. Instead of its own network, OU will simply have programming shown on an already existing family of Fox networks.

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