WFOR is getting out a new Hurricane Special 2004. This one is taking a look at “new hurricane research and the lessons from Charley”. It airs tomorrow on UPN33 at 5pm and Sunday on CBS4 at noon.
CBS4 PR release
WFOR/WBFS Hurricane Special 2004
WBFS/UPN33 TO BROADCAST JERRY LEWIS’ MDA TELETHON FOR THIRD YEAR
Aug 26, 2004 6:16 pm US/Eastern
August 25, 2004 For Immediate Release
WBFS/UPN33 TO BROADCAST JERRY LEWIS’ MDA TELETHON FOR THIRD YEAR
Miami, FL — It’s a time-honored tradition, and WBFS/UPN33 is proud to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 39th annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. This is the third year the telethon will be broadcast on UPN33.
The telethon will air for 211/2 hours beginning at 9 p.m., Sunday, September 5, and continue until it signs off on Monday, September 6, at 6 p.m. It will originate from CBS Television City in Hollywood, California with local cut-ins several times each hour from MDA’s South Florida phone bank. The broadcast raises funds for and awareness of MDA’s research programs and services benefiting people with any of more than 40 neuromuscular diseases.
In an effort to increase local awareness about the event, several news anchors and reporters representing UPN33 and sister station WFOR/CBS4 will take part in an effort to encourage local viewers to lend their support. Jennifer Santiago, Susan Barnett, Angela Rae, Craig Setzer, Jill Martin, Robb Hanrahan, Jim Berry, and Jawan Strader are scheduled to participate.
For more information on MDA, visit www.mdausa.org/telethon.
WFOR/CBS4/Miami, along with WBFS/ UPN 33/Miami and WTVX/TVX 34/West Palm Beach are part of the Viacom Television Stations Group which consists of 20 CBS, 18 UPN and one independent television stations reaching the 13 of the top 15 television markets in the United States. The Group includes duopolies in eight major markets, with both CBS and UPN owned network stations in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Miami and Pittsburgh, as well as a CBS owned network station coupled with an independent station in Los Angeles.
Press contact: Lee Zimmerman, Director of Communications,
WFOR, WBFS and WTVX
Phone: (305) 639-4426
e-mail: zimmerl@wfor.cbs.com
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