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July 11th, 2008
CHANNEL 13′S KEITH MURPHY TO HOST IOWA’S OFFICIAL OLYMPIC SEND-OFF
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 10, 2008
CHANNEL 13’S KEITH MURPHY TO HOST IOWA’S OFFICIAL OLYMPIC SEND-OFF
Iowa Olympians Shawn Johnson and Lolo Jones to be honored Monday, July 14 at Iowa Events Center
Event free and open to public starting at noon inside Wells Fargo Arena
Sports Director Keith Murphy to emcee athletes final Iowa appearances prior to Beijing Olympics
DES MOINES, IA – Lolo Jones and Shawn Johnson both leave Iowa next week to complete their training for the Olympics…Lolo in Europe, Shawn in Texas. But before they go, they’ll appear together so central Iowan’s can wish them well and show them the love. It’s “Shawn and Lolo: An Olympic Sendoff”…happening Monday (7/14) at noon at the Iowa Events Center’s Wells Fargo Arena. The public is not only welcome but encouraged to attend this free celebration.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Iowans and an opportunity to show these women how proud we are of them,” says WHO-TV Sports Director Keith Murphy. “Shawn and Lolo are not just great athletes they’re also great people which makes this moment even sweeter.”
The Isisirettes will rock the house, Iowa icon Simon Estes will sing the national anthem, attendees will enjoy highlights from the Olympic trials on the video boards, and both Shawn and Lolo will appear, speak, and announce a surprise or two.
The Iowa Events Center is being made possible by an in-kind contribution from Global Spectrum.
For more information contact:
Tim Gardner, Director of Creative Services
515-242-3611
About WHO-TV Channel 13
WHO-TV Channel 13, owned by Local TV LLC, is celebrating 54 years of broadcast service to central Iowa. Channel 13 News prides itself on bringing viewers rich, local content that other stations won’t commit to. From exclusive investigations to ground-breaking, creative coverage of the big daily story, Channel 13 News lives up to its word of “See the Difference.”
Channel 13 News has won the most prestigious awards in the broadcast industry including 2007 Emmy and regional Edward R. Murrow awards for “Best Newscast” plus two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for “Best Newscast” and “Sports Reporting”, six Eric Sevareid journalism awards from the Northwest Broadcast News Association for “Investigative” and “Spot News” reporting and eight “First Place” awards from the Iowa Associated Press. In 2006, the station earned the coveted national Edward R. Murrow for “Best Newscast and veteran anchor John Bachman was inducted into the National Television Academy’s “Silver Circle” for an accomplished career in broadcasting. In 2008, Channel 13 News has already earned 11 Eric Sevareid Journalism Awards, the most of any Iowa station, including 4 First Place awards for “Best Newscast”, “Series”, ”Hard Feature”, and “Sportscast.”
The technological leader, WHO-TV Channel 13 was the first to use videotape, the first to broadcast from news events live, the first live Doppler radar, first commercial high-definition television broadcast, and first high-definition local news segment. Now, WHO-TV operates central Iowa’s first and only news helicopter, Chopper 13, and the most powerful and sophisticated live Doppler radar in Iowa with MEGA Doppler.
Local TV LLC is a broadcast holding company created in 2007 to acquire nine heritage television stations in eight midsized markets. Local TV is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, management and a consortium of bankers and high yield lenders who drank the Kool-Aid and are as enthusiastic about our future as we are. Stay tuned.
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