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August 21st, 2008
NEARLY 49,000 IOWA STATE FAIR VISITORS “CAST YOUR KERNEL” FOR PRESIDENT
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release August 20, 2008
NEARLY 49,000 IOWA STATE FAIR VISITORS “CAST YOUR KERNEL” FOR PRESIDENT
Fair visitors dropped a kernel of corn in the Mason jar of their favorite Presidential candidate
Obama barely edges McCain with 50.92% of the kernels cast
DES MOINES, IA – WHO-TV Channel 13, Des Moines’ NBC Affiliate, welcomed nearly 49,000 Iowa State Fair visitors at its “Cast A Kernel” headquarters to vote for their favorite presidential candidate. Each person who stopped was given one kernel of corn to place in the Mason jar of his favorite Presidential candidate. In the end, Democratic candidate Barrack Obama edged Republican candidate John McCain with 50.92% of the kernels cast.
“We were frankly surprised not only by the turnout but also by the enthusiasm of the voters,“ says Channel 13 News political reporter Dave Price. “In fact, we witnessed a few family squabbles start over how they cast their kernel. No telling now how Iowa will vote come November.”
In all, 48,865 kernels of corn were dropped into Mason jars between 9am to 9pm, August 7 through 17th at the Iowa State Fair.
For more information contact:Tim Gardner, Director of Creative Services515-242-3611
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. In 2008, the company acquired eight Fox Affiliates previously owned by News Corporation. 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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