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September 5th, 2008
MEDIA RELEASE
September 4, 2008
CHANNEL 13’S RV-TV TAKES THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
Channel 13 Sports Team to camp in 5 Iowa towns on their way to the Iowa/ISU Football Game
Team to make stops in Ames, Marshalltown, Newton, Oskaloosa and Iowa City
Big Coverage of Iowa’s Super Bowl live on Channel 13 News at 5, 6, &10 PM starting Monday
DES MOINES, IA – What event is so big that four TV sports guys would work and live in RV’s for a week? The answer is the big Iowa vs. Iowa State interstate football rivalry. WHO-TV announced today that RV-TV, the station’s week-long Iowa/I-State tailgate party, is taking a road trip this year. The award-winning Channel 13 Sports Team will make overnight stops in Ames, Marshalltown, Newton, and Oskaloosa on their way to Iowa City for the big game on Saturday, September 13th. WHO-TV’s RV-TV coverage can be seen on Channel 13 News at 5, 6, & 10 PM starting Monday.
In addition to Hawkeye-Cyclone pregame coverage from Ames and Iowa City, RV-TV will also include a significant Web presence including a mountain of stats and facts about the rivalry and a special RV-TV blog and pictures located on the sports page at www.WHOTV.com. If past years are an indicator, look for blog updates between 11 P.M. and 3 A.M. each day.
Here is RV-TV’s exact location in each of the Iowa towns we’re visiting:
· Monday 9/8 Ames – Jack Trice Stadium – SE Corner
· Tuesday 9/9 Marshalltown – Town Square
· Wednesday 9/10 Newton – Iowa Speedway
· Thursday 9/11 Oskaloosa – Town Square
· Friday 9/12 Iowa City – Across from Kinnick Stadium
Channel 13 Sports Director Keith Murphy is a veteran of RV-TV—this will be his sixth— and he couldn’t be more excited about it. Well, that might be stretching it.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to showcase our state’s biggest rivalry for the fans. For us, it’s a chance to eat junk food, watch movies late at night, and live like slobs. In other words, a lot like any other week” says Murphy. “Plus, Andy’s back this year. The main reason he left Kansas City is how much he missed living in an RV.”
In addition to Murphy and Fales, Channel 13 Sports reporters Chris Hassel and Shawn Terrell will be camping out while covering the big game.
“I can’t wait,” says Andy Fales. “A week of no sleep, fast food, kybos, and Murphy walking around in his robe. I’m not sure I want to know anybody I work with that well. Thank goodness Zabel said ‘No’.”
Channel 13’s 2007 RV-TV coverage earned the station a “Best Sports Coverage” award from the Iowa Associated Press. Previous RV-TV broadcasts included lots of fun and surprises including stuffing an entire college pep band in an RV bedroom, cheerleaders, hot tubs and a live wake-up call from the ISU Marching Band.
“I’m still not over that last one.,” snipes Murphy. “This year, it should be more tolerable. We’re making Chris Hassel shower daily, live in his own mini-RV, and refrain from eating Funyons the entire week.”
“Joking aside, we all love it,” Murphy adds. “We get to meet people, tell stories, and hype the biggest day in sports each year. RV-TV could only work this well in Iowa.”
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. In 2008, Channel 13 News 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.”. In 2007, WHO-TV earned a coveted 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.
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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