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July 22, 2004
HARRY SHEARER TO SERVE AS INFINITY BROADCASTING'S "UNCONVENTIONAL" CONVENTION CORRESPONDENT FOR
2004 DNC IN BOSTON BEGINNING ON MONDAY, JULY 26
Actor,
director and writer Harry Shearer will provide live daily commentary of the
Democratic National Convention (DNC) for select Infinity Broadcasting stations,
including WBCN-FM and WZLX-FM in Boston, WXRT-FM
in Chicago and WARW-FM in Washington, D.C.
beginning on Monday, July 26 (see complete list of stations below).
Recapping the day's events from the Fleet Center,
Shearer's "unconventional" convention reports will feature a comedic commentary
on the Democratic Presidential nomination.
The
DNC, held from July 26-29 in Boston, will bring
together 4,353
delegates and 611 alternates representing each of the 50
states, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin
Islands and Democrats Abroad.
"There's
no bad TV show worse than a political convention," said Shearer.
"That's while I'll be covering the Democrats
on radio."
Shearer
previously reported on the 1996 Presidential Conventions and Election, as well
as the O.J. Simpson civil trial for Slate.com.
Apart from his political and judicial coverage abilities, Shearer's more
well-known talents include acting, both in big screen performances such as
"This is Spinal Tap," which he co-created, "The Right Stuff," "Wayne's World
II," "The Truman Show," and "A Mighty Wind."
Shearer also wrote and directed the internationally acclaimed "Teddy
Bears' Picnic."
His television work has
included "Ellen," "Friends," and "Murphy Brown," as well as creating and
performing the voice of Mr. Burnes, Smithers, and Ned Flanders, among others, on
the hit series "The Simpsons."
Additionally,
Shearer was a writer and cast member of "Saturday Night Live" for two seasons,
and has his own nationally-syndicated radio program
titled "LeShow" now in it's 21st year of
production.
Infinity Broadcasting is one of the largest major-market
radio operators in the United
States, with stations covering the news,
modern rock, oldies, country, FM talk, classic rock and urban formats. Infinity
owns 185 radio stations, the majority of which are in the nation's top 50
markets and is also home to 29 of the country's leading sports franchises
amongst the NFL, MLB, the NBA and NHL.
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Infinity Press Contact:
Karen
L. Mateo
212/846-7638
The following stations will broadcast reports from Harry
Shearer from the DNC:
WZLX-FM Boston
WBCN-FM Boston
WXRT-FM Chicago
WCKG-FM Chicago
WXTM-FM Cleveland
WMC-AM Memphis
KINK-FM Portland
KUFO-FM Portland
WCMF-FM Rochester
KHTK-AM Sacramento
KZOK-FM Seattle
WARW-FM Washington D.C.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Karen L. Mateo
Vice President, Communications
(212) 649 9639
Allison Mandara
Communications Coordinator
(212) 649 9606
Dana McClintock
Senior Vice President,
CBS Communications Group
(212) 975 1077
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