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June 02, 2005
INFINITY BROADCASTING'S NINE ALL-NEWS STATIONS TO OFFER DAILY PODCASTS OF ORIGINAL AND EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
BEGINNING IN JULY
Infinity
Broadcasting's nine all-news stations will offer free daily podcasts to its
listeners featuring the day's top local and national news, sports, business and
entertainment headlines, as well as weather and traffic updates, among other
topics, it was announced today by Joel Hollander, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Infinity.
Podcasts
will vary in length and include news broadcast on the stations and content
developed exclusively for download.
New York's 1010 WINS
will lead Infinity's initiative beginning in July.
Podcasting technology, first made popular in late
2004, allows users to create and upload their own audio programs on the
Internet which can be downloaded to multimedia players at a later date.
The software also lets users subscribe to
their favorite podcasts and have them sent automatically to their players.
In May, Infinity launched the world's first
all podcast programmed radio station, KYOURADIO, on San Francisco's KYCY-AM
and online at www.KYOURADIO.com.
To date, nearly 1000 podcasts have been
submitted for broadcast.
"We
are increasingly living in an on-demand world, where listeners want to receive
our award-winning content via alternative means," said Hollander.
"Podcasting, while relatively new, is being
adapted by more and more users everyday, and is a
perfect complement to our business model."
"What
a great year this is for 1010 WINS," said Mark Mason, Vice President,
All-News Programming for Infinity, and Program Director for
1010 WINS. "In the midst of celebrating our 40th Anniversary, we
began streaming our content around the world. We now look forward to
yet another distribution platform designed to inform and entertain
busy New Yorkers on the go."
Infinity's
all-news stations include 1010 WINS (New York), WCBS-AM (New York), KFWB-AM
(Los Angeles), KNX-AM (Los Angeles), WBBM-AM (Chicago), KCBS-AM (San Francisco)
KYW-AM (Philadelphia), WBZ-AM (Boston), and WWJ-AM (Detroit).
They began online streaming of their
programming in March.
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Infinity Press Contact:
Karen L. Mateo
212/846-7638
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Karen L. Mateo
Vice President, Communications
(212) 649 9639
Allison Mandara
Press Representative
(212) 649 9606
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