ACME Communications Introduces ``The Daily Buzz'' Team; New Morning Show is Set to Wake Up Select Markets On Monday, September 16th.Business/Entertainment Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002 ACME Communications ACME Communications (NASDAQ: ACME) is a television broadcasting company that owns seven television stations. Six stations are CW Television Network affiliates. The seventh, part of a duopoly in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a MyNetworkTV affiliate. , Inc. (Nasdaq:ACME) today announced the four hosts of "The Daily Buzz," a new three-hour live morning news show aimed at a younger audience than traditional morning news programming. "The Daily Buzz," which will debut on September 16th, will air from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. weekdays and will be syndicated to all ACME markets. The four-anchor program will be produced by ACME Television Productions at the studios of WBDT-TV, ACME's WB affiliate in Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. , under the direction of award-winning Executive Producer Robin Radin. Prior to joining ACME, Ms. Radin spent the last two and a half years producing the highly rated "Fox 11 Morning News" at KTTV-TV in Los Angeles. Ms. Radin has also worked as a news producer at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, at ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. affiliate KGTV-TV in San Diego, and at NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. affiliate WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. "I am excited about the opportunity to tailor morning news to a younger demographic," said Ms. Radin. "With `The Daily Buzz,' ACME will be serving viewers that have been virtually ignored in the competitive morning landscape." "The Daily Buzz" features four talented anchors, three of whom recently worked in the nation's top television markets. News anchor and host Mr. Ron Corning freelanced for "E! News Daily" and "Extra" in Los Angeles before joining "The Daily Buzz" in mid-August. Ms. Andrea Jackson also joins "The Daily Buzz" from Los Angeles, where she appeared on KNBC-TV as the weekend weather and traffic reporter in addition to her role as a recurring `prankster' on NBC's "Spy TV." Along with hosting, Ms. Jackson will inform the audience about everything going on in the world of entertainment. Ms. Peggy Bunker has recently entertained viewers as a host for ABC "Soapnet" Network, Showtime, and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and will be a host and feature reporter on the program. At the weather desk is Mr. Mitch English, who was the main meteorologist and station host for ACME's WB affiliate KUWB-TV in Salt Lake City. "The Daily Buzz" will include content from CNN Newsource, as well as regular features focused on entertainment, style, money and hi-tech reviews that are designed to appeal to a younger demographic than typical morning fare. The show will also feature local weather and local headlines from each of ACME's markets. "The show will definitely be a change of pace for most morning viewers," said Mr. Doug Gealy, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of ACME Communications and the originator of "The Daily Buzz" concept. "We're giving younger viewers a reason to watch in the mornings and advertisers a new opportunity to reach this audience." About ACME Communications, Inc. ACME Communications, Inc. owns and operates ten television stations serving markets covering 5.4% of the nation's television households, making the Company the third largest affiliate group of The WB Television Network. The Company's stations are: KPLR-TV, St. Louis, MO; KWBP-TV, Portland, OR; KUWB-TV, Salt Lake City, UT; KWBQ-TV and KASY-TV, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM; WBDT-TV, Dayton, OH; WBXX-TV, Knoxville, TN; WIWB-TV, Green Bay-Appleton, WI; WBUI-TV, Champaign- Springfield-Decatur, IL; WTVK-TV, Ft. Myers-Naples, FL. All of the Company's stations, except KASY-TV, a UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation affiliate, are WB Network affiliates. The Company also operates station WBUW-TV (formerly WHPN-TV), a WB affiliate serving the Madison, WI, marketplace, under a local marketing agreement in connection with its pending purchase of that station, which is expected to close later this year. ACME's Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. is also a founder and CEO of The WB Television Network and serves as CEO and Chairman of AOL/Time Warner's Turner TV Networks. ACME's shares are traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol: ACME. |
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