ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Diane Smith Appears At Media Play; Author/T.V. Personality Slated to Autograph Her New Book `Christmas in Connecticut'.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Saturday (Dec. 9)

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      WHAT: Diane Smith, author and Positively Connecticut television
        journalist, will sign copies of her new book Christmas In
        Connecticut at Stateline Plaza Media Play.

      WHO: Diane Smith is co-host of the Morning Show on WTIC-AM, News
        Talk 1080. She also produces programs for Connecticut Public
        Television based on her popular series, Positively
        Connecticut, which highlights the joyful things to see and do
        during the holidays.

          In  1999, she was awarded the Connecticut Tourism Industry's
        Media Award, and in 2000, The Domestic Violence Services of
        Greater New Haven presented her with the Sofie Turner Award in
        appreciation of her statewide work in promoting efforts to
        reduce domestic violence.

          Diane Smith's Christmas in Connecticut, includes inspiring,
        funny and heart-warming essays which are sure to bring holiday
        cheer to anyone. Christmas in Connecticut was released
        nationwide in October.


      WHEN: Saturday, December 9, 2001 at 12:00 noon

      WHERE: Media Play
           Stateline Plaza
           Enfield, CT 06082
           860.253.4777