American ``Country'' Idol?!Entertainment Editors ANAHEIM, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002 Country 93.9 KZLA will be on location at The Grove of Anaheim this Wednesday, August 14, 6AM-10AM, giving away free Dixie Chicks concert tickets every five minutes. The only catch is, you must sing for the tickets! Winning is easy: Everyone is invited to stop by the KZLA broadcast and register for the tickets. Beginning at 6:00AM, Country 93.9 KZLA will begin drawing names every five minutes. Everyone whose name is drawn will spin a karaoke wheel, which will contain titles of Dixie Chicks songs. Then, they must sing the song in front of the crowd on hand and will be awarded tickets to the concert when they are done singing. KZLA will draw names until 10:00AM. "We are going have our own `live' version of the hit show `American Idol' and call it the `American COUNTRY Idol'!" says KZLA Morning host Peter Tilden Peter Tilden is an American radio personality and the host of America's Earliest Morning Show, an overnight program heard on KABC in Los Angeles. Prior to September 2007, Tilden's program aired nationwide on the ABC News & Talk satellite channel, heard on both XM . "Who knows? We might just find the next big Country Star." The event will take place Wednesday, August 14, 2002 from 6:00AM-10:00AM at the Grove of Anaheim located at 2200 East Katella Avenue in Anaheim, CA 92806. KZLA is the most listened-to country radio station in America with approximately 700,000 listeners per week and is owned and operated by Emmis Communications Emmis Communications (NASDAQ: EMMS) is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio and television stations and magazines in the United States, Belgium, Hungary and Slovakia. . Emmis Communications (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : EMMS EMMS Electronic Media Management System (IBM) EMMS Electronic Music Management System EMMS Express Mail Military Service (US Postal Service) EMMS Electronic Mail and Message System ) is a diversified media firm with award-winning radio broadcasting The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , television broadcasting and magazine publishing operations. |
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