Top Tennessee Valley Newscasts Streamed Live on Internet; Viewers in North Alabama and Around the World Now Watch the Area's Top-Rated Television News From Their Computers
BUSINESS WIRE - August 16, 1999 08:01
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug 16, 1999 (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE via COMTEX) -- LiveOnTheNet.com and WAFF 48 have joined forces to bring the Tennessee Valley's top rated television news to Web users in the area and around the world. WAFF is the market leader, winning the ratings in the metro newscasts at 5, 6 and 10 p.m., according to Nielsen Media Research.
From WAFF's website at waff.com, viewers can click the "Live" button to watch live Webcasts of all WAFF news broadcasts. These include the weekday morning and noon editions, plus evening newscasts at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. Webcasts are also available for the Saturday morning news along with Saturday and Sunday evening news.
"LiveOnTheNet is pleased to bring viewers these top-rated newscasts," says company president Tim Erwin. "Web users can now watch their favorite news programs directly from their computer screens at work or in their homes." Viewers may watch the webcast live, as the news is happening or, on demand for 24 hours after a newscast.
According to WAFF vice president and general manager, Dorothy Havens, "WAFF has proven to be the news leader on the air." She adds, "We are now launching a platform to be the local online news leader." Beyond the webcasts, the WAFF website offers viewers a chance to read the day's top stories and see the latest weather image with Doppler radar.
WAFF is a two-time winner of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award: in 1997 for coverage of the Rainsville tornado and in 1998 for feature coverage of discarded pets being put to sleep. The Associated Press has also recognized WAFF as the Best Newscast and the Best News Operation.
WAFF is owned by Raycom Media, headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owns or manages 34 television stations reaching nearly 10% of the United States television households, plus 1.3 million television households in Puerto Rico.
LiveOnTheNet.com is the Internet's premiere entertainment destination for live events and can be seen at liveonthenet.com. Click on the Radio & TV Button from the home page to see WAFF or any of our other media partners' broadcasts. All LiveOnTheNet.com broadcasts are distributed via RealSystem G2 technology from RealNetworks(TM) (Nasdaq:RNWK) and will be available to any recent version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Netscape's Navigator and AOLbrowsers.
Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0- CONTACT: LiveOnTheNet.com Tina Hicks, 256/705-7030 or 800/840-8638 ext. 7030 Tina@liveonthenet.com or WAFF 48 Denise Brown Swain, 256/533-4848 ext. 4612 dbswain@waff.com
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