Viewers Vote Online for Five Broadcasters to Join Kelly Ripa January 24-28, 2011
| New York, NY – January 10, 2011 – After weeks of anticipation, on today’s “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly†the ten finalists in LIVE’s “Men of Radio Co-Host for a Day Search†were announced. Viewers will decide which five broadcasters will join Kelly Ripa as guest co-hosts January 24-28, 2011.
BERT WEISS, Q100, ATLANTA, GEORGIA BOBBY BONES, 96.7 KISS FM, AUSTIN, TEXAS ERIC FERGUSON, 101.9 FM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FITZ, 100.7 THE WOLF, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON JEFF MAULER, HOT 89.9, OTTAWA, ONTARIO – CANADA JOHNNY MAGIC, XL 106.7, ORLANDO, FLORIDA KIDD KRADDICK, “KIDD KRADDICK IN THE MORNINGâ€, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED MIKE CATHERWOOD AKA “PSYCHO MIKE,†KROQ, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MIKE GREENBERG, “MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORNING,†ESPN RADIO TODD PETTENGILL, WPLJ, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Back in November, Philbin and Ripa asked home viewers for their help in finding guest co-hosts to join Ripa this month when Philbin will be on vacation, inviting the LIVE audience to nominate their favorite local radio broadcasters to join Ripa as a guest co-host for a day. The search was open to male radio broadcasters with regularly scheduled shows of any kind. After receiving tens of thousands of nominations, LIVE’s producers narrowed the field to the Top 100, and today announced the ten finalists live on the air. Now it’s again up to the viewers, this time to vote on the five broadcasters who will fly to New York to act as guest co-host. Voting began today at LiveRegisandKelly.com and will remain open until 6:00 p.m. ET, Sunday January 16, with the final lineup of guest co-hosts to be announced on Monday, January 17. Viewers can vote as often as they’d like every day, and they’ll get more than the chance to possibly see their favorite radio personality on LIVE – everyone who submitted a nomination or votes for the five co-hosts will have the opportunity to win one of ten Krups home appliance gift packages by random drawing. “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly†is executive produced by Michael Gelman, and is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York, “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly†airs in more than 200 markets across the country. |