HIGH STAR WATTAGE AT CANADA’S FAVOURITE PARTY: CITYTV NEW YEAR’S BASH
PHOTO ALERT:
(TORONTO – December 29, 2011) As the #1 New Year’s Eve broadcast in the country, the 2012 Citytv New Year’s Bash is bigger and bolder than ever with a white-hot lineup of entertainers ringing in 2012 with a bang. Broadcast live from Nathan Phillips Square beginning at 10pm ET on December 31, the event will feature performances by pop rock band Neverest, Backstreet Boy Howie D, hip-hop artist JRDN, hit singer Karl Wolf, pop star Aleesia, singer/songwriter Anjulie, and the cast of the highly-anticipated Broadway musical American Idiot presented by Dancap Productions. Once again, Citytv’s Gord Martineau, Tracy Moore, Dina Pugliese and Kevin Frankish will host Canada’s favourite year-end event.
WHAT: Citytv New Year’s Bash
WHEN: Saturday, December 31 at 10pm ET
WHERE: Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West
WHO:
Hosts
CityNews anchor Gord Martineau, CityLine’s Tracy Moore, as well as Breakfast Television’s Dina Pugliese and Kevin Frankish
Performers
Pop rock band Neverest, Backstreet Boy Howie D, hip-hop artist JRDN, hit singer Karl Wolf, pop star Aleesia, singer/songwriter Anjulie, and the cast of the highly-anticipated Broadway musical American Idiot presented by Dancap Productions
CONTACTS: Sónia Brum, Citytv, 416.764.3194, sonia.brum@rci.rogers.com / Michelle Lomack, Citytv, 416.764.3190, michelle.lomack@rci.rogers.com
About Citytv
Citytv™ television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg offer viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented, culturally-diverse television programming. A distinct alternative to other conventional television stations, Citytv engages its viewers with dynamic on-air personalities and delivers an entertaining mix of news, local-interactive formats such as: Breakfast Television and CityLine; as well as local Canadian and US acquired prime time entertainment programming. Citytv is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more information on Citytv stations and programming, visit www.Citytv.com.
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For further information:
Sónia Brum, Citytv, 416.764.3194, sonia.brum@rci.rogers.com
Michelle Lomack, Citytv, 416.764.3190, michelle.lomack@rci.rogers.com