CALGARY’S FIRST CITYTV NEW YEAR’S BASH KICKS OFF 2012 WITH STELLAR STAR LINEUP
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(TORONTO – December 29, 2011) For the first time in its 27-year history, the Citytv New Year’s Bash will include a two-hour live broadcast event from Calgary on December 31. The city’s inaugural bash features a white-hot lineup of entertainers ringing in 2012 with a bang at Olympic Plaza beginning at 10pm MT. The Calgary telecast will follow Toronto’s live broadcast beginning at 8pm MT on Citytv.
The Citytv New Year’s Bash in Calgary boasts a stellar roster of performers including Canadian country sensation George Canyon, award-winning Canadian band Down With Webster, R&B artist Raghav, and multi-platinum selling artist Alyssa Reid. Plus, Breakfast Television’s Ted Henley, Tara Slone, Jill Belland and Andrew Schultz will host Calgary’s first national broadcast of the year-end event.
WHAT: Citytv New Year’s Bash
WHEN: Saturday, December 31 at 10pm MT
WHERE: Olympic Plaza, 228 - 8 Ave SE
WHO:
Hosts
Breakfast Television’s Ted Henley, Tara Slone, Jill Belland and Andrew Schultz
Performers
Canadian country sensation George Canyon, award-winning Canadian band Down With Webster, R&B artist Raghav, and multi-platinum selling artist Alyssa Reid
CONTACTS: Sónia Brum, Citytv, 416.764.3194, sonia.brum@rci.rogers.com / Megan Rokosh, Citytv, 403-390-5400, megan.rokosh@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
Megan Rokosh, Citytv, 403-390-5400, megan.rokosh@rci.rogers.com