Thursday, July 05, 2007

News: WKYC to Air NBC's "Live Earth" Concert

NBC's big Live Earth concert is scheduled for this Saturday...7/7/07...and will be shown around the world in 8 cities on all 7 continents. 100 different musical acts will perform including Madonna, Sting, Spinal Tap, Smashing Pumpkins, The Police, Dave Matthews & Genesis.

Cities hosting the event include Rutherford NJ, Sydney, London, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Hamburg and Rio de Janeiro.

As for NBC, it will carry the event on a slight delay (in case of profanity) from 8-11p on WKYC, and on Bravo, CNBC, Sundance, Telemundo, mun2 and Universal HD.

Other coverage includes:

*Bravo - 18 hours starting Saturday morning at 8 am until 2 am Sunday Morning.

*Sundance and Universal HD - 22 hours beginning with Sydney's concert at 4 am ET and concluding at 2 am Sunday morning.

*Telemundo picks up the action at 7p.

*mun2 begins at 5p.