“FEARLESS MUSIC TV” DEBUTS ON WNYW-FOX5 BEGINNING SATURDAY, APRIL 1

March 01, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
New York, N.Y. (Monday, March, 1, 2006) – WNYW-FOX5 announces the addition of FEARLESS MUSIC TV to its line-up, beginning Saturday, April 1 at 1 a.m. Airing in the country’s No. 1 television market, FEARLESS MUSIC TV will expose the tri-state area to live performances and cutting edge music from some of today’s freshest bands.

“FOX5 is dedicated to bringing original and innovative programming to our viewers and Fearless Music TV is a unique opportunity that doesn’t scare us at all,” said Lew Leone, WNYW-FOX5’s vice president and general manager.

FEARLESS MUSIC TV began on cable access more than two years ago and features five to six bands that perform live at FEARLESS MUSIC TV’s New York studios without an audience. In an age when MTV and VH1 focus on reality TV, FEARLESS MUSIC TV’s motto is “no talk, just rock.”

“We feel joining WNYW-FOX5’s line-up is a testament to the public’s readiness for a show like Fearless Music TV,” said Jamie Lamm, FMTV’s producer.

In September 2005, the show was picked up on 23 major network affiliates in the United States, and brings viewers a spectrum of bands, from those signed to major and independent labels, to others that have yet to be signed, giving relatively unknown bands exposure to millions of viewers. “Fearless” gives the underdog a voice, and is dedicated to introducing the public to artists that are truly talented and deserve recognition.

Often in need of a voice, indie rock bands turn to FEARLESS MUSIC TV as a vehicle to bring them to the masses. In its two years thus far, the show has featured such bands as: Supergrass, Aqualung, Robbers on High Street, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Raveonettes, Idlewild, and Athlete. With a knack for picking bands on the brink of major success, FEARLESS MUSIC TV brings viewers new bands first, before anyone else on TV today.

WNYW-FOX5 is one of two FOX owned-and-operated stations in the nation’s No. 1 TV market – New York City – and is also broadcast via DIRECTV on JetBlue Airways. FOX Television Stations, Inc. is one of the nation's largest owned-and-operated network broadcast groups, and consists of 35 stations in 26 markets covering nearly 45 percent of U.S. television homes.

For more information on FEARLESS MUSIC TV, please log on to www.fearlessmusic.tv. Viewing tapes are also available.

PRESS CONTACTS:
Louis Mayerson: louis@fearlessmusic.tv, (212) 262-8888
Lindsey Stranahan: lindsey@fearlessmusic.tv , (212) 262-8888
Brandii Toby, WNYW-FOX5: brandii.toby@foxtv.com, (212) 452-5881

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