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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >Contacts: Bob Mackle >Vice President – Public Information >(520) 529-5317 >bobmackle@mdausa.org >JERRY LEWIS MDA TELETHON >BACK IN VEGAS >TUCSON, Ariz., August 1, 2006 – The Muscular Dystrophy >Association’s 2006 Jerry Lewis >Labor Day Telethon will be broadcast live from the >South Coast Hotel in Las Vegas, Sept. 3-4. >The Telethon’s national broadcast returns to “the >entertainment capital of the world” after a 12 >years of origination from Hollywood. >The South Coast’s 22,000-square-foot ballroom will be >home to the 21½-hour live >television event which reaches nearly 50 million >viewers in the United States and Canada via >190 television stations in MDA’s “Love Network,” and >is available to millions more worldwide, >thanks to Real Networks, on the Internet at >www.mda.org. >The national show airs from 9 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. >3, to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4. >Broadcast times vary; local listings will show start >times and stations. >Comedy legend Jerry Lewis, MDA’s national chairman and >star of its world-renowned >Telethon, is ready to light up the tote board from his >hometown. The Telethon also will feature >live remotes from New York and Chicago. >“I’m absolutely thrilled that we’re bringing the >Telethon back to the bright lights of Las >Vegas and the great people of this city,” said Lewis, >a longtime Las Vegas resident. >Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Back in Vegas/Page 2 ># # # >“There’s plenty of work to be done to make this the >most successful Telethon in history. >We must keep pushing forward because we’re moving >closer and closer to finding treatments >and cures for all ‘my kids.’” >Telethon anchor Ed McMahon will return for his 39th >year. Ed was recently named >“greatest sidekick of all time” by Entertainment >Weekly. >Telethon co-hosts include Jann Carl of “Entertaiment >Tonight”, comedian Norm Crosby, >TV host and comedian Tom Bergeron and country singer >Billy Gilman. >The South Coast Hotel is home to 1,350 rooms, a movie >complex, bowling center, >equestrian center and several restaurants. The hotel >is located on 60 acres in the southern part of >Las Vegas and is located just minutes away from the >famous Las Vegas Strip. >South Coast Vice President and General Manager Mike >Gaughan Jr. said, “We’re >delighted to be a partner with MDA in supporting the >fight against neuromuscular diseases. Las >Vegas is the perfect setting for the Telethon, and >we’re excited to open our doors to MDA, its >staff, the families it serves and Telethon viewers >nationwide.” >This year marks the 41st consecutive year for the >Telethon, which originated over the >Labor Day weekend in 1966 from the Grand Ballroom of >the Americana Hotel in New York. >The MDA national broadcast was televised live from Las >Vegas from 1973 to 1989, it >went to Hollywood in 1990, and again from Vegas from >1991 to 1994. Since 1995, the >broadcast has been based in the Hollywood. >MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat >more than 40 neuromuscular >disease through programs of worldwide research, >comprehensive services, and far-reaching >professional and public health education. The >Association’s programs are funded almost >entirely by individual contributors.
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