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FISHING NEWS AND FEATURES
(Feature Lane 2)
Posted August 22, 2010 World
Fishing Network Searches for Favorite Fishing Area
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA -- Passionate anglers from more than 160
towns and cities across Canada heeded the call of WFN: World Fishing
Network, by nominating their favorite fishing area in the hope of
staking their claim to a $25,000 prize and the title of WFN's
Ultimate
Fishing Town. The first round of public voting is open at
www.wfn.tv/fishingtown.
"The race is now officially on to find Canada's ultimate place to
fish," said Mark Rubinstein, President and CEO of World Fishing
Network. "From
Kitimat,
BC, to
Pesable,
PEI, over 160 communities have raised the rod to win. It's now in
the hands of Canadians to vote for their favourite fishing
community."
The first round of public voting continues through
Sept. 1, 2010.
At the end of this voting period, 10 towns will be selected as
finalists and voted upon from Sept. 7-28. On Oct. 4, WFN's
Ultimate
Fishing Town winner will be announced and awarded a $25,000 donation
for fishing-related cause(s) and have a 30-minute feature show about
fishing in their town air on WFN. There is also over $7,500 in
additional prizes.
Customized promotional tools made available to nominated towns.
To help communities promote their towns, WFN has created easy to use
applications that allow users to customize posters and web banners
with ease. By visiting the "Promote Your Entry" section of
www.wfn.tv/fishingtown, people can print posters that feature
the name of their town and unique URL. It also offers icons for
social media tools such as MSN, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, BBM and
more.
About WFN: World Fishing Network
WFN: World Fishing Network is the only 24/7 television network
dedicated to all segments of fishing with programming that covers
instruction, tips, tournaments, travel, food, boating, outdoor
lifestyle and more. WFN also delivers the beauty of fishing in
stunning High Definition with WFN HD, a separate network that
delivers 100 percent High Definition programming 24/7.
Originally launched in December 2005, today WFN and WFN HD are
available in more than 20 million households through North American
cable, satellite and telecommunications distributors. For more
information, visit
http://www.wfn.tv/.
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