Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Chicago Columbus Day Parade Broadcast on ABC-TV for 2 Hours

The ANNOTICO Report

 

The 56th Chicago Columbus Day Parade was Televised for the Second year on ABC -TV for 2 hours with 100 Multi Ethnic Entries, and was presented Commercial Free.

 

It is available in Video, in 7 parts on the ABC Web Site. It is Not the Rose Parade, BUT it was heart warming to see both the young and old Italians celebrating and taking pride, and  Non Italians alike.enjoying the occasion.

 

It may be my computer, but I had to repeatedly click between the sound and enlarge buttons to "unstick" the Video

 

Thanks to Walter Santi for the "heads up"

ABC7 presents Columbus Day Parade

Monday, October 13, 2008 | 5:15 PM

ABC 7 Chicago to feature live, HD broadcast of Columbus Day Parade at 12:30 PM on 7.2, Monday October 13th

ABC 7 CHICAGO, the official station of the 56th annual Columbus Day Parade, will broadcast the parade, live, Monday, October 13th, from 12:30-2:30 pm. on ABC 7's 7.2 (Comcast Channel 217 and Wide Open West Channel 101). ABC 7 will also stream the parade live at abc7chicago.com. An encore presentation of the Columbus Day Parade will air on Saturday, October 18th at noon on ABC 7. The parade will be presented commercial free.

ABC 7's Feature/Entertainment reporter Janet Davies; Sports Anchor/Reporter Mark Giangreco; and President Emeritus, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, Dominic Di Frisco, will serve as co-hosts during the station's two-hours of HD coverage. ABC 7 Meteorologist, Phil Schwarz will capture the pageantry from the street. Scheduled to ride atop the ABC 7 Chicago float will be members of the station's news team-- Jerry Taft, Sylvia Perez, Ravi Baichwal, Steve Dolinsky, Kevin Roy and Evelyn Holmes.

ABC 7 President and General Manager Emily Barr said, "We are proud, for the second consecutive year, to be a part of such a great Chicago tradition honoring this city's rich Italian-American heritage."

According to Jo Ann Serpico, president Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, "We are looking forward to continuing our partnership with ABC 7 as the official station of the 2008 Columbus Day Parade. This year, the salute to our heritage will have even more exposure with two hours of commercial free Columbus Day Parade coverage. Another exciting aspect of the celebration will be a huge 'after the parade' reception in Grant Park from 2:30-5:00 pm."

 

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