Back to press releasesNewark, NJ, August 26, 2004 – IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C), a multinational telecom, entertainment and technology company, announced today that WMET 1160 AM, its owned and operated radio station in Washington, D.C., will provide live coverage from the Republican National Convention in New York City. Participating WMET hosts Geoff Metcalf, Linda Chavez, Shmuley Boteach and Jeff Katz, will broadcast live from opening day, Monday, August 30th, through closing day, Thursday, September 2nd. Select WMET hosts also reported live from the recent Democratic National Convention in Boston.
“Our national political conventions provide a forum to discuss the ideas that shape the American political process,” said Jim Courter, IDT’s CEO. “The open exchange of ideas is the bedrock of our democracy. WMET is proud to participate in the process that keeps our citizens involved and informed.”
WMET plans to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the latest developments from inside the convention hall, as well as in-depth analysis of critical issues. Anticipated guests include policy makers, journalists and national political figures from both parties. WMET’s convention coverage features Geoff Metcalf from 7:00 am to 10:00 am, Linda Chavez from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon, Shmuley Boteach from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Jeff Katz, the latest addition to WMET’s lineup, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
As a radio host, Jeff Katz has received numerous honors including being named one of the 100 Best Talk Show Hosts by TALKERS Magazine. Mr. Katz brings a life-long interest in politics and the street-smart perspective of an ex-Philadelphia cop to his WMET talk radio program. While in Philadelphia, Mr. Katz was selected by The Achievement in Radio Awards as that city’s best talk show host and was also the recipient of the Jack Anderson Award for excellence in journalism. The Jeff Katz Show is broadcast on WMET Monday through Friday from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
“WMET is the station to turn to for insightful convention coverage that goes beyond the headlines,” said Jerrold Rapaport, IDT Broadcast Group CEO. “Throughout the week, from Monday through Thursday, listeners can expect to hear expert in-depth analysis of the issues that will shape the convention and the on-going Presidential campaign that follows.”
Recently, WMET announced the upgrade of its daytime signal to 50,000 watts. The upgrade will extend the reach of the station’s signal from Baltimore, Maryland to Richmond, Virginia.
IDT Corporation, through its IDT Telecom subsidiary, is a facilities-based, multinational carrier that provides a broad range of telecommunications services to retail and wholesale customers worldwide. IDT Telecom, by means of its own national telecommunications backbone and fiber optic network infrastructure, provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long distance and domestic all-distance telephony and prepaid calling cards. IDT Entertainment is the IDT subsidiary focused on developing, acquiring, producing and distributing computer-generated and traditionally animated productions and other productions for the film, broadcast and direct-to-consumer markets. Menlo Park is the IDT division principally responsible for the Company’s initiatives in radio broadcasting, brochure distribution and new video technologies. Winstar Holdings, LLC, which provides service under the IDT Solutions brand, is the IDT subsidiary focused on providing broadband and telephony services to commercial and governmental customers through a fixed-wireless and fiber infrastructure. Net2Phone, Inc., a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, is a leading provider of high-quality global retail Voice over IP services and offers a fully outsourced cable telephony service to cable operators allowing cable operators to provide residential phone service to their subscribers.
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