ABC11 Eyewitness News Sponsors Raleigh Wide Open

Raleigh, NC, July 28, 2010 --(PR.com)-- ABC 11 Eyewitness News (http://www.abc11.com) has announced it will sponsor the fifth annual Raleigh Wide Open celebration, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 31. Raleigh Wide Open will be held in the City Plaza downtown and will feature a parade down Fayetteville Street, four stages for local acts and artists, a kid’s zone, food tents, and fireworks. Raleigh Wide Open brings together Raleigh residents in the summer to celebrate the revitalization of downtown. The celebration began in 2006 to mark the return of Fayetteville Street to vehicle traffic and has resumed each year since to celebrate the growth of energy, art and entertainment downtown.

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“Raleigh Wide Open has been one of the most exciting events in Raleigh for the past four years,” said John Idler, president and general manager of ABC11 Eyewitness News. “We are very excited to continue showing our support for the significant occasion.”

New Media Content:

ABC11 Eyewitness News Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ABC11

ABC11 Eyewitness News Twitter Page: http://www.twitter.com/ABC11_WTVD

Details:

- The event will host more than 20 national, regional and local acts on four stages, as well as more than 50 food, beer and wine, arts and nonprofit organizations tents.

- For more information please visit the Raleigh Wide Open Five event website at http://www.raleighconvention.com/RWO5/

About ABC11 Eyewitness News:
ABC11 Eyewitness News provides 33 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 22-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com as well as serving two additional digital channels, ABC11 Eyewitness News Now on Time Warner cable channel 213, and Live Well HD on Time Warner 212. ABC11 WTVD is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which is home to all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties. For more information, go to http://www.abc11.com.

Jennifer Fair
MMI Public Relations
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Jennifer@mmipublicrelations.com
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