‘FiOS1 News Now’ to Air Live on New Boardwalk as Part of the FiOS1 ‘Make Safety #1’ Campaign
(LONG BEACH, N.Y.) FiOS1, the local and community news station available to FiOS TV customers on Long Island, will air its “FiOS1 News Now” news program live on Thursday (Aug. 29) from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the newly reopened, rebuilt boardwalk at Riverside Boulevard in Long Beach.
The live broadcast will culminate a day of activities that are part of FiOS1’s Make Safety #1 campaign, a unique initiative in which the station has partnered with local community organizations to provide information and raise awareness about safety, such as weather and emergency preparedness, and family and cyber safety.
“This is one of the innovative ways FiOS1 is engaging viewers and reaching out to the communities we serve,” said Michelle Webb, general manager of FiOS1. “Watching a newscast live will be a great experience for visitors on the boardwalk.”
The campaign’s activities kick off at 2 p.m. and include appearances by FiOS1 anchors, safety presentations and giveaways from campaign partners the Nassau County Safe Kids Coalition, the North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary of Long Island. From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., visitors will be able to tape a message for FiOS1’s award-winning show “Push Pause,” and will be able to have photographs taken with members of the FiOS1 news team from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. In addition, FiOS1 will be distributing free emergency kits and water.
FiOS1 Long Island is Verizon’s 24-hour hyper-local news channel that has everything FiOS TV viewers need to know about the Island. The station’s programming includes local weather forecasts, up-to-the-minute traffic, as well as news, regional sports, original locally focused original programs and feature stories.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with more than 100 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries. A Dow 30 company with nearly $116 billion in 2012 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 180,900.
For more information, visit about.verizon.com.
VERIZON’S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts and other information are available at Verizon’s online News Center at newscenter.verizon.com. The news releases are available through an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/feeds.
