FIRST and National Media

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Rich et al-

Great idea, and great discussion. Taking this to the next step, people can also write to ABC Entertainment (ABC, Inc. 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-4551, Phone number: (818) 460-7477) and let them know of your interest in getting the the FIRST Movie completed and on the air. If you really want to make an impression on them, come up with a really great idea for a FIRST story and contact one of the news magazine shows yourself to tell them about the idea (e.g. "20/20" or "Primetime Thursday" - 147 Columbus Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10023 or "Nightline" - 1717 DeSales St. NW, Washington, DC 20036).

....stock up on Diet Cokes and Krispy Kremes......

Definitely a good campaign idea for this Fall. Hopefully, ABC (or NBC Dataline) will come on board for the January Kickoff and report weekly on their show the progress of selective teams during FRC 6.5 weeks of robot building. Even 5-10 minutes a week of reporting will be great PR. The whole CD/FIRST community will promise to watch their show!
1000 teams can translate to a large viewing audience!!!!
I'll even watch the commercials too.

(BTW Dave- Diet coke & Krispy Kreme; an oxymoron?)