CHANTILLY, Va., June 16, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Interstate 50th Anniversary Convoy, June 16-29, organized by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will be featured during Internet TV webcast reports on National League of Cities' National City Network TV (NCNTV, www.NCNTV.org ). The first webcast event highlighting the beginning of the convoy's trip in San Francisco, Calif. will be produced from the NCNTV Interstate 50th Anniversary Command Center, live at 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday, June 16. The announcement was made by TV Worldwide (www.TVWorldwide.com ), NCNTV's Internet TV partner. TV Worldwide and NCNTV production crews will report on the Interstate 50th convoy activities through 18 city stops, while featuring city transportation issues and covering convoy member Operation Interdependence (www.OIdelivers.org ), a civilian-to-military distribution system with volunteers who will be collecting care packages at each stop and communicating with troops overseas from selected cities during the webcasts.
After the Interstate 50th Anniversary Convoy begins in San Francisco on June 16, it will travel the Interstate 80 corridor to Washington, D.C., arriving June 29 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Interstate Highway Act by former President Eisenhower.
Premier Convoy webcast sponsors include DVIDS, a Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System, TV Worldwide and the International Webcasting Association.
"National City Network TV is pleased to participate in this Interstate 50th Convoy celebration," stated Dan Goodman, Director of the National City Network. "We're looking forward to featuring the important transportation challenges each city faces and highlighting other issues important to city officials as the convoy makes its way east."
Each webcast report will be archived and posted as the NCNTV production team leaves each city. In addition, live and archived news reports with video featuring the convoy's progress will periodically be provided from the command center at NCNTV studios near Washington, D.C. At press time, the live webcast report schedule is as follows:
June 16: 11:30 a.m. ET June 19: 2:00 p.m. ET June 20-23: 3:00 p.m. ET June 26-29: 3:00 p.m. ET
Visitors to the webcasts will be able to post questions to interviewees and participate in Q&A via e-mail, providing a fully interactive forum for sharing information. The event will be archived for viewing for a full year at NCNTV (www.NCNTV.org). Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext. 223 before and during the convoy webcasts.
The National League of Cities, the oldest and largest national organization representing cities in the U.S., seeks to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.
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