For Immediate
Release
Renowned Radio and TV Personality Bill Owen brings "Music Essentials" to RadioASB
San Diego, CA - March 14, 2006 - Syntarus Corporation, a global
telecommunications and information management technology firm based
in San Diego, CA today formally announced that wholly owned subsidiary
RadioASB (American Songbook Radio) will debut a new weekend radio
program, "Music Essentials with Bill Owen", hosted by
renowned radio and TV personality Bill Owen. The program will begin
broadcasting via RadioASB on the Internet at www.RadioASB.com on
March 25, 2006 at 3:00PM EST.
According to Syntarus CTO Richard F. Burrell, "Our primary
objective at RadioASB, to bring distinctly unique and elegantly
sophisticated radio programming to a worldwide audience of discerning
and musically mature radio aficionados, has reached new heights
with the introduction of "Music Essentials with Bill Owen"
into the RadioASB weekend schedule." He elaborates, "The
incredibly refined format of diverse music and sophisticated content
integrated with Bill's "world class" presentation will
most certainly assure that the program will become an indispensable
staple for the RadioASB weekend audience."
Scheduled for a RadioASB debut on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 3:00PM
EST, "Music Essentials with Bill Owen" will broadcast
Saturdays from 3:00PM to 7:00PM EST and Sundays from 12:00PM to
4:00PM EST.
The RadioASB "Music Essentials with Bill Owen" program
will showcase the "Best of the Best" of Big Band and American
Popular Standards, interspersed with captivating historical anecdotes,
delightful bits of nostalgia and fascinating music trivia, encompassing
a broad spectrum of topics that not only provide insight into the
music, composers, musicians and history of the American Songbook
but also shed light on little known but fascinating facts related
to the everyday world around us, all of which Bill presents with
inimitable flair.
A world recognized "icon" in the radio and television
broadcasting industry for four decades, Bill Owen maintains an illustrious
list of professional career credits.
Bill was one of the original "Swingin' Seven" DJ's on
WABC 77 Radio in New York City during the early 1960’s, and
along with fellow DJ's Herb Oscar Anderson, Jack Carney, Chuck Dunaway,
Charlie Greer, Scott Muni and Farrell Smith, they were instrumental
in both catapulting WABC 77 to the top of the New York City radio
station ratings and revolutionizing American radio.
As an ABC TV sports broadcaster from 1960 to 1990 Bill worked with
industry giants such as Howard Cosell, covering multiple Olympics,
America Cup Races and myriad other national and international sporting
events. Bill also covered broadcast assignments for the ABC TV award
winning program “Wide World of Sports”.
As host of the Emmy award winning ABC TV "Discovery"
series from 1966 to 1972 Bill often found himself traveling to such
far flung, exotic locations as Hong Kong, Helsinki and Moscow, to
mention just a few, in his coverage for the show’s wide ranging
topics of interest.
Carl J. Sabatino, who serves as both Syntarus CEO and RadioASB
on-air personality and program host of the "Carl Sabatino and
the Morning Show", speaking in reference to Bill Owen, comments,
"Bill Owen is truly one of the most prolific radio and television
broadcasters of all times. He has raised the broadcaster standards
bar so high that it is completely out of reach for most of the younger
broadcasters in the industry today." He quickly adds, "It
is an incredibly exhilarating experience working in the RadioASB
studio with Bill, and I am absolutely delighted to have someone
of his stature on board American Songbook Radio."
Apart from his stellar broadcasting career, Bill is also a prominent
author and has published several books. “Radio’s Golden
Age”, co-authored with Frank Buxton, is the first encyclopedia
of old time radio shows and covers the Golden Era of old-time radio
prior to the advent of Rock & Roll. His second book, “The
Big Broadcast”, also co-authored with Frank Buxton, is a comprehensive
reference work that chronicles popular radio shows on the airwaves
from 1920 to 1950. His most recent book, "Bill Owen's Over
60 Trivia", has recently been released to extremely favorable
reviews.
As a side note, a little piece of trivia concerning Bill Owen is
that his interest in and mastery of trivia began while working as
a staff announcer for the ABC program "World News This Morning"
in 1982, when one day a technical problem at the station left Bill
with a need to expand by several seconds his time check leading
into a commercial. He filled in the short gap by broadcasting “over
the air” a trivia question regarding Thomas Jefferson. Bill’s
“on air” trivia questions became a regular part of his
program format and, much to everyone’s amazement, he soon
started to receive more fan mail from listeners than all the other
program hosts combined.
About RadioASB
RadioASB encompasses decades of songwriting genius and musical
brilliance, embracing the entire spectrum of the American Songbook
genre, from Big Band to Smooth Jazz, Ragtime to Rhythm and Blues,
Country to Rock, Folk to New Age, Chill to Indie and much more.
RadioASB is dedicated to preserving the creativity of the songwriters
and artists that comprise the American Songbook genre, presenting
their musical genius to a worldwide listening audience through radio
and Internet technologies.
About Syntarus Corporation
Syntarus is a privately held firm providing global terrestrial
and satellite telecommunication systems, mobile wireless Internet
devices and information management software. The Syntarus suite
of innovative products and services create custom designed "real
time" solutions that effectively address critical domestic
and international business, marketing and "real life"
needs to clients worldwide. Syntarus technical services encompass
every facet involved with the design, development, implementation,
customization, integration, training and support of our product
line worldwide.
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