November 29, 2007Entertainment webcast makes its debutThis week, we introduce our newest webcast -- the ExtraCast. It's a weekly entertainment webcast that we'll post each Wednesday, so it'll be good through the weekend. The name is derived from our daily features section, Extra. Think of this webcast as the online supplement to what’s already in print (and online.) Each week, the ExtraCast will feature a visual rundown of the top events coming up in the region -- with special emphasis on audio clips from bands and a featured video segment.
Our hosts will rotate, but you’ll see a lot of feature writers Lindsey Nair, Pete Dybdahl and Tad Dickens, all of whom our fans may remember from our late daily webcast, The TimesCast. When we signed off The TimesCast in October, we noted that we had developed two distinct audiences -- those who wanted news, and those who wanted entertainment. We're addressing the demand for news videos by posting regular video stories to roanoke.com. The ExtraCast is aimed at those who want local entertainment in a video format. At the same time, we’re revamping our video blog of local bands, the MusicCast. We’re now shooting local bands at the Red Room Studio in downtown Roanoke. We recently added three videos by Roanoke rappers Illbotz to the MusicCast, and some of that work is featured on this week’s debut ExtraCast. The ExtraCast joins two other webcasts on our TimesCast network: The Sports TimesCast, our weekly college sports show which posts each Thursday, and VarsityCast, our weekly high school sports show which posts each Tuesday.
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