 | By Jeff Sherman   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman |
| Published June 14, 2006 at 1:55 p.m. |
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Local TV news continues to discover Downtown as Fox 6 today announced a series of local summer concerts at Pere Marquette Park, which is also the site of the River Rhythms summer music series. "FOX 6 Summer ROX" concerts take place every Friday from 7:30 to 9 a.m., during the "Wake Up News," from June 23 through July.
Band performances and portions of the news will be broadcast live from the park by anchor Nicole Koglin. The Love Monkeys and Remember the Day perform at the debut event. Other bands scheduled include Eddie Butts, Willy Porter, Carbon Leaf and King Solomon. A complete schedule can be found on the station's Web site.
Chuck Steinmetz, station general manager, says that this is the first time the station has created its own concert series.
Other local stations have created similar downtown coverage recently with WISN's regular '12 News On Assignment' series and WDJT's "Milwaukee Downtown Amazing Race."
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Posted by OMCreader on June 26, 2006 at 5:57 p.m. (report)
eaglescout said: lol. my problem with the love monkeys is that they are terrible. really though? are these guys still entering competitions?
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Posted by OMCreader on June 19, 2006 at 11:04 a.m. (report)
what is said: your problem, eaglescout?? do you have something against the love monkeys? you must be in a sucky band that lost to them in a local competition.
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Posted by OMCreader on June 16, 2006 at 10:08 p.m. (report)
Steve said: Entertainment in the park sounds like a great idea, but I think having Nicole host it will ruin the thing. Can't they put someone else who isn't loud and annoying? I guess I'll have to mute her when the bands aren't playing.
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Posted by OMCreader on June 15, 2006 at 10:37 a.m. (report)
eaglescout said: i agree. it is about time some brave station helps a pathetic, struggling, local, cover band like the Love Monkeys by having them perform outdoors. very, very cutting edge!!!
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Posted by OMCreader on June 14, 2006 at 4:04 p.m. (report)
it is said: about time... new york one has been setting the trend for this sort of entertaining local coverage in the mornings. remote live concert segments are a great idea for morning shows. studios are boring.
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