Apparently, Oklahoma City has a new local morning show called "Rise and Shine Oklahoma." The show is hosted by Lance West and David Payne and comes on each weekday morning at 7:00am. Right now, I think it's a safe bet to assume that the ratings are terrible and that the production budget is about $50.
Why's this? Just check out this press release issued by Promo Joe Kozlowski from KFOR:
Oklahoma's newest morning show is looking for aspiring musicians, singers and songwriters to make a theme song for Rise & Shine Oklahoma airing weekdays starting at 7:00am on KAUT "“ OK43.
The winner will have their song used in promotional messages for the show and will appear on Rise & Shine Oklahoma to debut their winning song. Also, the winner receives $43 dollars "“ in CASH.
It's easy to enter, just go to OK43.com and click on the Rise & Shine Oklahoma button to get your registration package. Send in a CD or DVD of yourself or your band performing the song.
The winner will be chosen on November 21st and will be announced live on the air on November 24th.
NewsChannel 4 senior vice president and news director, Mary Ann Eckstein said. "we always look for an opportunity for our viewers to get involved with Rise & Shine Oklahoma. It's a fun show and this is your chance to be the next Toby Keith or Carrie Underwood."
Okay. Before they get Scott Hines to do an internal investigation on who came up with this dumb contest, I think Channel 4 should issue some apologies.
First, they first need to apologize to all print media outlets for capitalizing the world "CASH" in their press release. Usually, when "CASH" is spelled in all-caps it's preceded by a number with more than two digits"¦not something pathetic like $43. It makes you wonder what they would have done if they were giving away $430. I bet they would have thrown in animated clipart of a leprechaun dancing around a golden bag of coins. They also would have probably and used a "$" to replace the "S" in "CASH."
Mary Ann Eckstein should also apologize to Toby Keith and Carrie Underwood. I think the reason KFOR is having this contest is because they can't get a Toby Keith or Carrie Underwood to sing or write the song. I doubt they could even get the "Don't Lay that Trash on Oklahoma" jingle singer to compete in this contest.
Anyway, since I seriously doubt anybody will enter the contest or watch "Good Morning Oklahoma," I hope some weird local group like "The Tall Cotton String Band" or "The Non" will enter and win. For one, they could both probably use the $43, and two, it would be neat to have some strange blue grass music or hippie instrumental stuff proceeding David Payne's forecast.
