Retirement Living TV to Host South Carolina's Statewide 'Call to Action' Leadership Summit on Aging

Retirement Living TV to Host South Carolina's Statewide 'Call to Action' Leadership Summit on Aging

RLTV's John Palmer to moderate a panel with Lt. Governor Andre Bauer and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina Carbonell

COLUMBIA, Md., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the first cable network created for people aged 55 and over, will host South Carolina's Statewide "Call to Action" Leadership Summit on Aging at the Grand Strand Senior Center in Myrtle Beach, SC on April 27, 10 AM-11AM (EST).

Retirement Living TV host John Palmer (former anchor and White House correspondent for NBC) will moderate a panel including Lt. Governor Bauer and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services Josefina Carbonell. RLTV will record this important community event for future broadcast, as Bauer and Carbonell discuss how South Carolina and the Federal Government are responding to the growing needs of seniors in America.

"Beyond RLTV's entertainment value, we want to be a positive force in addressing seniors' needs and shift how aging is perceived in America," said John Palmer, Retirement Living TV. "A part of the network's mission is to document the challenges that seniors face daily, and how local, state, and federal entities are finding solutions and building alliances to create a system of support for the rapidly growing senior population. That's why we are excited to tape this show in Myrtle Beach."

"We have heard the message from the federal government loud and clear," said Lt. Governor Bauer, "and we are aggressively remaking our programs to meet the challenge of the senior boom. We have an obligation to the seniors of South Carolina to create a system that works for them."

RLTV founder and CEO John Erickson has been involved with the senior care industry since the early 1970's. Erickson launched the network in September 2006 with content designed to inform, involve, and inspire seniors by offering information on finances, health and fitness, politics and social issues, media, entertainment, and more. RLTV programming is now available in more than 25 million U.S. homes, and will also be available to nine million additional homes in Canada later in 2007. Highlights from the "Call to Action" Leadership Summit on Aging will be featured on RTLV.

Retirement Living TV programming can be viewed at WWW.RL.TV. Retirement Living TV is also available on channel 364 on DirecTV, M - F, 9 AM - 5 PM (EST), on CN8 (Comcast), M - F, 12 - 4 PM (EST) in over 1,500 communities served by Comcast Mid-Atlantic and New England, and on Comcast Entertainment Television (CET) Channel 5 (Denver, CO), from noon until 2 PM (MST). The Denver division of Comcast also offers RLTV content on its Video On Demand (VOD) system, which allows cable subscribers to access programming at any time throughout the day.

About John Palmer

John Palmer is the host of Encore and Prudent Advisor for Retirement Living TV.

During his four decades in broadcast news, Palmer covered breaking stories throughout the world, including the 1973 Arab-Israeli war; the 1980 aborted rescue attempt of the American hostages in Iran; the 1986 Challenger space shuttle tragedy; and ongoing reporting on the famine in Africa. As White House correspondent for NBC news, he covered Presidents Bush, Clinton, Reagan and Carter. Palmer also served as news anchor for the Today Show in New York for seven years and later hosted a weekly series for the Discovery Channel and anchored The Christian Science Monitor's daily national news broadcast, "World Monitor with John Palmer".

Palmer was named "Father of the Year" in communications by the National Father's Day Committee in 1987. The Palmers make their home in Washington, D.C.

About Retirement Living TV

Retirement Living TV, a cable network dedicated to informing, involving, and inspiring people aged 55 and over, was launched in September 2006. Retirement Living TV is comprised of shows covering topics including health, lifestyle, finance, and politics. The Retirement Living TV network roots are in Erickson Retirement Communities, the National Institutes of Health, non- profit research foundations, the Erickson School of Aging Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and leading gerontologists across the country. RLTV is committed to changing the perception on aging, and strives to develop innovative and entertaining television for a mature viewing audience.

Source: Retirement Living TV

CONTACT: Media, Shawn Smith of Rogers & Cowan, +1-310-854-8187,
snsmith@rogersandcowan.com, for Retirement Living TV; or David Lucas,
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, +1-803-734-9917, dlucas@aging.sc.gov

Web site:

http://www.rl.tv/

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