Black Music America Announces Grand Prizewinner of Its BMA Digital Channel Cool Sounds Long Beach Jazz Festival Sweepstakes

Black Music America Announces Grand Prizewinner of Its BMA Digital Channel Cool Sounds Long Beach Jazz Festival Sweepstakes

Charter SoCal Digital Cable Subscriber Wins Trip For Two To Mall Of America

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Music America Digital Channel (BMA Digital) today announced the grand prizewinner of the "BMA Digital Channel Cool Sounds Long Beach Jazz Festival Sweepstakes." The online and live event promotion offered southern California area Charter Digital Cable(R) subscribers the chance to win VIP tickets for the 20th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival and a grand prize package of a weekend trip for two to Mall of America. BMA Digital was a co-presenting sponsor of the 20th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival which was held August 10-12, 2007.

Elise Collins of Altadena, California is the Grand Prizewinner selected from more than 5,000 sweepstakes entries included in a random drawing. "I'm delighted to have won this opportunity from the outstanding new service BMA Digital now available on Charter Communications," said Collins. Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, Mall of America is the largest fully enclosed retail and entertainment complex in the United States. Collins and a guest will receive roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations and a $100 gift certificate.

"This sweepstakes has generated a lot of excitement among BMA Digital's Southern California audience, and we are very pleased with the response," said Pete Rhodes, co-founder and CEO, BMA Digital, "Our goal is to bring fun, interactive promotional opportunities that present added value for Charter's subscribers and the community at large."

In addition to the Grand Prize giveaway, three Charter SoCal subscribers won VIP tickets to the 20th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival as part of the online sweepstakes. The winning subscribers were Patrick Bucher of Long Beach, Gary Carter of Los Angeles, and Rita Walls of Burbank.

Charter is the first cable system to launch BMA Digital (channel 946) in the Los Angeles area. For more information on Black Music America Digital Channel log onto http://www.blackmusicamerica.com/.

ABOUT BLACK MUSIC AMERICA

Black Music America Digital Channel is the leading interactive urban music service, reaching households through digital cable. Branded as BMA Digital, Black Music America delivers multimedia content encompassing video, audio and enhanced graphics to more than 1 million consumers of African American arts and culture. With its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Black Music America was founded in 1984 as CBLS (Cities(TM) Best Looking Sound) and maintains its position in the industry as the oldest African American owned, 24-hour commercial cable music service. BMA Digital delivers localized programming and marketing services through Comcast Cable (channel 937) in Minneapolis and St. Paul and Charter Communications (channel 946) in Long Beach, California. The BMA Digital companion website, http://www.blackmusicamerica.com/ averages over 100,000 monthly visitors worldwide.

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Source: BMA Digital Channel

CONTACT: Charmaine Chapman of BTB Communications, +1-310-242-8407,
char@btbcommunications.com, for BMA Digital Channel

Web site:

http://www.blackmusicamerica.com/

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