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Archive for Friday, August 1, 2008

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Friday, August 1, 2008 by SDRadio.

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John Mayer Kicks Off His San Diego Concert With Radio Sophie

Radio Sophie had an exclusive performance by John Mayer on Tuesday. It was just for Sophie@103.7 listeners. You can experience it at the station’s website of Radio Sophie.

Beginning next week, Sophie@103.7 is giving you the chance to spend the day rockin’ out! Win tickets to Rock Band Live featuring Panic at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional, with special guests the Plain White T’s and The Cab, and a CD pack featuring artists from the show. One lucky winner will score the grand prize - premium seats to the show and a meet & greet with the bands.

hEAR WAX: KFI-AM is re-re-building their single AM tower near the LA/Orange County line. The broadcast site, just north of the 5-freeway, is on the second attempt to bring the station back to 50,000 watts. Several years ago, a private plane hit the tower and it has taken several years before various government agencies have agreed. Meanwhile, the AM signal is coming from another broadcast location in the LA area….Touch that TV dial: FOX network has moved lower … on the dial. KSWB is the new home of FOX network programming. XETV-TV has the CW network.

FOOD TASTING EVENT BUILDS SCHOOLS IN RURAL ASIA

SAN DIEGO, California. Multicultural Asian Professionals (MAP), a San Diego-based charity organization, will host the first annual Taste of Asia (TOA) event at the International Cottages at Balboa Park on September 27, 2008.

Taste of Asia is BIG! In collaboration with MAP to host this food-tasting event are several other local non-profit organizations including the House of China, the House of India, Hong Kong Association Southern California, Vietnamese American Youth Alliance of San Diego (VAYA), and Mabuhay Alliance; each is well known for successful cultural and charitable endeavors. All proceeds from this year’s event will go to respectable charity foundations. One of the primary recipients is the American Chinese Culture and Education Foundation (ACCEF), which is well known for its school-rebuilding projects in earthquake-stricken China. The ACCEF has already raised 1.3 million dollars to support earthquake relief activity in past months.

“Our goal in putting on this event is to provide a fun environment for people to try delicious ethnic foods and enjoy some entertainments while helping to build some very much needed schools for deserving, but underserved children,” said Bin Li, co-founder of MAP. “We started MAP to not only raise cultural awareness, but also promote social responsibility among Asian Professionals. We hope to use the Taste of Asia event to support a different charity program each year. The ACCEF has a strong and successful track record rebuilding schools in China; and with the earthquakes and floods in China, the ACCEF was an obvious choice this year.”

MAP hopes to raise at least twenty thousand dollars to renovate the facilities and provide educational materials for the students. In addition to ACCEF, Vietnamese Children Fund (VCF) and Maison Chance are two other charity programs that are being considered to receive TOA fund.

“Multicultural Asian Professionals” (MAP) was established on February 13, 2007. The name, MAP, reflects the goals of its global outreach programs, which are sponsored by Asian professionals who desire to influence and promote an increasingly pan-cultural global society.

To find out more information about this event or to become a sponsor for Taste of Asia, please visit the event website at tasteofasiasd.com or contact the organizers at info@tasteofasiasd.com.

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