FROM THE NEWSROOM

Metro golf show
tees off on WVOX-AM

NEW YORK (August 14, 2003) -- The Metro Golf Show, the New York metropolitan area's only regularly scheduled radio program devoted to golf, premiered on WVOX (1460 AM) on Saturday May 10. The Metro Golf Show can be heard every Saturday morning from 8-8:30 a.m. on WVOX-AM, America's great community radio station.

Each week The Metro Golf Show will link listeners to the entire local golf scene. The Metro Golf Show will feature profiles of area golf courses, tee times, golfing tips and interviews with local personalities about their golfing life. The Metro Golf Show also will highlight regional golf tournaments, professional and amateur, male and female, often going on site.

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Bill Meth, who has covered the local golf scene for more than 20 years, will host The Metro Golf Show. A fixture broadcasting local golf tournaments, Mr. Meth's reports have aired both locally and nationally on such well-known radio outlets as WFAN, WCBS-AM, ESPN Radio and AP Radio.

Most recently, Bill broadcast live updates on WINS during the 2002 US Open at Bethpage. He delivers live updates annually on Westchester's two biggest golf tournaments: the Buick Classic at the Westchester Country Club and the Sybase LPGA Big Apple Classic New Rochelle.

"The Metro Golf Show is a unique sports radio program," Meth said. "It is the only radio show that covers the local golf scene on all levels. It is geared to both golfers and golf fans in the New York Metropolitan area who have never before had a radio show exclusively focused on this very popular sport."

"Bill Meth brings unsurpassed broadcast experience and expertise around the links," said executive producer Tom Mariam of Mariam Communications LLC. "Listeners to The Metro Golf Show will enjoy and learn from Bill's vast knowledge of the local golf scene as well as the game of golf."

Mariam also will do feature pieces for the program, which is being produced by Mariam Communications LLC of Port Chester, N.Y.

Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management. The information in this story was accurate at the time of publication. All contact information, directions and prices should be confirmed directly with the golf course or resort before making reservations and/or travel plans.