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America’s First Free Gay Station Comes Alive WGAY-TV TO COME OUT JAN 1 2007
Added: (Thu Dec 07 2006)
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America’s First Free Gay Station Comes Alive
WGAY-TV TO COME OUT JAN 1 2007
Key West: The New Year will also feature the debut of a New Station aimed at the GLBT audience. Located in Key West, WGAY-TV will be the first, over the air, free gay TV station in the country.... and online at http:wgay.tv
WGAY-TV will launch live on-line at 12AM on January 1, 2007, offering free programming accessible from anywhere in the world… WGAY-TV will also be expanding to cable systems across the U.S. in 2007, with its initial launch exclusively on Key West cable systems.
"Our goal is to offer a variety of free programming both online and through local cable affiliates, that will appeal to the diverse gay and lesbian population." Said Jason Sherwood, General Manager & Co-Founder of WGAY-TV.
Sherwood added, “It's exciting for us to create the concept that gay and lesbian vacationers in Key West will have a local network dedicated to them." "A station they can watch from the comfort of a hotel room on their Key West vacation or back at home when they go online.”
WGAY-TV will be developing and creating original material that is fun, positive and entertaining to everyone visiting key west and abroad. The station will interchange original programming produced in Key West, as well as, featuring content from Pride Nation’s extensive library of programming.
Continued Sherwood, “We feel offering this added content will help brand the networks birth here in Key West.”
Key West is one of the top destinations for Gay and Lesbian tourists, with Gay consumers spending $55 billion a year on travel, Studies have estimated that the adult GLBT community has a total economic spending power of more than $641 billion per year, according to Wietck Combs (2006).
It has also been found that for every one dollar invested in gay tourism marketing, $153 was returned in direct economic spending in shops, hotels, restaurants and attractions (Community Marketing Inc. 2006), making the GLBT community a viable niche audience for travel and entertainment.
About WGAY TV
WGAY-TV, America's First Free Gay Station, was established in 2006 by Burt Sherwood and Jason Sherwood, General Manager of WGAY-TV. Currently available online at http://wgay.tv, offering a wide variety of original and acquired programming, dedicated to the world's largest gay and lesbian audience and lovers of the southern most point, Key West.