RICK DEES DIGITHON -- DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIGHT....
taking over the spotlight at Digital Hollywood last week was celebrity radio personality Rick Dees and a 'wow' of an event called the first-ever DIGITHON.
Click on thumbnail to see photo of celebrity radio personality Rick Dees promoting the first-ever DIGITHON.
KATRINA RELIEF DIGITHON.......
Organized to mobilize and motivate listeners around the world to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the event which will be rebroadcast again on Friday, September 30 (according to website www.rick.com) was broadcast, streamed and podcast live from the lobby of the Loew's Santa Monica Hotel in conjunction with Digital Hollywood Fall '05 conference.
Click on thumbnail to see photo of Dees' Digithon live from the Loew's Santa Monica Hotel at Digital Hollywood.
The producer of Dees Digithon is a colleague of mine, the talented Kimberly King-Burns, a respected leader of Hollywood's digerati. 
As Hollywood2020 blogger Joyce Schwarz tip-toed into the LIVE Digithon studio at Digital Hollywood, Kimberly was there to greet us with her ever-present smile and the kidding question of "Are you slumming?"....of course, we were there to see the event in all its glory.
Kimberly King-Burns is pictured in thumbnail photo.
Almost at that very moment celebrity host Rick Dees gave tribute to King-Burns for her professionalism in working on the new Digital Dees efforts. You can get a peek at www.rick.com. Kimberly said she would be co-hosting too-- she has the voice for it ...but at the moment we stopped by she was busy with her producing and managerial duties. The event was a first for Digital Hollywood and the world. A live digital fund-raising broadcast streaming worldwide. 
Check out www.rick.com to listen to Rick Dees Digithon...the site promises a repeat Friday, Sept 30.
MORE ABOUT DEES.....including DISCO DUCK....
Rick has been honored with many awards for his accomplishments, including his own star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame. He wrote and recorded “Disco Duck,” which became an unexpected runaway hit, hitting #1 and selling more than four million copies. That platinum record also earned him a People's Choice Award. 
Check out DISCO DUCK -- Rick Dees hit tune...
You can hear it live at www.rick.com
Subsequent albums, “I'm Not Crazy”, “Rick Dees' Greatest Hit (The White Album)” and “Put it Where the Moon Don't Shine” have proven successful follow-ups to his Grammy-nominated “Hurt Me Baby, Make Me Write Bad Checks.” For the past eleven years, Dees has been named Billboard Magazine's “Number One Radio Personality in America.”
Dees is probably best known for his internationally syndicated “Rick Dees Weekly Top 40.” The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 reaches over 70 million people a week. The syndicated show is heard on over 350 radio stations in the USA, over 125 countries and 27 ships at sea, according to www.rick.com.
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