Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Headline News' Robin Meade New Co-Host Of AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network
Source: Market Wire Turner Private Networks, Inc. (TPN) and AccentHealth LLC, the only integrated health media company providing patient education television programming in doctors' offices in the United States, today announced a new co-host for the AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network. In 2005, Headline News' Robin Meade will host the show alongside Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The AccentHealth program, watched by 9.5 million viewers each month, airs healthy lifestyle segments on fitness, nutrition, healthy aging, disease prevention and wellness, as well as parenting and pediatric news, to patients in physicians' offices nationwide.
Robin Meade joins AccentHealth with significant news programming experience. Among other stories, Meade anchored Headline News' coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Currently she is the lead news anchor for the network's morning show, Robin & Company.
"Robin will be an excellent addition to the AccentHealth program," said Alison Hashimoto, Executive Producer, Turner Private Networks. "Her high consumer popularity and strong rapport with Dr. Gupta will make the show even more enjoyable for patients preparing to see the doctor."
"We're very excited to welcome Robin Meade to our show," said Edith Hodkinson, EVP, AccentHealth. "AccentHealth has consistently demonstrated superior communication effectiveness because of the credibility of our environment and of our CNN content and hosts. Dr. Gupta has gained enormous popularity with our viewers over the last three years and Robin Meade will create even greater consumer identification with the show,"continued Hodkinson.
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