Dave Ramsey's Town Hall for Hope Captured the Nation's Attention, and Exceeded Expectations...

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Mon May 18, 2009 7:18am EDT

Dave Ramsey's Town Hall for Hope Captured the Nation's Attention, and Exceeded
Expectations for Number of Viewers and Locations

April 23rd event on the economy was seen by over 1.4 million people live, and
was the most followed item on Twitter 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. and ATLANTA and OKLAHOMA CITY, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Dave
Ramsey's Town Hall for Hope, which took place on Thursday, April 23, 2009, was
broadcast to over 6,000 locations and seen by more than 1.4 million people. 
The event, which focused on the economy, was one the most viewed live via the
Internet broadcast events ever, and during the event occupied both the #1 and
#4 spots on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service. 

Ramsey, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and New York Times best
selling author, spoke live from LifeChurch.tv in Oklahoma about what's
happening with the economy, how we got here, and where we are going.
Throughout the meeting, he took questions live from viewers by phone, email,
Twitter, Facebook and other technologies. 

The event was arranged by Ramsey's company, the Lampo Group, which provides
hope to everyone from the financially secure to the financially distressed via
biblically-based, common sense financial education and empowerment. It was
hosted by LifeChurch.tv in Oklahoma, a venue that was chosen both for its
heartland location and for its on-site technical capabilities, which are
embodied in LifeChurch.tv. Multicast, an Atlanta-based company that is a
leader in live Internet broadcasting, handled the technical aspects, including
the streaming video transmission. In addition to delivering for Town Hall for
Hope live, Multicast held exclusive syndication rights for the event's
availability on its two faith-based internet communities, Streaming Faith
(www.streamingfaith.com) and 316 Networks (www.316networks.com).   

Tony Bradshaw, Lampo's Web Team Manager commented, "The state of the global
economy affects us all. Dave Ramsey's message of personal responsibility and
hope struck a chord with people throughout the nation. We're thankful for
LifeChurch.tv, Multicast, and our other partners who made this extraordinary
event possible. Their expertise and commitment to service made it happen."  

Bobby Gruenewald, Pastor, Innovation Leader for LifeChurch.tv added, "This
event was a milestone for the use of technology to reach both people of faith
via the participating churches, and to reach out to our nation at large. We're
pleased to have been selected to host this event, and look forward to the
possibility of reaching people via other events in the future."

Chance Mason, Multicast's President, Faith-based Initiatives, said, "This
event proved that the maturation of streaming video technology has reached the
point where innovative new models of large-scale live event distribution are
realistic. I'm thankful we were able to prove our capabilities in support of
this event, and am looking forward to working with other leaders who want to
use digital media in new ways to reach and serve people." 

For information about Town Hall for Hope, please visit
www.townhallforhope.com. For information about LifeChurch.tv, please visit
www.lifechurch.tv. For information about Multicast, please visit
www.multicastmedia.com.

About Dave Ramsey
A personal money management expert, Dave Ramsey is an extremely popular
national radio personality and best-selling author of The Total Money
Makeover, Financial Peace and More Than Enough. He is also host of "The Dave
Ramsey Show" on Fox Business Network. Ramsey knows first-hand what financial
peace means in his own life - living a true rags to riches to rags to riches
story. By age twenty-six he had established a four-million-dollar real estate
portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial
life and now devotes himself full-time to helping ordinary people understand
the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right.
Through his proven plan, Ramsey helps people eliminate debt and credit cards,
learn to budget, avoid bankruptcy, build wealth and find financial peace. "The
Dave Ramsey Show" is syndicated to more than 400 radio stations nationwide
with more than 4 million weekly listeners. 

About Multicast 
Multicast is a market leader in live event broadcasting, Internet video and
multimedia communication. With Multicast, organizations of all types and sizes
can easily and affordably use video, audio and other digital media to inform,
educate, promote and inspire. Nearly one thousand clients around the world use
Multicast's innovative hosted solutions. Multicast broadcasts about 50,000
live events each year, more than any other business, and provides expert
support to its clients 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.  For more
information about Multicast, please visit www.multicastmedia.com.  

About LifeChurch.tv
Since its beginning in 1996, LifeChurch.tv's purpose has been to lead people
to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Under the leadership of Senior
Pastor Craig Groeschel, the Edmond, Oklahoma-based church hosts over 26,000
people each weekend during more than 60 experiences throughout 14 campuses,
including a fully interactive internet campus. LifeChurch.tv has also
leveraged the web in other ministry endeavors including YouVersion.com, One
Prayer, OPEN.LifeChurch.tv, and MySecret.tv. 


SOURCE  Dave Ramsey?s Town Hall for Hope

Beth Tallent of The Lampo Group, Inc., +1-888-227-3223 ext. 5572,
Public.relations@daveramsey.com, or Pam Hege of Multicast, +1-678-325-4208,
phege@multicastmedia.com, or Lori Bailey of LifeChurch.tv, +1-405-206-2332,
lori.bailey@lifechurch.tv
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