TripSmarter.Com

June 21, 2002

Contact:
Will Barnes, will@tripsmarter.com; 850-235-4176 ext. 122
Toni Davis, toni@tripsmarter.com; 850-235-4176 ext. 118

Panama City Beach, FL - TripSmarter.Com and Beach TV announced the winner of the Club Hour Co-Host Contest live on the Ch. 13 Morning Show today from Spinnaker Beach Club. Tracy Bradley of Panama City Beach came out on top as the winner and will soon be joining current host, Randy Peterson, to tackle where to go and what to do along the Emerald Coast!.

The month-long contest to find a co-host was sponsored by Beach TV, TripSmarter.com and Spinnaker Beach Club. Bradley received $300 in prizes from area restaurants and businesses as well as a guest-host position on the hottest new nightlife show on the Gulf Coast, Club Hour, to be aired later this summer!

"Well after a week on-line and about 30,000 votes the contest came down to less than one percent," said current host, Randy Peterson. "With about 10,000 votes 'Big-O' from Island 106 led the pack, but he graciously declined the honor in order for a viewer to be the ultimate winner. In lieu of his decision we announced Tracy Bradley as the winner and soon to be co-host of Club Hour. In true "Club Hour" mystique, there was unexpected pandemonium during the morning's announcement. Several contestants ended up in the swimming pool with their clothes on and one contestant ate a coke can. Overall the contest was a smashing success!"

Over 80 participants taped auditions at Spinnaker Beach Club or sent in their own tapes to be considered for the contest. It was narrowed down to six finalists including: Omar "Big O" Jannoun, Tracy Bradley, Teia VanHorn, Bobby Black, Stephanie Miller and Michelle Oelschlager. The video clips of the top six demos were then placed on TripSmarter.Com, the official website of Beach TV.

After a week and a half of online voting, approximately 30,000 votes were tallied. The voting was close up until the end when Bradley garnered a mere .04% more votes than the next closest contestant, VanHorn. Jannoun was given an honorary co-host position after his considerate concession to Bradley.

"Taking the voting to the web seemed like a natural way to hear from the people," said Will Barnes, Co-Founder and CEO of TripSmarter.Com. "The popularity of Beach TV along with the incredible traffic of TripSmarter.Com has proven to be a winning combination. We expected a great response and we weren't disappointed. This is a great example of what can happen when you have a convergence of ideas, media, and people. We anticipate bringing more cross-media interactive features forward in the future."

TripSmarter.Com is the official website of The Tourist Network, which includes Beach TV in Panama City Beach as well as stations in New Orleans, Key West, Myrtle Beach, Destin and Atlanta. TripSmarter.com is a pioneer in streaming television with each of the stations streaming live 24 hours a day, seven days a week! The Tourist Network has served as the Official Super Bowl Information Station for the past three years in New Orleans, Atlanta, Tampa, and once again for Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, La.