Voice America Talk Radio Network, Internet broadcasting
pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced that
professional skier Ingrid Backstrom will join Kim Kircher, host of The Edge
radio program on the VoiceAmerica Sports Channel (http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2179/the-edge)
Wednesday, May 1st at 8 a.m. Pacific Time.
Ingrid Backstrom will discuss her career as a professional big mountain skier, the death of her brother Arne and the future of ski movies. Ingrid recently won her 8th Reader Poll award from Powder Magazine. He has also taken the Best Female Performance Award six times and in 2005, took away the Breakthrough Performance award, an honor most often given to a man.
Ingrid's career started in 2003 when she filmed Yearbook with Matchstick Productions. She's worked with the company ever since. She's also skied numerous mountains, including Mt. Vinson in Antarctica and Denali in Alaska. Ingrid is one of the most influential skiers in the world.
Ingrid has appeared in "Attach of La Niña," "All.I.Can," "Steep," and numerous other films. She has also joined Conan O'Brien on Late Night. She regularly contributes to Powder Magazine and has been interviewed extensively in the skiing media.
“The Edge” airs live on Wednesdays at 8 AM Pacific / 10 AM Central / 11 AM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Sports Channel. To access the show, log on at http://www.voiceamerica.com/channel/249/voiceamerica-sports. All shows will be available in Kim Kircher's Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Sports Channel for on-demand and pod cast download. http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2179/the-edge
The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.
Contact Executive Producer Doug McCormack 480-553-5794 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.
ABOUT Kim Kircher
Kim Kircher (http://www.kimkircher.com) is a professional ski patroller and author. She has logged over 600 hours of explosives control, earning not only her avalanche blaster's card, but also a heli-blaster endorsement, allowing her to fly over the slopes in a helicopter and drop bombs from the open cockpit, while uttering the fabulously thrilling words "bombs away" into the mic. Her memoir, THE NEXT 15 MINUTES, takes the lessons she learned on the slopes as an EMT and applies them to her husband's battle with bile duct cancer and subsequent liver transplant. Her articles have appeared in Women's Adventure, The Ski Journal and Powder Online. She is currently at work on a book about risk and reward in action sports. Her awards include the National Ski Patrol's Purple Merit Star for saving a life and the Green Merit Star for saving a life in arduous conditions. Her memoir received the Hirsch award from the North American Ski Journalists Association.
About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network (http://www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network (http://www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica.TV (http://www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital Publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.
Ingrid Backstrom will discuss her career as a professional big mountain skier, the death of her brother Arne and the future of ski movies. Ingrid recently won her 8th Reader Poll award from Powder Magazine. He has also taken the Best Female Performance Award six times and in 2005, took away the Breakthrough Performance award, an honor most often given to a man.
Ingrid's career started in 2003 when she filmed Yearbook with Matchstick Productions. She's worked with the company ever since. She's also skied numerous mountains, including Mt. Vinson in Antarctica and Denali in Alaska. Ingrid is one of the most influential skiers in the world.
Ingrid has appeared in "Attach of La Niña," "All.I.Can," "Steep," and numerous other films. She has also joined Conan O'Brien on Late Night. She regularly contributes to Powder Magazine and has been interviewed extensively in the skiing media.
“The Edge” airs live on Wednesdays at 8 AM Pacific / 10 AM Central / 11 AM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Sports Channel. To access the show, log on at http://www.voiceamerica.com/channel/249/voiceamerica-sports. All shows will be available in Kim Kircher's Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Sports Channel for on-demand and pod cast download. http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2179/the-edge
The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.
Contact Executive Producer Doug McCormack 480-553-5794 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.
ABOUT Kim Kircher
Kim Kircher (http://www.kimkircher.com) is a professional ski patroller and author. She has logged over 600 hours of explosives control, earning not only her avalanche blaster's card, but also a heli-blaster endorsement, allowing her to fly over the slopes in a helicopter and drop bombs from the open cockpit, while uttering the fabulously thrilling words "bombs away" into the mic. Her memoir, THE NEXT 15 MINUTES, takes the lessons she learned on the slopes as an EMT and applies them to her husband's battle with bile duct cancer and subsequent liver transplant. Her articles have appeared in Women's Adventure, The Ski Journal and Powder Online. She is currently at work on a book about risk and reward in action sports. Her awards include the National Ski Patrol's Purple Merit Star for saving a life and the Green Merit Star for saving a life in arduous conditions. Her memoir received the Hirsch award from the North American Ski Journalists Association.
About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network (http://www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network (http://www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica.TV (http://www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital Publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.
