January 6, 1999
Mike O'Hara, 507-284-9522 (days), 507-284-2511 (evenings), [email protected]
MEDIA ADVISORY: LIVE SATELLITE NEWS CONFERENCE/VIDEO AND AUDIO FEED FIDGETING STUDY
Embargoed for release Thursday, January 7, 1999 4 p.m. U.S. EDT
WHAT: News conference with authors of study published in this week's issue of Science (news release sent out previously):
ROCHESTER, MINN. - Some people seem able to eat whatever they want and not gain weight. The reason, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January 8 issue of Science, is that they burn hundreds of extra calories in the activities of daily living when they overeatÖ
* Satellite video feed of news conference, followed by b-roll and soundbites * Audio feed for "listen-in" access * 800 number to call-in questions
WHO: Dr. Michael Jensen and Dr. James Levine
Mayo Clinic endocrinologists and researchers
WHEN: Noon - 1 p.m. U.S. Central time
Thursday, January 7
WHERE: Baldwin Building
First Floor Lecture Hall
200 4th Ave. S.W.
Rochester, Minn.
News release also available at Mayo Clinic Website after the embargo time at www.mayo.edu/news. For copies of the paper in Science, contact AAAS News and Information Office at 202-326-6440 or [email protected].
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Thursday, January 7, 1999 NEWS CONFERENCE
Eastern Central
Test: 12:30-13:00 11:30-12:00
News Conference: 13:00-14:00 12:00-13:00
Satellite Coordinates
Ku-Band C-Band
Satellite: Galaxy 7 Galaxy 6
Transponder: 14 Lower (H) 17 (H)
Channel: 54 17
Downlink Frequency: 11976 MHz 4040 MHz
Audio: 6.2 or 6.8 MHz 6.2 or 6.8 MHz
Longitude: 91∞ W 99∞ W
Technical Questions Prior to Broadcast: 507-284-5964 (Mayo Clinic Video Communications)
Satellite Technical Difficulties: 202-775-4300 (Diversified Communications, Inc.)
Audio Broadcast Information
For "Listen Only" Access to News Conference, call: 1-888-232-0370, Participant code: 591981
Audio Broadcast Technical Difficulties: 1-888-232-0370 (AT&T)
Technical Questions Prior to Broadcast: 507-284-5964 (Mayo Clinic Video Communications)
To Call in Questions During News Conference:
1-800-362-8351
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