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From: Wayne Hamilton <hamilton@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu>
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Subject: TV News Mates With Cellular Phones
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Date: 4 Jan 90 11:45:58 GMT
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Last nite I saw a promo spot for a local TV station's news department.
They (WCIA, Channel 3, Champaign, IL) have arranged with Ameritech
Cellular for "*3" dialed on cellular phones in this area to connect to
WCIA news, toll-free, so that motorists can report unusual news events
as they happen.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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