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| View Show | Create Your OwnKellie Williams---set to Launch New TV show "Teen Time"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jaye Linnen (301) 625-3512 [email protected] PARTNERS WITH COUNCILMEMBER HARRY THOMAS AND DISTRICT BASED KELLIE WILLIAMS PROGRAMS (KWP) TO LAUNCH “TEEN TIME”Political Talk Show to Promote Voter Education, Political Activism and Youth LeadershipWashington, D.C. – July 15, 2008 – Today Comcast, Councilman Harry Thomas of the District’s Ward 5 and Family Matters TV star, Kellie Williams announced the launch of the KWP Summer Program (KWSP). The 8-week program will provide District high school students between the ages of 14-20 an opportunity to produce “TEEN TIME”, a political talk show to air on Comcast’s ON DEMAND service.“TEEN TIME” will feature news, information and commentary surrounding the 2008 presidential election process and promote broad based voter education and awareness among teens and tweens throughout the District. Headquartered on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), KWSP and “TEEN TIME” participants will be granted access to UDC’s state-of-the-art TV production facilities and participate in every aspect of the shows production as they create four 22-minute shows to air throughout Metro Washington.“Our partnership with Councilman Thomas and the Kellie Williams Program aligns perfectly with our mission to be a resource for education and empowerment in our local community,” said Kathy Hollinger, Senior Director, External Affairs for Comcast of the District. “This summer program gives District youth a unique opportunity to get a real-time view of the political process and have a hand in shaping a better understanding - - by youth and adults- - of the 2008 political landscape.”Launch of the KWSP and “TEEN TIME” is just one way Comcast has supported local and national efforts to increase voter education, registration and awareness. In late 2007, Comcast announced the launch of “Our Time to Vote,” a year-long, non-partisan voter education and registration campaign designed to increase voting in multicultural communities. The estimated $5 million campaign features four multi-cultural public service announcements (PSAs); the creation and launch of two nationally available voter education resources: the www.ourtimetovote.com webpage; a voter information resources hotline, 1.866.544.VOTE and Comcast Foundation grants to five national diversity organizations to help support their nonpartisan voter outreach efforts.Throughout its footprint, Comcast works to raise awareness of important and timely issues such as internet safety, breast cancer awareness, various environmental responsibility initiatives and adult literacy proficiently among others and is committed to investing in education, diversity and youth leadership development to build a strong community for tomorrow.For more information about the Kellie Williams Summer Program visit http://www.kelliewilliamsprograms.com/.About Comcast Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com), the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.7 million cable customers, 14.1 million high-speed Internet customers and 5.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.Comcast’s Eastern Division serves almost 5.4 million customers along the New York to DC corridor, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia and North Carolina. The Eastern Division also founded and manages CN8, The Comcast Network, one of the nation’s largest and most honored regional 24-hour diversified television networks, seen by more than nine million homes on the East Coast. The Eastern Division employs approximately 18,000 people and is based in Oaks, Pennsylvania.