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Al Gibes

January 6, 2011 - 4:12 pm

I'll be the guest of radio host Ira Sternberg during a special Internet radio broadcast Friday from the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show.

Point your browser to:
http://www.wsradio.com/
at 11 a.m. PST on Friday and head to Studio B.

The program is the Las Vegas segment on WSRadio and will feature 30 minutes of talk with yours truly about what's hot in consumer electronics and 30 minutes with a representative of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

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