MEDIA ALERT: Celebrate The New Year With Citytv

26TH ANNUAL LIVE BROADCAST FROM NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE HOSTED BY CITYTV PERSONALITIES, GORD MARTINEAU, TRACY MOORE, KEVIN FRANKISH, AND DINA PUGLIESE

RING IN 2011 WITH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY SHAWN DESMAN, DANNY FERNANDES, STEREOS, THESE KIDS WEAR CROWNS, DIVINE BROWN AND BLAKE MCGRATH

PLUS, HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE CASTS OF FAN FAVOURITE CITYTV PRIMETIME SHOWS

TORONTO, Nov. 22 /CNW/ - Start 2011 off on a high note with the 26^th annual Citytv New Year's Bash LIVE from Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. One of the biggest New Year's celebrations in Canada, this year's special outdoor, free-concert is hosted by Citytv personalities Gord Martineau, Tracy Moore, Kevin Frankish and Dina Pugliese. Be part of the fun and festivities from your very own living room starting at 10:00pm on Citytv. The Citytv New Year's Bash is also available LIVE online at Citytv.com/newyears2011and on the Citytv iPad app.

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The biggest night of the year heats up as Citytv counts down to midnight with performances by some of the hottest names in music including platinum selling, Juno Award winning singer, song writer, producer, Shawn Desman; MMVA award winning pop music star, Danny Fernandes; fresh-faced quintet and Juno nominees, Stereos; music sensation from Chilliwack, BC, These Kids Wear Crowns; soulful songstress, Divine Brown; and triple threat - singer, dancer, choreographer, Blake McGrath. Plus, holiday messages from the casts of your favourite primetime shows. Citytv is the only place to be this New Year's Eve.

Citytv™ television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg offer viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented, culturally-diverse television programming. A distinct alternative to other conventional television stations, Citytv engages its viewers with dynamic on-air personalities and delivers an entertaining mix of news, local-interactive formats such as: Breakfast Television and CityLine; as well as local Canadian and US acquired prime time entertainment programming. Citytv is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more information on Citytv stations and programming, visit www.Citytv.com.

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Veronica Logue, Rogers Media Television, 416.764.3195,
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