WDW News Tonight returns LIVE tonight! Join us for an “uncharge free” extravaganza!
WDW News Tonight is hosted by Tom Corless and Nick LoCicero, former hosts of WDW News Today: The Radio Show, but also features appearances by a number of other WDWNT correspondents.
If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to AM 1520 WBZW at showtime. For those outside the Orlando area, the show can be heard (and now watched via video stream) at Listen.WDWNT.com on your computer or mobile device. The show also utilizes new interactive avenues for our audience, including a live chat, the ability to call-in to the show, and live polling.
Coming up on this week’s show:
A recap of the week’s news (with a WDWNT comedic twist)
Tonight is the start of the 2016 WDW News Tonight March Madness Tournament! This year we picked 64 Walt Disney World theme park attraction characters to battle it out for the top spot as the greatest WDW character of all time! Join us for some heated debates, and the best part is, you’ll get the chance to win some great prizes as you root for your picks (provided by Theme Park Connection)! Here’s how it all works:
We will in return send you an email with 4 Walt Disney World theme park characters that will be yours in the tournament. The characters will come from four categories and be assigned randomly. You will receive 1 character from the 1-4 seed category, 1 character from the 5-8 seed category, 1 character from the 9-12 seed category, and 1 character from the 13-16 seed category.
You will need to tune-in to WDW News Tonight from 9-11 ET on March 23th, but also again on March 30th from 9-11PM ET for the conclusion of the tournament to hear our debates.
The four characters you will be assigned can win points for each victory they gain in the tournaments. The point distribution is as follows:
1st Round Win – 1 Point
2nd Round Win – 1 Points
“Swell Sixteen” Round Win – 2 Points
“Exciting Eight” Round Win – 2 Points
“Fantasmic Four” Round Win – 3 Points
Championship Round Win – 3 Points
The winner of each match is decided by the illustrious panel from WDWNT. Each panelist counts for a single vote for an attraction. Majority rules on the panel and decides the winning Walt Disney World Park Character by vote count.
However, listeners who register to play along can change the outcome by calling in. A listener who is registered and playing in our contest may call in once during the run of the tournament and place a vote for an attraction that is worth 2 votes, more than any single panelist! Due to potential listening delays, unlike last year, your call does not have to come in while we are deliberating that match up live on air. We will accept call up until 11:05 EST on 3/23/16, so make sure that you are listening live!
New this year, we will give the people in the live chat a chance to sway the votes as well! First, you can use the live chat to voice your opinions on each match up and try to sway our panelists. Second, whenever you type (in all caps to stand out) I VOTE FOR _____ (fill in the black with your pick), you will have the chance to win a prize from Theme Park Connection. At the end of each round, we will randomly pick out one vote from the chat, count that vote, and send you a prize from Theme Park Connection. Registered participants CAN chat vote, so this is a chance for extra votes and extra prizes!
The top 8 players in terms of points amassed throughout the tournament will receive prizes from Theme Park Connection! The top player will receive a grand prize package and be declared the WDW News Tonight March Madness 2016 champion.
WDW News Tonight is hosted by Tom Corless and Nick LoCicero, former hosts of WDW News Today: The Radio Show, but also features appearances by a number of other WDWNT correspondents.
If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to AM 1520 WBZW at showtime. For those outside the Orlando area, the show can be heard (and now watched via video stream) at Listen.WDWNT.com on your computer or mobile device. The show also utilizes new interactive avenues for our audience, including a live chat, the ability to call-in to the show, and live polling.
We hope that you will tune in tonight at 9PM ET for another episode of WDW News Tonight!
Tune in tonight for the thrilling conclusion of the 2016 WDW News Tonight March Madness Tournament! This year we picked 64 original Walt Disney World characters to battle it out for the top spot as the greatest WDW character of all time! And remember, YOU have the chance to participate and win a prize from Theme Park Connection!
There are two ways to win:
1. If you are pre-registered already, follow along and root for your characters. And if you didn’t call in to vote your character along last week, make sure you use your vote this week to help your chances. Just call 407-774-8255 to cast your vote, which counts as 2 votes, before our designated cut off time at the end of each round.
2. Predict the winner and win! At any time tonight beginning at 9pm EST and ending the moment we start debating the Exciting Eight Round, you can email us at wdwnewstoday@gmail.com with your prediction of who will win. At the end of the night, we will randomly choose one person who guessed the correct character and you will also get a prize from Theme Park Connection.
As a reminder for those registered in the game, here is the point distribution chart and various rules.
The winner of each match is decided by the illustrious panel from WDWNT. Each panelist counts for a single vote for an attraction. Majority rules on the panel and decides the winning Walt Disney World Park Character by vote count.
However, listeners who have previously registered to play along can change the outcome by calling in. A listener who is registered and playing in our contest may call in once during the run of the tournament and place a vote for an attraction that is worth 2 votes, more than any single panelist! Due to potential listening delays, unlike last year, your call does not have to come in while we are deliberating that match up live on air.
The top 8 players in terms of points amassed throughout the tournament will receive prizes from Theme Park Connection! The top player will receive a grand prize package and be declared the WDW News Tonight March Madness 2016 champion.
WDW News Tonight is hosted by Tom Corless and Nick LoCicero, former hosts of WDW News Today: The Radio Show, but also features appearances by a number of other WDWNT correspondents.
If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to AM 1520 WBZW at showtime. For those outside the Orlando area, the show can be heard (and now watched via video stream) at Listen.WDWNT.com on your computer or mobile device. The show also utilizes new interactive avenues for our audience, including a live chat, the ability to call-in to the show, and live polling.
Also coming up on this week’s show:
A recap of the week’s news (with a WDWNT comedic twist)
“Tom and Nick are Angry About Things”
Flash Back to the Future – “Musical Interlude”
March Tragic – a competition of 32 rejected March Magic t-shirt ideas
And much more!
Also, don’t miss our last episode (which was kind of a trainwreck) if you haven’t seen it yet:
We hope that you will tune in tonight at 9PM ET for another episode of WDW News Tonight!
This week on WDW News Tonight, we continue to push the envelope by making a possible Disney love connection, talking political correctness, and discussing the absolute most boring things to do at Walt Disney World.
WDW News Tonight is hosted by Tom Corless and Nick LoCicero, former hosts of WDW News Today: The Radio Show, but also features appearances by a number of other WDWNT correspondents.
If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to AM 1520 WBZW at showtime. For those outside the Orlando area, the show can be heard (and now watched via video stream) at Listen.WDWNT.com on your computer or mobile device. The show also utilizes new interactive avenues for our audience, including a live chat, the ability to call-in to the show, and live polling.
Coming up on this week’s show:
A recap of the week’s news (with a WDWNT comedic twist)
Tom takes a moment to write out some thank you notes
Have you heard this week’s WDW News Today Podcast? If you haven’t, here’s what you can expect:
Join Tom Corless for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. Plenty of information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!
On this week’s show, we celebrate 350 episodes with our signature segment, Back to the Future. On this special edition, we take an over 2-hour journey through the history of the mighty Matterhorn, from the creation of the first peak at Disneyland, to the possible heights of EPCOT Center’s World Showcase and Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom.
This week we review the Movieland set along with the chaser and variants as well as the Frozen Elsa Eachez. We look ahead to the release of the second It’s a Small World Jr. series. We discuss the release of a blind box series of vinyl Tsum Tsum by the Disney Store and the leaked photo of an upcoming Disney Lego Mini Figure blind bag series. And we finish off our Star Wars Prequel speculation series with Revenge of the Sith. If you have your own Star Wars prequal characters that you want in a set that we may have left out, let us know. And look for a new edition of the DV podcast every other Tuesday in 2016.
The Nerd Alert crew is back for another round of more questions, more theories and more special guests as we present “Star Wars: The Force Awakens Roundtable Episode II! Join Joe Hogarty, Patrick Hackett, Ron D’Anna and special guests Fedra Ekres and Tom Corless!
As we announced during our historic 60-hour-boradcast back in November, WDW News Today is about to make waves (radio waves that is) with a brand new show! Starting on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at 9PM ET you can catch an entirely new, revolutionary 2 hour program from WDWNT every week! You’ve read WDW News Today, but get ready to experience WDW News Tonight!
This new show will combine popular elements from several past and present WDWNT programs including comedy, news, in-depth discussions, interviews, and games, but will also include some new concepts never heard before. Think of it as The Daily Show meets the WDW News Today Podcast.
WDW News Tonight is hosted by Tom Corless and Nick LoCicero, former hosts of WDW News Today: The Radio Show, but will also feature regular appearances by a number of other WDWNT correspondents.
If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to AM 1520 WBZO at showtime. For those outside the Orlando area, the show can be heard at Listen.WDWNT.com via computer or mobile device. The show will also utilize new interactive avenues for our listeners, including a live chat, the ability to call-in to the show, and as well as a (For the first time in WDWNT history) live video stream of the show.
The show (as well as popular clips from it) will also be available for streaming and download the very next day at WDWNewsTonight.com. While this won’t offer the interactive features and excitement of listening live, it offers those who can’t catch the show on Wednesday night a chance be a part of the fun.
Coming up on our very first show:
A recap of the week’s news (with a WDWNT comedic twist)
We’ll play “Where in the World is Tom Corless?” for prizes from Theme Park Connection
“What did we just eat?” – A Disney dining review
“Tom and Nick are Angry About Things”
“WDWNT Now!” Tip of the Week
An in-depth discussion of the pressing issues facing Walt Disney World in 2016, including upcoming attractions and additions
Flash Back to the Future – An abbreviated version of the popular history segment from the WDW News Today Podcast
And much more!
We hope that you will tune in this Wednesday for the very first episode of WDW News Tonight!
