LEGEND, WAYNE GRETZKY, FINDS NEW AVENUE FOR SPREADING THE WORD ON HOCKEY

PR Newswire | December 12, 1995 | Copyright

 
           National Satellite TV Interviews Promote Gretzky's 
                     Line of Electronic Hockey Games

MILPITAS, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- To promote the release today of "Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars(TM)" hockey video-game for PC CD-ROM computer systems, Time Warner Interactive (TWi) set up interviews with 25 television stations nationwide. Wayne Gretzky, pumped-up from a day of strategizing with TWi on development of the hockey games, devoted three hours to live TV interviews with shows such as ESPN; ABC News One, the sports feed for ABC ...

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