04Nov2007
Qualify Online for the “National Vocabulary Championship”
One of the best things GSN has done is their National Vocabulary Championship. They started a new season of it recently announced last week that they will be doing online qualifiers up until November 30th. If you're a high schooler from the ages of 9-12 and 13-19 and attend a public, private, chartered, or home school; please attempt to play. You can win $40,000 for your college by doing this. Trust me, as a person who has been stuck in a university for a while, the more money the better. “We’ve seen tremendous growth of the program this year at the local level - over 400 schools nationwide, including 76,000 students, have already signed-on to participate by taking the in-school exam,” commented Dennis Gillespie, senior vice presiden
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National Vocabulary Championship kicks off
One of the truly great national television events is coming back. The National Vocabulary Championship is back for a second year. The National Qualifying Exam will be held in November. Comcast, Time Warner, Charter, and Cablevision’s Power to Learn each host NVC citywide championships in their respective markets of this year’s eight-city tour that includes Sacramento, Nashville, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Other cable operators across the country support the NVC by running “Win With Words” TM public service announcements. These co-branded cross-channel promotional spots feature well- known television personalities Whoopi Goldberg, Pat Sajak, Vanna White, Tom Bergeron, Jeff Probst, Chuck Woole
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GSN Schedules Win With Words Week on April 10th
GSN today announced a special "Win With Words Week" to compliment their award winning "National Vocabulary Championship" special. Starting April 10th, special student and teacher teams will compete on the originals "Lingo" and "Chain Reaction". "Quiznation" and "100 Winners" will also feature vocabulary-related puzzles and NVC prizes. Then, on Sunday, April 15th at 8PM ET, GSN will premiere the documentary-style special of the championship round of the "National Vocabulary Championship" final. It will look at the competition, sideline interviews with contestants, competition footage, and hometown visits with the contestants. The winner of the final receives $40,000 for his or her college education. GSN has stated they plan on making t
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2007 “National Vocabulary Championship” Champion Crowned
Over 49 finalists and 30,000 contestants were defeated to make one high schooler the winner of GSN's $40,000 "National Vocabulary Championship", recently held at the New York Public Library. This event, attended by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, US Deputy Secretary of Education Ray Simon, Chancellor of New York City Department of Education Joel Klein, and New York Library President Paul LcCerc, as well as GSN's Rich Cronin, Dena Kaplan, and Princeton Review's John Katzman, was hosted by "Chain Reaction" host Dylan Lane. To preserve the drama of the special, the winner is listed under the page break.
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GSN Honored with Four CTPAA 2007 Beacon Award Noms
The Cable Television Public Affairs Association has nominated GSN's "National Vocabulary Championship" in four of the categories for the Beacon Awards. Specifically, Dena Kaplan, GSN's senior vice president of marketing, has been named the winner of the 2007 Public Affairs Achievement Award in the category of Community Relations and will receive her award during a special presentation on Monday, March 12th. The NVC, created by Kaplan, has been nominated in the categories of Reputation/Brand Management, New Media Campaign, Media Relations, and Events and Observances. Kaplan stated "In the first ye
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GSN Tapes “National Vocabulary Championship” in March
In March, fifty high school students from ages 14 to 18 will be traveling to New York in the hopes of winning $40,000 towards college education in the conclusion of GSN's "National Vocabulary Championship". Hosted by "Chain Reaction"'s Dylan Lane, the hour-long special will air on Sunday, April 15th at 8PM ET and will be taped in the New York Public Library on Monday, March 5th from 1PM to 4PM ET.
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Adri Walker Wins Sacramento NVC
17 year old Adri Walker was named the champion of the Sacramento, CA, "National Vocabulary Championship" hosted by Dylan Lane and made by "GSN". Walker won $5,000 and the chance at $40,000 more at the national championships in New York on March 5th, 2007. Walker defeated 88 other competitors and had a final speedround time of 1:15 to win the money and title.
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Philadelphia’s Hannah Zickgraf Wins NVC
GSN has crowned the champion of Philadelphia's "National Vocabulary Championship", and it is 16 year old Hannah Zickgraf. She competed against 96 other high schoolers from the Phili area to take home the $5,000 grand prize and the chance at another $40,000 in the finals hosted by Dylan Lane in New York City. Mayor of Philadelphia John F. Street honored Zickgraf and other Phili NVC finalists in a special City Hall press conference yesterday. Zickgraf won the $5,000 by completing the final speedround in a quick 1:19. The New York finals for $40,000 will be on March 5, 2007. Already qualified is..
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Richard Goggin Wins Boston “NVC”
This just in..... Richard Goggin has just been named the $5,000 winner of the Boston area "National Vocabulary Championship" held by GSN. The game was done at the ballroom at the Northeastern University Curry Student Center, with Goggin defeating 74 other contestants to take the $5,000 and the chance at $40,000 against 49 other students in New York City. The event was looked over by such people as the Boston School Superintendent Michael Contompasis, Northeastern School of Education Acting Dean and Director Thomas Gilbert, and City Councilman John Tobin. Richard Goggin won the $5,000 by comple
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Weekend Update Spoofs GSN’s NVC
This was a long time ago, but since BuzzerVision is now working, we're going to try it. Here's a video of SNL's Weekend Update mentioning GSN's "National Vocabulary Championship" and having a bit of fun with it. How I miss Tina Fey....
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Noah Berman Wins St. Louis NVC
On November 2nd, GSN's National Vocabulary Championship crowned its second champion. Noah Berman collected $5,000 in St. Louis and will be traveling to New York City to compete for $40,000 more in the championship on February 26, 2006. Berman defeated 88 other competitors in order to win the grand prize in the NVC attended by US Representative from St. Louis Russ Carnahan. Carnahan stated "We just finished the World Series of baseball, and now we get to have the World Series of words." Berman won $5,000 by completing the final 10 question speed round in 1:13.
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Keystone Oaks Senior Wins Pittsburgh Vocab Contest
Daniel Weber, a 17 year old senior from Keystone Oaks High School, has just won $5,000 and the chance at $40,000 in GSN's "National Vocabulary Championship". He will travel to New York City to compete in the $40,000 finals on February 26, 2007. The NVC is a nation-wide educational initiative to spread the importance of having well developed vocabulary school for all aspects of life. Each of the eight city finalists will be rewarded with $5,000, while the grand champion wins $40,000. Weber said about his performance, "Coming into this there were 96 other kids that knew a lot of vocabulary. I j
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“National Vocabulary Championship” Update
Buzzer was provided with a press kit for GSN's "National Vocabulary Tour", and there are a few new nuggets of information. First off, the online qualifying exam dates: Friday, October 27th- 10PM ET/7PM PST Saturday, October 28th- 12PM ET/9AM PST Sunday, October 29th- 10PM ET/7PM PST Monday, October 30th- 11PM ET/8PM PST Tuesday October 31st (boo)- 11:30PM ET/8:30PM PST Wednesday, November 1st- 7PM ET/4PM PST Thursday, November 2nd- 8PM ET/5PM PST Friday, November 3rd- 10PM ET/7PM PST Saturday, November 4th- 5PM ET/2PM PST Sunday, November 5th- 9PM ET/6PM PST Particip
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