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Name City EchoStar, Get Free Satellite
Topic Started: Sep 11 2005, 01:13 PM (96 Views)
Dewy9
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EchoStar Wants City Named 'Dish'

Wanted: An American town willing to rename itself "Dish."

Reward: Free satellite TV!

In a stunt promotion, EchoStar is looking for a U.S. town or city to rename itself "Dish," and will give citizens of the town a 10-year subscription to the company's Dish Network satellite TV service.

The offer is worth about $4,000 per home, according to the trade publication Broadcasting & Cable, so smaller towns would be cheaper.

Boring, Ore., with 5,400 homes, would cost about $21 million, but Boring, Md., with 905 homes, would be a bargain at $3.6 million.

Price tag for New York City: $12.3 billion.

If a U.S. burg does take up the offer from EchoStar, it won't be the first time a town changed its name in a stunt promotion. In 1950, Hot Springs, N.M., changed its name to Truth or Consequences after Ralph Edwards, host of a quiz show of that name, promised to do his program from the first town that renamed itself after his show.


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HuskyMan20
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Dish? Get DirecTV. :D
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killerbee17fan
Sep 11 2005, 05:30 PM
Dish? Get DirecTV. :D

I hope you're watching Fox Sports on your DirecTV one day and get choked on a piece of Kraft Cheese and the Coca-Cola don't help it so you run out to your Mustang to go to the hospital and the thing won't start and you need a Chevy fan with DISH to perform the Heimlich.
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Dewy9
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Comcast, baby!
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Smoke20TS
Sep 11 2005, 04:34 PM
killerbee17fan
Sep 11 2005, 05:30 PM
Dish? Get DirecTV.  :D

I hope you're watching Fox Sports on your DirecTV one day and get choked on a piece of Kraft Cheese and the Coca-Cola don't help it so you run out to your Mustang to go to the hospital and the thing won't start and you need a Chevy fan with DISH to perform the Heimlich.

I am watching FOX Sports (Cowboys and Chargers)..............
on my directv system.....................................
I am eating quesadillas :unsure: :drool: made with Kraft cheese......................
I am drinking Coca-Cola......................
....................................................... :finger2:..........................................

:aaron:
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Dewy9
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You're a PhilipMorris lover. :lmao:
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killerbee17fan
Sep 11 2005, 05:44 PM
Smoke20TS
Sep 11 2005, 04:34 PM
killerbee17fan
Sep 11 2005, 05:30 PM
Dish? Get DirecTV.  :D

I hope you're watching Fox Sports on your DirecTV one day and get choked on a piece of Kraft Cheese and the Coca-Cola don't help it so you run out to your Mustang to go to the hospital and the thing won't start and you need a Chevy fan with DISH to perform the Heimlich.

I am watching FOX Sports (Cowboys and Chargers)..............
on my directv system.....................................
I am eating quesadillas :unsure: :drool: made with Kraft cheese......................
I am drinking Coca-Cola......................
....................................................... :finger2:..........................................

:aaron:

Hmmmmm.....
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DewCrew914
Sep 11 2005, 02:13 PM
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If a U.S. burg does take up the offer from EchoStar, it won't be the first time a town changed its name in a stunt promotion. In 1950, Hot Springs, N.M., changed its name to Truth or Consequences after Ralph Edwards, host of a quiz show of that name, promised to do his program from the first town that renamed itself after his show.


Stayed at the Best Western just outside of Truth or Consequences N.M., on a road trip down to Tucson Arizona. More known for their hot springs, hence the original name. Nothing is better than being on the wide open interstate.
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Smoke20TS
Sep 11 2005, 05:58 PM
killerbee17fan
Sep 11 2005, 05:44 PM
Smoke20TS
Sep 11 2005, 04:34 PM
killerbee17fan
Sep 11 2005, 05:30 PM
Dish? Get DirecTV.  :D

I hope you're watching Fox Sports on your DirecTV one day and get choked on a piece of Kraft Cheese and the Coca-Cola don't help it so you run out to your Mustang to go to the hospital and the thing won't start and you need a Chevy fan with DISH to perform the Heimlich.

I am watching FOX Sports (Cowboys and Chargers)..............
on my directv system.....................................
I am eating quesadillas :unsure: :drool: made with Kraft cheese......................
I am drinking Coca-Cola......................
....................................................... :finger2:..........................................

:aaron:

Hmmmmm.....

Hey Aaron.....i think hes choking.....hey hes got jr and tony diecasts *steps over kb to steal diecasts*
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DewCrew914
Sep 11 2005, 03:38 PM
Comcast, baby!

Yeah comcast beats the crap outta the douche I mean dish
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F*** YEAHH! HARVICK BITCH! WOOOOOOOOO!
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For God's sakes Cablevision's better than Dish.
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DewCrew914
Sep 11 2005, 01:13 PM
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Price tag for New York City: $12.3 billion.

now u see if the company had any guts they would choose nyc....$12.3 billion? comon, i dare them
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I think it'd cost more than that. Think of all the stuff they'd have to do to switch over.
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