Cablevision Seeks Good Garage Bands.(Cablevision Systems Corp., music store The Wiz team for cross-promotion)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, July, 2001 by HOGAN, MONICA

NEW YORK -- Cablevision Systems Corp. CEO Jim Dolan makes no secret of the fact he'd like to be a rock musician. Now he's taking his passion for music one step further. Last Tuesday, Dolan appeared at a branch of Cablevision-owned retailer The Wiz here to unveil a major initiative to find and promote local music talent in the MSO's metropolitan New York City service area.

Rock musician Little Steven -- also known as Steven Van Zandt, the actor who plays Silvio Dante in Home Box Office's The Sopranos -- helped promote the retailer's contest, called the Cavestomp Garage Rock Band search. Would-be rock stars can enter the contest at the stores or online at www.thewiz.com. Little Steven, a member of Bruce Springsteen's legendary E Street Band, and...

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