"This New Car" explores Saving Fuel With Computers Sunday at 10 p.m. on WICN/90.5 FM and WICN.org

   
Worcester, MA September 1, 2006; On Sunday, September 3 at 10:00 p.m. (EST), WICN/90.5 
FM, the NPR affiliate serving Central New England, will broadcast and 
webcast Episode 8 of "This New Car: Promoting Clean, Mean Driving 
Machines," a 13-week special edition of /The Business Beat/. In "This 
New Car," Steve D'Agostino, host of /The Business Beat/ since 1995 and 
principal of Best Rate Of Climb www.bestrateofclimb.com in 
Worcester, MA, moderates a panel of experts. 

They are: 

- Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Commercializationwww.CTC.org in 
Westboro, MA;
-Gilles Labelle of Westboro Toyota's Hybrid Center of Massachusettswww.hybridcenterma.org in Westboro, MA
-Craig Van Batenburg of the Automotive Career Development Center 
www.auto-careers.org in Worcester, MA.

In Episode 8, "This New Car" explores Saving Fuel With Computers. To 
hear a 2-minute 56-second audio clip of the September 3 show, in MP3 
format, visit This New Car. <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC8.mp3>

*Coming up on "This New Car:*

    * *September 10: *Can Detroit be hybrid-ized?
    * *September 17:* What is a "green" vehicle and do average consumers
      really care?
    * *September 24:* Can "green" vehicles save the planet?
    * *October 1:* Are the state and federal governments doing enough to
      promote and support "green" vehicles?
    * *October 8:* Does everyone need to own a vehicle?


To learn more about Jim Dunn, Gilles Labelle and Craig Van Batenburg, 
CLICK HERE. <http://www.WICN.org/programs/thisnewcar.htm>

To learn more about "This New Car," CLICK HERE. 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC.htm>

*Coming This Fall: *"This New Car" goes to a full hour and Alison Sander 
of the AltWheels Festival <http://www.altwheels.org> in Boston joins the 
13-week series as a regular expert. The new series will be broadcast and 
webcast Sundays at 10 p.m. (EST) from October 15, 2006 through January 
14, 2007.

*"This New Car" is sponsored exclusively by*

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*Westboro Toyota <http://www.westborotoyota.com>*
*on Route 9 in Westboro*


To hear last month's /Business Beat/ shows, in MP3 format, hit this 
link, WICN Archive <http://www.wicn.org/programs/archive.htm>, and 
scroll down to the /Business Beat/ section. You can load the audio on 
iPods or other portable MP3 players. You can open MP3 podcasts with 
iTunes <http://www.apple.com/itunes/>, Musicmatch Jukebox 
<http://www.musicmatch.com>, Real Player <http://www.real.com>, WinAmp 
<http://www.winamp.com> and Windows Media Player 
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/>.

*_Now you can search shows and play audio using key phrases:_* Visit 
www.Podzinger.com <http://www.Podzinger.com> and enter *"The Business 
Beat" + "WICN" *in the search bar -- make sure to put *" *before and 
after each key phrase and *+* between them. Then, click on the phrase 
*"WICN's Business Beat with Steve D'Agostino."* Then, enter a key phrase 
such as "hybrid vehicles" in the search bar. Then, click on any of the 
highlighted "hybrid vehicles" key phrases and listen as the audio plays 
at a point in the show where the key phrase is mentioned.

**Steven Jones-D'Agostino***
***Principal***
Best Rate Of **/Climb/*
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508.757.2566 fax
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