October 12, 2005
Aspiring cell phone weather presenters gather for Kanto auditions
A group of women hoping to become presenters for a video-based cell phone weather service gathered at KDDI's designing studios in Tokyo's Harajuku district as the telecommunications giant whittled down the number of candidates to just seven. Mainichi Daily News reports.
"A total of 32 women participated in the auditions for the Kanto region's "Weather News" service on Monday after KDDI selected them from 1,034 people who had submitted written applications.
Online voting to choose two of the seven candidates will be carried out between Oct. 12 and 25. The successful candidates will not only present weather news, but also take part in the production of the program.
Weather News is a weather program on KDDI's "EZ Channel" for cell phones. It is provided by weather information firm Weathernews, which continually forecasts and analyzes world weather 365 days a year."
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