MSNBC.com Launches Live Net Radio Show with Chris Byron 'High Noon on Wall Street'.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MSNBC.com, the number one news site and leader in interactive television, launches "High Noon on Wall Street," a daily Internet radio show hosted by Chris Byron, author and financial columnist for MSNBC.com.

The Webcast is transmitted live daily from 12:00 - 12:15PM(ET) (http://www.msnbc.com/news/313517.asp) and takes a topical look at the people, news and events driving today's hot stocks. "High Noon on Wall Street" is the only real-time stock market show on the Web.

 "The growing popularity of Internet radio gives MSNBC.com a whole new format with which to leverage the expertise of someone like Chris Byron," says Merrill Brown, editor in chief of MSNBC.com. "His hard hitting analysis focuses on the fundamentals and cuts through the hype. The Webcast allows 'High Noon on Wall Street' to access an at-work Internet audience around the world, who otherwise might not be reached by conventional radio." Byron contributes a weekly finance column to the business section of MSNBC.com analyzing the biggest deals, the major moguls and the current ".com" investing craze, often offering a contrarian point of view. Each business day, Byron will report on market updates and deliver in-depth analysis on one daily hot stock.

He will examine the driving forces behind the stock and factors that may have helped determine its current value. During the program, Byron will also answer users' email, respond to daily rumors and debunk market speculation. Additionally, Webcasts are archived on the site for access at any time. MSNBC.com is the number one online news site, according to Media Metrix(TM), the industry standard in Internet measurement services. As the leader in breaking news and original journalism on the Internet, MSNBC.com delivers the best of NBC News, MSNBC Cable, CNBC and NBC Sports. Expanded news and feature reporting is provided to MSNBC.com users via strategic partnerships with Ziff Davis, The Wall Street Journal, MSN Money Central(TM), The Sporting News, Expedia(TM), E! Online, PencilNews, FEED magazine and APB Online. MSNBC.com is a provider of broadband content for Road Runner, Sprint High Speed DSL and Excite@Home, in addition to programming interactive television with MSNBC Cable and NBC News. MSNBC is the 24-hour cable and Internet joint venture of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and NBC News (NYSE: GE).