FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications and Discovery Kids Channel will hold auditions for kids who want a chance to be Discovery Kids On Camera on Saturday, January 19th. Children from across the Ft. Walton Beach area will have the opportunity to win a trip to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, where the winner will be filmed for their national TV debut on Discovery Kids Channel, a 24-hour digital network available on Cox Digital Cable.

Local sponsors including Chuck E. Cheese, Hardee's in Niceville and Crestview and The Santa Rosa Mall are distributing audition kits throughout Okaloosa County. The audition kits include an event sheet, a sample script, audition tips, a checklist and rules for participation, as well as a Discovery Kids On Camera sticker. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Santa Rosa Mall, 300 Mary Esther Blvd., Mary Esther, FL., kids will audition in front of television cameras that record the children performing the required script. Every child who auditions will receive a prize from Discovery Kids Channel.

Local judges will select five finalists who will appear in a Discovery Kids On Camera commercial on Cox Cable throughout Ft. Walton Beach, Destin, Niceville, Crestview and Pensacola. Tapes of the five local finalists will be sent to Discovery Kids Channel and the network will select a grand-prize winner from the Ft. Walton Beach and Pensacola auditions. The grand-prize winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for themselves and a parent to film a national commercial that will air on Discovery Kids Channel. During the four-day/three-night stay at the Atlantis Resort, the grand-prize winner from the Gulf Coast will film the commercial with the other local winners from all around the U.S. Winners will also experience Discovery Channel Camp for a day, where participants create their own shark teeth, take guided expeditions of a sea animal tank and visit the fish hospital to see how sick and injured marine animals are provided for.

Discovery Kids On Camera is part of a nationwide partnership between CableRep Advertising, the advertising sales division of Cox Communications, and Discovery Kids Channel. Seventeen of Cox's systems throughout the United States will hold Discovery Kids On Camera auditions.

Gulf Coast residents can find the Discovery Kids Channel on Cox Digital Cable, channel 101.

CableRep Advertising, one of the largest cable television advertising sales organizations in the country, reaches more than 8 million subscribers in 82 cable systems and acts as the sales agent for local news channels, PAX TV, the WB Network, UPN, Fox, NBC and ABC in various markets. CableRep provides local and national advertisers with comprehensive advertising services on cable networks including CNN, Discovery Networks, ESPN and USA Networks as well as on local e-commerce web sites and local city sites. CableRep optimizes advertisers' investments with high-quality services including demographic and geographic targeting, research, promotions and production. CableRep is the advertising sales division of Cox Communications, Inc. More information on Cox Communications can be found on the Internet at www.cox.com/espanol.

Discovery Kids Channel is part of Discovery Digital Networks, a family pack of distinct networks offering a world of quality, convenience and choice that appeals to all ages, genders and families. Discovery Digital Networks also includes Discovery Science Channel, Discovery Home & Leisure Channel, Discovery Civilization Channel, Discovery Wings Channel and Discovery en Espanol. Discovery Networks, U.S., a unit of Discovery Communications, Inc., also operates and manages the Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, Travel Channel and Discovery Health Channel. The unit also distributes BBC America.

SOURCE Cox Communications and Discovery Kids Channel

CONTACT: Bridgette Maney of Discovery Kids Channel, +1-212-576-2700, ext. 243; or Lori Sipowicz of Cox Communications, +1-850-314-8127/