If you live in Alaska, you may have already seen the comical commercial, featuring a hillbilly redneck tossing a stick of dynamite into a stream, to demonstrate his fishing technique. Well, that crazy character is none other than the Alaskan Cowboy and country music artist, Doug Briney. Doug is making his television commercial debut in this spot taped for Channel 2 KTUU. The clip is to advertise KTUU’s Summer Fishing Report, and it began airing last Friday during their 6 o’clock newscast. The hilarious ad can also be seen on Doug’s Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/akdougjr.
KTUU-TV was established as KFIA in 1953 and has since become an award-winning broadcaster in the nation’s largest viewing area. With bureaus in Anchorage and Juneau, their viewing area covers more than 586,000 square miles. That’s an area greater than California, Texas and Montana combined. Statewide, nearly 83 percent of all Alaskans watch a KTUU newscast every week. And now, they’ll be watching Doug Briney catching fish with dynamite. Way to go, Doug–we couldn’t be prouder!