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Franchisor and Franchisee Featured on Internet Talk Radio Show

(Lenexa, KS)– City Wide Franchise Company, a revolutionary franchise opportunity in the building maintenance industry who uses a unique business model approach to provide multiple services to clients was featured on The Franchise Show, a weekly internet talk show dedicated to previewing franchise opportunities from the newest and hottest to the well established.

Considered one of the leading shows about franchising, The Franchise Show is part of the Entrepreneur Magazine Radio Network and wsRadio Business Network.  The show aired live on Internet Talk Radio at www.wsradio.com at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, August, 15, 2007. 

All wsRadio shows are streamed live via internet and are then archived for on-demand listening 24/7 at http://www.wsradio.com/internet-talk-radio.cfm/shows/Franchise-Show.html. 

The host of The Franchise Show, industry expert and Franchoice president, Lori Block, interviewed Jeff Oddo, President of City Wide Franchise Company and Doug Brown, President of City Wide Maintenance of Colorado, a successful franchisee within the City Wide system.

For Talk Only Radio Networks, wsRadio claims the number one position.  Based on a recent survey published on IMedia Connection, wsRadio now reaches more than 1.5 million listeners each month. 

“We are excited about this opportunity with Entrepreneur Radio to reach so many listeners who are considering a franchise purchase and will now learn about City Wide,” says Jeff Oddo, President of City Wide Franchise Company.  “Internet radio is a great way to get the word ‘out there’ about our unique offering.  Best of all, anyone can listen anytime because technology makes the program available on-demand 24/7.”

“Doug Brown has been recognized many times by The Denver Business Journal and his peers within the business community as a successful and visionary leader,” continues Oddo.  “Now millions more beyond the Denver city limits can hear about his successes within the City Wide franchise system.”

City Wide Franchise Company offers a professional management franchise opportunity within the building maintenance industry by cross-selling 20+ services to its clients, including janitorial, carpet cleaning, window washing, parking lot maintenance and tenant improvements.  City Wide is the “Total Solution” to its clients for building maintenance services.

Adds Oddo, “Being a management company instead of a typical operations company is what allows City Wide to save our clients time and reduce the headaches associated with managing multiple vendors on their own.”

City Wide Maintenance was founded in Kansas City, MO by Frank Oddo in 1959 and is now a national organization with multiple locations.  Current President, Jeff Oddo, second generation owner of the family business began franchising the company’s business model in 2001.

City Wide is a national company with locations in San Diego CA, Denver CO, Atlanta GA, Indianapolis IN, Minneapolis MN, St. Louis MO, Omaha, NE, Newark NJ, Cincinnati OH, Columbus OH, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX, Houston TX and Lenexa KS.