Ryan Seacrest To Open Dallas Hospital Broadcast Studio

Children's Medical Center at Dallas and the Ryan Seacrest Foundation have partnered to create a state-of-the-art multimedia broadcast studio inside the hospital.

A ribbon-cutting for the studio at 9:30 a.m. a.m. Nov. 14 will feature appearances by Seacrest, singer Selena Gomez, a Dallas native, and musical star Shealeigh, according to a story in the Dallas Business Journal.

The new 600-square-foot broadcast center will be known as Seacrest Studios, the hospital said. It is part of an initiative that Seacrest's foundation developed to help patients explore radio, television and new media, the hospital said in a news release.

Entertainment programming created in the studio will be broadcast throughout the hospital. The studio also will include a performance stage that will serve as a venue for celebrities who visit the hospital.

The hospital said that Seacrest Studios already are operating at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa. Others are planned at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital.