My B.S. diploma in Broadcast Information from the College of Florida by no means did a lot for me when it comes to jobs within the broadcast subject.
Oh, I had my very own radio and TV promoting company earlier than I bought this publication, and I had my very own “The Leisure Man” radio present on two stations in Westchester County, NY, proper earlier than I moved to Florida. I even tried to promote a “Ring Journal TV Present” with myself and my former editor at Ring Randy Gordon as co-hosts to NBC-TV within the mid-Eighties. My final purpose after school was at all times to supply programming for radio and TV, however when these alternatives didn’t come for me, I did the following smartest thing I might to help my household — I purchased the Neighborhood Information — and the remainder, as they are saying, is historical past.
However, that itch to do one thing within the realm of broadcasting by no means waned for me. Again in 2018, we have been certainly one of solely 23 U.S. and 86 worldwide information media retailers to obtain an funding of capital from Google to broaden our on-line information and we did simply that — churning out two movies per week for many of 2019. However, when Google didn’t renew that grant, I by no means reached my purpose at the moment of getting an ongoing information “channel” on Google-owned YouTube.
So since then, my itch to supply broadcast programming, along with what we do each two weeks in print and supply daily on-line, has continued to go largely unscratched.
Till now, that’s. When North Tampa Bay Chamber president Hope Kennedy invited me to be the first-ever visitor on her new “Chamber Chatter” podcast (as we reported just a few months in the past), I received so broadcast-itchy that I felt like I wanted “an ocean of Calamine lotion.” I requested Hope if the superb Emorys Rock Realty podcast studio on the NTBC’s new workplace in The Retailers at Wiregrass was accessible for others to supply their very own podcasts and when she mentioned it was, the thought for my new “Neighborhood Newsmakers” podcast was born.
My intent with the podcast is to complement what we do in these pages and on-line with longer-form interview alternatives with the folks making information in and round New Tampa and Wesley Chapel. I hope to characteristic elected officers, governmental staffers, builders and anybody else making information in our group. And sure, we may embrace some eating segments on the podcast. So, you possibly can count on extra than simply one-on-one interviews on many episodes. And, you can see all the launched episodes on our “Neighborhood Information” Fb web page.
Episode 1 featured Reside Oak Protect residents Jason and his son Karson Centeno, who have been two of the 9 locals I chosen from round 50 candidates to evaluate our “Neighborhood Information Rooster Tenders Contest,” the place PDQ received for Favourite Delicate and Chick-fil-A received for Favourite Spicy Tenders.
Jason, Karson and I had just a few laughs concerning the format of the tenders contest and about what future tasting contests the Neighborhood Information might sponsor — from tacos to pizza, Cuban sandwiches and extra. The episode has had over 1,200 views. I’ll maintain you posted about future podcast episodes.
Jim Leavitt Corridor Of Fame Episode
The second episode we recorded is with Michael Pultorak (left picture), the native Realtor® and organizer of the Pasco Related Metropolis Residents Group on Fb and who has change into a robust voice on behalf of these residents at Pasco authorities conferences.
However, I held off on releasing Episode 2 till after Episode 3, as a result of it was an interview with New Tampa residents Kathy and Jamie Miller, the mother and sister of the late former USF soccer participant Joel Miller, the younger man assaulted by coach Jim Leavitt who handed away after changing into identified for getting Leavitt fired.
Leavitt is someway nonetheless scheduled to be inducted into the USF Athletic Corridor of Fame on Oct. 2, so I launched Episode 3 out of order (prime picture), in an effort to get USF to vary its resolution about inducting the fired former coach. I hope you’ll watch the episode, too, and signal Kathy and Jamie’s petition on Change.org.
