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What are the things I should look for in a school for my son to give him the best opportunity for one of the top jobs in sports broadcasting? He is interested in the University of Missouri due to the quality of the broadcasting facility there. Will the school he goes to have much bearing on the companies interested in him?
Fifty years ago I wanted to go to Missouri since it was supposed to have the best school of journalism at the time. However due to financial restraints I wound up in my home state at what is now the Univ. of Southern Mississippi. I don't think Missouri or Columbia or any 'noted' school could have better equipped me. He may want to check our LSU for this particular field.
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Charlie Stogner
Expertise
Local cable channel operations using leased access. Info on sites that use this federally mandated 'set aside' relatively low-cost airtime for local TV shows ranging from one half-hour show per month to 24/7 operations. What equipment is needed with the cable site inserting content in channel, to having 'live' show capability with your own equipment in the cable headend.
Experience
51 years in active journalism, print, radio, TV and for the past 15 years, cable.
Owned several weekly newspapers; minor ownership and part of startup of what was once nation's largest wireless cable system; contract operator of local government channel, cable site's local origination channel, and 'ad inserts' sales for two cable sites; presently have proprietary sites that produces and airs TV shows focused on local content and with affiliate sites literally coast to coast where our firm secures local airtime with cable and has local producers airing shows under our formal agreements.
Organizations
National Association of Leased Access Programmers; local advertising clubs, local press clubs; several Chambers of Commerce
Publications
Magnolia Gazette, McComb Enterprise Journal, Hattiesburg American, Jackson, Ms. Daily News, New Orleans Times Picayune, UPI, AP press wires. WDAM-TV, Hattiesburg, Ms. plus personal content on programming at numerous cable sites.
Education/Credentials
"J" school at Mississippi Southern College, now University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Ms.
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