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September 2007 Meeting "TALKIN' SPORTS" |
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Meetings & Events 2007
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October 2007 Meeting "CASINO GAMING in OKLAHOMA"
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Our distinguished panelists included:
Sharon Lair, Marketing Director, Remington Park Race Track and Casino, and.
Joy Rose, Promotions Coordinator, Remington Park Race Track and Casino.
John Ferguson, JF Advertising and personality "Count Gregore", served as the moderator. |
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Our guests enjoyed a discussion about Gaming as BIG business in Oklahoma. We learned about the promotions and events they do to attract people to wager on the horse races, and play in the racino. We learned how the laws affect their promotions, about the impact of both horse racing and casinos on our state's tourism industry.
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September 2007 Meeting "TALKIN' SPORTS"
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Our distinguished panelists included:
Bob Barry Jr. from KFOR-TV and WWLS-AM The Sports Animal,
Mark Rodgers from KOCO-TV,
Jenni Carlson from The Oklahoman, NewsOK.com, and KEBC-AM,
Curtis Fitzpatrick from SportsNight Oklahoma (Cox Channel 7) and WWLS-AM The Sports Animal.
Michael Hayes, VP, Beals Cunningham Strategic Services served as the moderator.
Our guests enjoyed discussion about how the game of sports coverage has changed, including the influence of the internet on sports reporting, how the immediacy of the internet has made it more difficult to be able to quickly source facts before reporting stories. A big part of the discussion was about ethics in sports reporting, accuracy of content, and the timeliness of breaking stories.
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August 2007 Fall Television Luncheon
Our August meeting was the annual Fall Premiere at the Holiday Inn at NW 62nd & Broadway Extension, where Oklahoma Media Network hosted a networking luncheon and video presentation for Oklahoma City broadcast and cable media that showcased new fall television programming.
Our Silent Auction raised funds for the operation of OMN and our outreach programs
A special thanks to Chance Newman for emceeing our event, and to Cox Media for providing production services and technical assistance.
It was a fun event. Thank you to all who paraticipated!
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June 2007 Meeting
Our OMN's June 2007 Meeting featured the celebration of 50 years on OKC broadcast TV, and the 80th birthdays for OKC Radio & TV personalities 'Danny Williams' ('3-D Danny' & 'Dannysday') and late-night TV host 'John Ferguson' (alter-ego 'Count Gregore', from 'Shock Theater' and 'Sleepwalker's Matinee').
Tribute was paid to the careers and accomplishments of these local media icons as they told it all. Emcee Chance Newman, from Cox Media, introduced these legendary gentlemen of the media with a theatrical flair of yesteryear.
Also honored at the luncheon was Charline Caruthers, long time employee of the former WKY-TV (now KFOR-TV), who worked with Danny and John. Charline also celebrated her 80th birthday this year.
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May 2007 Meeting -
Our May meeting was about our favorite TV programming now being available in traditional real-time on-air, or whenever convenient on TIVO, IPOD, the Internet or via Video-On-Demand. Panelists discussed the challenges news and entertainment have across various digital platforms created for advertisers, and the new opportunities provided for advertisers, with digital technology. The discussion included how TV stations can air a variety of programs simultaneously on one channel with digital multicasting. How news programs are specifically created and formatted for webcast and cellphone viewing, and the inexpensive hardware and software, with websites like You-Tube allowing unlimited potential for anyone to become a TV program producer.
Panelists included:
Mike Young, Executive Vice President, Corporate Media Director, Ackerman-McQueen Advertising.
Bill Thrash, Station Manager, OETA Television Stations.
Andrea Decker, Consulting Director, Element Fusion Internet Development.
Kevin Hill, Director of Acquisition, Cox Communications.
Dwayne Helt was the moderator.
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