Television Talk Show

 

Executive Summary

 

Front Street is a topical affairs talk show that is informational, engaging, as well as entertaining.  The show’s topics cover local, state, and national current events, with a primary focus on community interests and involvement. The lighter side of the show spotlights regular people with extraordinary stories or talents.

 

The Voice  Front Street was created to meet the Greater Dayton/Cincinnati area’s unmet need for a value-added program alternative. It provides a means for the community to engage in positive dialogue about what affects them.  It provides a “voice”.

 

The Vision Front Street provides an identity in programming and promotions that audiences can relate to. With TV trends moving toward the popularity of familiar programming and community interests, Front Street fits those needs better than many local talk shows.

 

About the Creators

 

Co-Host and Producer

Teri Miller Barker

 

Teri Miller Barker received her Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University where she majored in Organizational Management.  Well-rounded in the media, Teri is a multi-talented personality who has experience in television, radio and newspaper. She writes and photographs for the Dayton Weekly News, a newspaper that serves the African American communities of Dayton and surrounding areas. For several years she hosted radio talk shows on WDAO (AM 1210). Her media experience also includes deejaying, copywriting, and producing commercials for radio (WROU-FM), and producing a community affairs program for television (WHIO-TV). She recently produced a documentary on anti-gun violence to help curb the senseless youth violence in the Dayton area. In addition to her media experience, she has taught English on grade school and college levels. 

 

Co-Host and Producer

Donovan Osborne

 

Donovan Osborne received her Associates in Marketing and Communications from The University of Cincinnati.  She is currently pursuing her Bachelor degree in Journalism and Public Relations at the University of Cincinnati.  Donovan has utilized her talents throughout all areas of the media. She is presently employed with Cincinnati Public Radio. She formerly worked with WPFB 910 AM and 105.9 FM.  Her duties include radio sales and co-hosting the On the Street Interviews with host Tom Edwards.  On the Street is an interactive program that airs daily.  It addresses current events, hot topics for today’s market and brings attention to many controversial subject matters, such as abortion, child abuse, same sex marriages, and legalization of gambling. Donovan is also the voice and director of 910 AM'S Community Calendar. Her previous media experience includes writing stories, overseeing continuity and marketing for The Real Meal, an upscale, lifestyle magazine that was distributed in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas. She has hosted a movie review program and free-lanced for The Cincinnati Enquirer.

 

 

Executive Producer

Emma J. O’Neal

 

For Emma J. O’Neal, working with local and national clients to deliver messages that convey, creatively, their campaign or their polished image is extremely important to her. She has over 15 years of experience in media, marketing, sales and consultancies.

 

Ms. O’Neal began her career at Howard University’s commercial radio station, WHUR-FM. As the Promotions Director, she spearheaded a media campaign that helped catapult the station to the #1 status in the Washington, DC market. She went on to work for Cathy Hughes as a Promotion/Public Relations Director at WMMJ-FM, WOL-AM and WKYS-FM, now Radio One, the largest minority owned radio group in America. There, she co-created the Stone Soul Picnic, an event that entertains over 75,000 people with oldies groups such as The Ohio Players and The O’Jays, and community talent under her guise. Her marketing and event planning skills were put to the test when she consulted with WRC-TV (NBC), the #1 television station in DC. One of her most famed accomplishments include coordinating NBC’s “For Your Health and Fitness Expo”, a 100,000+ attended event. For four years she worked as the Promotions and Marketing Consultant. With her support, the event grew to introduce the latest in health information to the public and provided demonstrations in healthy eating and working out. She secured celebrities such as Denise Austin and Donna Richardson to come and work out with the general public.

 

She specializes in marketing concepts, services and products to culturally diverse markets. Both the Kennedy Center and Disney have hired her to work on national plays. She is also a professional voice artist for several clients.

 

Ms. O’Neal attended Howard University and acquired her Master’s of Art degree in communications from Trinity University in Washington, D.C.

 

Program Description

 

Front Street is a thirty-minute topical affairs talk show that incorporates on-the-spot field interviews, in-studio dialogue with local and regional professionals, and real people segments.  Teri and Donovan ask every day people their opinions about important issues in their communities.  In-studio interviews are conducted with a diverse panel of experts who offer professional opinions and bring closure to the topic.  In the real people segments, regular people are spotlighted for their exceptional talents or outstanding accomplishments. Viewer mail that is relevant to the show or current events will also be shared with the audience.  Topics will address issues that are relative to people locally as well as nationally. Some sample topics would include headline news like Hurricane Katrina, the teen from the Indian reservation who went on a killing rampage, Jessica Lunsford, or the recent increase in domestic abuse/homicide experienced locally and nationally.  Front Street is different from the typical talk show program because it focuses on the opinions of every day, real people. 

 

Target Demographic

 

The targeted viewing market is Cincinnati, Dayton and the surrounding areas.  The target audience is adults, men and women, specifically 25 – 54 years old. Secondary audience: men and women, ages 18-49. The audience will be:

                             •  A mature, multicultural audience

                             •  Working; family oriented

                             •  Income: 35-75K, annually

                             •  News Watchers

                             •  Health Enthusiasts

                             •  Concerned about their financial life

                             •  Arts enthusiasts

 

The show will appeal to this group because it will feature their opinions about local, state, national or international events/occurences and the outstanding accomplishments of people that could possibly be from their own neighborhoods. 

 

 

Program Highlights

 

•   Thirty-Minute Interview and Talk Show

•   Airs once weekly

•  Programming has twenty-three minutes of content and seven

minutes of advertising (fourteen thirty-second commercial

spots)

•   Production launch: Spring, 2006

•  Radio segment tie-in (additional promotional opportunity)

•  Variety of topics discussed with leading local and national

     authorities interviewed

•   Numerous value added opportunities, including sponsorships

•   Website tie-in/opportunities