Newsmakers with Tim Bryant
Tim talks with the people who make news in Athens and around the state. The Newsmaker hour follows the 9 o'clock news each Tuesday through Friday, with occasional rebroadcasts on Sundays.
Athens State Rep Keith Heard was on Newsmaker Friday. Todd Sedmak with the Commerce Department talked about the coming switch to digital TV. Linda Rounds with the Athens Red Cross updated the summer blood donation shortage. Craig Page discussed Saturday's opening of the Athens Farmers Market. And we talked with Bishop Mayor and Oconee County Commission candidate Johnny Pritchett.
Oconee County School Board candidate Ryan House will join us for Newsmaker Tuesday.
Tim began his radio career in Bainbridge Georgia in 1988, after completing a stint at the National Journalism Center in Washington DC. Subsequent stops on the dial include Augusta, Tallahassee, and Atlanta. Tim has also worked as a correspondent for ABC and the Associated Press, and provided commentary for the BBC and Radio New Zealand.
Tim lives in Athens with his wife Leslie and stepson Jeremiah.
