Catch WGCU's new 30 minute program highlighting the success and the impact of the FGCU Eagles men's basketball team! The program features interviews with many of the "stars" of the 2013 Men's Basketball team. Join us for a look back at the Eagles remarkable season.
Producer/Director: Chris Nealon
Host: Tom James
June 23 @ 7:30pm on HDTV
Twenty-one remarkable women will be honored by WGCU on February 25 at a special event: MAKERS: Women Who Make Southwest Florida. The event will be at the Arcade Theater in Ft. Myers. Seating is limited. To find out more about this event click here. Thanks to everyone who nominated dynamic, trailblazing women who are 'making' Southwest Florida through their contributions to the arts, business, education, politics and through their work in environmental or social justice issues. More than 200 women were nominated from Aug.-Oct. 1.Please click here to see who our selection committee decided we will feature in our online video and audio portraits. We'll also be producing radio stories about these exceptional women who have impacted Southwest Florida’s past, present and future by:
Serving as the “first” in their field
Affecting lasting change
Building community
Defying social norms
Leaving a legacy
Find out more about the national PBS/AOL initiative that inspired our local effort here -- MAKERS.
A quiet revolution is fomenting, with its epicenter here in Southwest Florida, where a handful of entrepreneurial pioneers are on a quest to develop renewable biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels. It is a revolution that could create tens of thousands of jobs, have a profound impact on the national economy, change the way Americans fuel their cars and move the nation further down the path toward the elusive goal of energy independence.
Writer/Producer/Narrator: Rod Clarke
In 1885, a single, sensational catch at Sanibel Island’s Tarpon Bay made international news -- and revolutionized sport fishing. For the first time on record, a mighty, silver-sided tarpon was taken on a rod and reel, a feat that created a frenzy for the fierce-fighting fish -- and made southwest Florida the epicenter of a brand-new sport. The newly crowned Silver King of fish lured celebrities and presidents, and transformed Southwest Florida into the birthplace of big game fishing.
Writer/Producer: Lynne Howard Frazer
Narrator: Peter Thomas
In the 1700s, Europeans dubbed the Indians living in Florida the "Seminoles" - the "wild ones." Three wars were fought in the 1800s to remove the Indians from Florida, but the Seminoles survived - and never signed a peace treaty. The unconquered Seminoles adapted to life in the Everglades, eventually thriving in the modern world while preserving their cultural traditions. One of 48 episodes of our Untold Stories series on the history of Southwest Florida.
Writer/Producer: Lynne Howard Frazer
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