Temple People highlights the innovative and dynamic professionals helping shape new and ground-breaking pathways to the future. On this episode of Temple People, host Chelsea Scruggs sits down with media specialist and community leader Gary Shepherd. Gary has over fifty years of media broadcast experience in Philadelphia. He was a radio personality for WDAS 105.3 and launched “Third Floor Media,” a full-service boutique marketing agency.
Gary Shepherd was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in the suburb of Inkster. He has a wealth of experience in radio and television. Shepherd has worked for radio stations in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan; Tampa, Florida; Camden, New Jersey; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a morning and afternoon drive personality, a newsman, a News Director, a Music Director, and a Program Director. He has hosted and participated in numerous television fundraisers and specials.
Gary’s on-air work has been awarded the Hal Jackson Contributor’s Award as “Broadcaster of the Year” from the International Association of African American Music. He has received numerous awards and recognitions in the industry and the community, which include being a finalist in the Best PM Drive Talent/Show category from the Philadelphia Achievement in Radio Awards, the “From Whence We Came Award” from Allstate Insurance Company, and a nomination as Urban AC Personality/Show of the Year from Radio and Records, one of the leading trade publications of the broadcast and record industry.
Tune in to TUTV on Friday, October 20, at 12:00 & 800 PM or watch anytime on templetv.net.
TUTV Wins
The 41st Annual Mid-Atlantic NATAS Awards was presented on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square in Lancaster, P.A. Of the thirteen nominations, TUTV received two. The cast and crew from OwlSports Update took home the award for Best College Student Production Long Form, and student-producers from The Temp got Best College Production for Sports Story or Segment.
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENT PRODUCTION- LONG FORM
“For the Love of the City”– Temple University
Jake Jesberger, Executive Producer
Will Meade, Producer
Gil Rosen, Photographer-Editor
Sage Hurley, Reporter
Ray Dunne, Reporter
Josh Safran, Reporter
Emilie Cochrane, Reporter
Vik Raghupathi, Reporter
Johnnie Williams, Reporter
Brielle Berry, Reporter
Jojo Chen, Graphics Coordinator
Hailey Palmer, Producer
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PRODUCTION AWARDS- SPORTS STORY OR SEGMENT
“A Dynamic Duo: Tasheed & Ahmad”– Temple University
Emilie Cochrane, Reporter/Writer/Editor
Jake Jesberger, Videographer/Editor
Neil Ortiz, Faculty Advisor
Mydia Marie Alonso, Faculty Advisor
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!