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Oklahoma Horizon Celebrates One Year, Partners with Oklahoma Living
By Ann Houston
Oklahoma Department of CareerTech
Anniversaries and new partnerships are often cause for celebration. On the production set of Oklahoma Horizon, both are being celebrated.
Rob McClendon, executive producer, Oklahoma Horizon |
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In January, the show celebrated its first anniversary, recognizing accomplishments that surpassed expectations. This includes receiving the Broadcaster of the Year Award by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau for coverage of rural economic issues.
Also, a new partnership was formed with Oklahoma Living magazine – the largest monthly publication in the state. The magazine reaches 300,000 cooperative households statewide.
Oklahoma Living joins the show’s original partners, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in cooperation with OETA. The studio is located at CareerTech’s state department in Stillwater.
In its first year of production, Oklahoma Horizon can be viewed by 24 million households nationally and 380,000 in Oklahoma, according to Executive Producer Rob McClendon. |
“Oklahoma Living often covers the same type of stories that we do,” McClendon said. “By combining forces, we will be better able to achieve our shared goal of promoting Oklahoma and its assets.”
Now, some of Oklahoma Living’s content will be available to an even larger audience through this partnership. And, likewise, several times a month, Oklahoma Horizon will air an Oklahoma Living segment featuring a story from the magazine.
“We hope that this new partnership will help bring more of the informative and entertaining content our readers already enjoy in our magazine,” said Chelsey Simpson. Simpson is the managing editor of/Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives.
“We are excited about the new partnership with Oklahoma Horizon,” Simpson said. “Here at the OAEC, we are fond of 'cooperative efforts,' so when we saw that the people at Career Tech were promoting rural Oklahoma just like we were, we were happy to join forces. The cross promotion that this opportunity provides will allow more readers and viewers across the state to access our magazine's informative, entertaining content.”
The 30-minute weekly production begins airing on OETA at 3 p.m. on Sundays. Throughout the following week, the show also airs on local cable stations, RFD-TV on the Dish Network and Direct TV. |
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Chelsey Simpson, managing editor, Oklahoma Living |
Oklahoma Horizon’s website provides the links to streaming video of stories, as well as additional program-related information. Oklahoma Horizon is also the first in Oklahoma to provide a Podcast download for both video and audio use.
Visit www.okhorizon.com for a complete television schedule as well as a list of upcoming stories.
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