STEVE GILL JOINS WKRN TEAM Press Release
(Nashville - July 13, 2006) News 2 WKRN today announced that Nashville attorney and radio talk host Steve Gill has signed with the station to serve as WKRN’s chief Political Analyst. Gill will provide commentary and reports for the station’s newscasts.
“We’re thrilled Steve is joining us,” said Mike Sechrist, President and General Manager of WKRN. His knowledge of politics and issues both locally and statewide is unmatched.”
“I am very excited about becoming a part of the WKRN team,” Gill said. “With the station’s video journalists expanding the boundaries of local news, their emphasis on the emerging blogosphere and the aggressive approach to telling the important stories that affect our communities, WKRN is poised to dramatically shake up the local news business.” Until June 30, when his contract with local radio station WWTN came to an end, Gill was host of the highly rated and influential “Steve Gill Show.” Gill indicated that he expects to make an announcement concerning his radio future soon.
"We are really pleased to have Steve on our team," said Steve Sabato, WKRN Director of News and Local Programming. “Steve Gill is a terrific communicator, a unique, trusted voice who will add depth and perspective to our coverage of politics and issues which are important to the people of Nashville and middle Tennessee.”
In the past few years Gill has broadcast his radio show from the Pentagon and the White House, from the New Hampshire presidential primary election, from the Democrat and Republican Conventions, while on patrol with U.S. military forces in Baghdad and Fallujah, and while standing on the Golan Heights in Israel. Gill noted that he plans to take WKRN viewers on similar excursions. “Technology increasingly gives us the opportunity to not only let viewers hear from the newsmakers as they are making news, but to actually take them to where the newsmakers are making that news.”
Business Tennessee has named Gill among the 50 Most Influential People in Tennessee in each of the past three years. He was also recently named among the Top 100 Talk Show Hosts in America for the second straight year by Talkers Magazine. In 1992 Gill was appointed to a White House Fellowship by President George H.W. Bush and served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the U.S. Trade Representative during both the Bush and Clinton Administrations.
(Nashville - July 13, 2006) News 2 WKRN today announced that Nashville attorney and radio talk host Steve Gill has signed with the station to serve as WKRN’s chief Political Analyst. Gill will provide commentary and reports for the station’s newscasts.
“We’re thrilled Steve is joining us,” said Mike Sechrist, President and General Manager of WKRN. His knowledge of politics and issues both locally and statewide is unmatched.”
“I am very excited about becoming a part of the WKRN team,” Gill said. “With the station’s video journalists expanding the boundaries of local news, their emphasis on the emerging blogosphere and the aggressive approach to telling the important stories that affect our communities, WKRN is poised to dramatically shake up the local news business.” Until June 30, when his contract with local radio station WWTN came to an end, Gill was host of the highly rated and influential “Steve Gill Show.” Gill indicated that he expects to make an announcement concerning his radio future soon.
"We are really pleased to have Steve on our team," said Steve Sabato, WKRN Director of News and Local Programming. “Steve Gill is a terrific communicator, a unique, trusted voice who will add depth and perspective to our coverage of politics and issues which are important to the people of Nashville and middle Tennessee.”
In the past few years Gill has broadcast his radio show from the Pentagon and the White House, from the New Hampshire presidential primary election, from the Democrat and Republican Conventions, while on patrol with U.S. military forces in Baghdad and Fallujah, and while standing on the Golan Heights in Israel. Gill noted that he plans to take WKRN viewers on similar excursions. “Technology increasingly gives us the opportunity to not only let viewers hear from the newsmakers as they are making news, but to actually take them to where the newsmakers are making that news.”
Business Tennessee has named Gill among the 50 Most Influential People in Tennessee in each of the past three years. He was also recently named among the Top 100 Talk Show Hosts in America for the second straight year by Talkers Magazine. In 1992 Gill was appointed to a White House Fellowship by President George H.W. Bush and served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the U.S. Trade Representative during both the Bush and Clinton Administrations.