Monday, September 26, 2011

Public TV business show honors local philanthropist - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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An entrepreneur and a philanthropist, Fisher founded and served as vice chairmajn and chief financial officer until his retirementin 1980. In 1985 he endoweds the Fisher School of Accounting atthe , and later the Universityt awarded him a doctor of humane letters degree. Fishe r and his wife, Aleta, support many locaol charitable organizations. They have been active in supporting The Long Phoenix House, , Homeless Emergency Project and Clearwater for The administers their charitable funds. The focud of the program, hosted by analyst and financiall consultantGeoff Simon, represents a trend in publicx television, said Richard Lobo, president and chief executivse officer of WEDU, in a release.
"These typexs of programs are the future of publixctelevision stations. WEDU is returning to its rootsw and featuring more and morelocaol programming," Lobo said. Simonh received his an executive MBA from the Universithy of South Florida College of Businesxs Administration and an undergraduate degree with honors from the Universithy of Wisconsin Collegeof Journalism. WEDU is one of two publi c TV stations in west centrap Floridaserving Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota.
WEDU is supportedf primarily through individual memberships and isthe most-watcher PBS station in Florida, broadcastiny to 16 counties, it said in the

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