Becki Rhoades, Marketing and Communications Director for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) was “in the house” Friday to meet with the Brownfield Ag News Sales Team and NAFB President Tom Steever.
Pictured, left to right: Becki Rhoades, Jennifer Shinkle, Jeff Stratman, Laurie Bonnot, Tom Steever, Anita Vanderwert, Joyce Steinman, and John Baker at Prison Brews Restaurant in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Is it just me, or do you think maybe NAFB has adopted new “team colors?”
Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner was busy with National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Board responsibilities early this week. Here’s her look back at the week:
Tom Steever and I spent the first part of this week in St. Louis for our NAFB Board Meeting ahead of the NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon on Tuesday.
Aside from all the board “duties” we have a chance to socialize and spend time with our fellow board members. Monday evening Osborn and Barr hosted the board at their St. Louis office for a nice “welcome to St. Louis reception.” Following the reception we walked to Mike Shannon’s restaurant. For those that don’t know – Mike Shannon is a former 3rd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals (’62 to ’70), spent nearly 30 years alongside Jack Buck in the broadcast booth and is now the current lead voice of the St. Louis Cardinals. I’ll be honest – I’m not a Cardinals fan (and no – just because I’m from Illinois doesn’t mean I’m a Cubs fan, either… I’m actually a San Francisco Giants fan). Shannon happened to be in the restaurant Monday evening and stopped by our table to chat. As soon as I heard his voice… I knew it was him. Tom and I took the opportunity to have our picture taken with him (how often does a girl have the chance to have her picture taken with two iconic voices it he broadcast industry?!)
Tuesday NAFB hosted the Agribusiness Luncheon and it provided an opportunity for some networking and socializing. Brownfield Ag News was well represented with Laurie Bonnot, John Baker and Anita Vanderwert, members of the NAFB Management and Sales Council as well as Tom Steever and Meghan Grebner, NAFB Broadcast Council members.
Tom did a fantastic job emceeing the luncheon (as always) and introducing the speaker Charlie Brennan.
Brennan has been with KMOX for over 20 years and regularly appears on KETC-TVs “Donnybrook”.
The NAFB staff with the huge help from Mike Orso (Osborn & Barr) did a fabulous job putting together this year’s NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon.
Brownfield’s Tom Steever, the new president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, is the featured guest on ZimmCast today.
Three Brownfield Ag News Broadcast Council members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) were recognized during the awards ceremony at the organization’s annual convention held last week in Kansas City, Mo. Ken Anderson and Julie Harker received awards for news reporting and Tom Steever received tenure recognition.
Ken Anderson, headquartered in Lincoln, Neb. received Editor’s Choice Award for Exceptional Merit from the NAFB News Service for providing accurate and timely information on a variety of issues. The NAFB News Service is a source of news and information to farm broadcasters representing more than 1,800 radio stations nationwide.
Julie Harker, based in Jefferson City, Mo. received third Place in the NAFB Newscast Awards. Each year more than 140 NAFB Broadcast Council members throughout the United States are asked to participate in the award process. Broadcasters are required to send a produced newscast that aired on a specific day chosen by the NAFB and a CD is compiled from all the entries. The Awards Committee assembles a panel of farmers to select the winning newscasts.
Tom Steever received a tenure award for 35 years as a member of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Tom will serve as President of NAFB in 2012.
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Annual Convention came to a close Friday night. Tom Steever takes over as President of the NAFB in 2012. Part of the festivities Friday night included a formal “passing of the gavel” to the Brownfield farm broadcaster. Dave Russell, Meghan Grebner and Tom Steever got all ”gussied up” for the big event.
Dave is a past Regional Vice President for the organization and Meghan is currently East Region Vice President.
Brownfield’s Ken Anderson, President of the NAFB Foundation, recognized the scholarship recipients at the luncheon today during National Assn. of Farm Broadcasting Convention in Kansas City. Our very own Carah Hart, Brownfield intern, received the coveted Glenn Kummerow Scholarship in the amount of $5,000.
Congratulations to Lauren Bogel, Texas Tech University and Carah Hart, University of Missouri.
The 2011 National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention is underway and members of the Brownfield crew that aren’t here are on their way! Our very own Tom Steever is NAFB President Elect and Convention Chair. The NAFB Convention Chronicles featured his official welcome to the big event.
Ken Anderson, Nebraska Brownfield, who serves as President of the NAFB Foundation; John Perkins, Brownfield Commodity Market Reporter; and Meghan Grebner, Indiana Brownfield stopped working on Brownfield programs long enough to pose for a picture in the NAFB newsroom this morning.
With National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Convention just a couple of weeks away, Brownfield’s Tom Steever, NAFB President-Elect, is working with the NAFB staff to put finishing touches on convention planning. NAFB Executive Director Tom Brand and the newest member of the NAFB staff, Becki Rhoades, Marketing and Communications Director, are visiting Tom and other Brownfielders in the Jefferson City, Missouri studios/offices today.
(Left to right: Tom Steever, John Perkins, Becki Rhoades, Julie Harker, Tom Brand)
Brownfield Ag News, past and present, was well represented at the 2011 National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Former Brownfield intern Bev Kreul was working in the National FFA media center; former Brownfield farm broadcaster DeLoss Jahnke is on staff at National FFA; Meghan Grebner is Indiana Brownfield Farm Director; former Brownfield farm broadcaster Tom Brand is the Executive Director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting; Dave Russell is Ohio Brownfield Farm Director; Carah Hart, former Brownfield intern was working in the National FFA Convention media center.
As National Association of Farm Broadcasting President-Elect, Tom Steever has been very busy in recent months. Last week, the entire NAFB Board met in Kansas City. Meghan Grebner from Brownfield Ag News is also a Board member, serving as Vice President for the East Region.
