EDITOR'S NOTE: VISIT THE CHICAGO MEDIAHUB PROJECT GOOGLE GROUP SITE AT http://groups.google.com/group/chicagomediahub and join the project!!!
The Chicago MediaHub Project has the following purposes:
1)
Create a media platform capable of producing and distributing quality
journalism, entertainment, and community-oriented media programming via
a cutting-edge production and distribution framework; utilizing new and
existing creative and technology resources based in Chicago.
2)
Act as a catalyst for media production, distribution, and job training
in Chicago; through engaging community, corporate, and
internationally-recognized standards organizations for employment
re-training and ongoing excellence in content production and
distribution.
3) Create, teach, learn, and re-organize the media
landscape through new citizen-powered business, community, and media
production models.
4) Finance, grow, and mentor new production
companies, organizations, and individual properties; through pooled
funding, financial planning, and tiered micro-financing of projects and
producers, projects and individuals.
5) Host and distribute programming and resource-based educational resources on a fully-integrated technology platform.
6) Continuously evolve through input, organizational change, and creative self-analysis.
STATUS UPDATE:
In
August 2009
we announced a partnership to bring a new talk radio
station to the Chicago media market.
The Foval Group Inc. is the
current
Corporate holder of the
wsRadioChicago.com Station Agreement with
wsRadio Inc. (
http://www.wsradio.com), the world's largest provider of
Internet talk radio to
Live365.com,
iTunes, and numerous other online
websites. We hope to announce the actual first broadcast day (station
launch date) very soon...likely in Mid-October to November timeframe.
You
can learn more about this exciting new development
in our story by reviewing the posts on this site, as well as at
ScottsBigMouth.com. In addition to
wsRadioChicago.com, we hope to
launch a
Spanish-language talk radio station, based in Chicago, and creating
Spanish-language talk radio content in collaboration with wsRadio in
other areas of the country. We also intend to launch an Entertainment
channel, featuring Chicago's unique music and entertainment scene.
Most importantly, we are working with wsRadio and other providers to
launch the very first Chicago-based "Social MultiMedia Station" which
will broadcast our stations' content around the globe through its
associated websites. Our partners at AdAnonymous
(
http://www.adanonymous.com) are coordinating those efforts to build
Social Media into the "fabric" of all of our programs and channels, as
well as supervise the build-out of
wsRadioChicago.com and relaunch of
ScottsBigMouth.com for our future audience.
As we are in
pre-development of the
wsRadioChicago.com operation here, and for the
other stations as well; we are in search of investment and content
partners to hep us with this groundbreaking project. We are working
with GrowThink, Inc. our investment and venture capital, management
consulting, and services partner (
http://www.GrowThink.com) to identify
and secure private investors to join this effort. Our initial budget
for first-year operations includes the build-out of the station,
ownership of the wsRadioChicago.com talk radio license, coordination of
new program creation, the station launch, and social media operations
with our partners.
In the future we will offer sponsored
programming, LIVE video simulcasting, syndication of our content, and
multi-site support for our programming across mediums such as mobile,
VOD, Internet, podcasts, advertising platforms, satellite, cable, and
terrestrial broadcast media (traditional radio and TV). Our programming
will be diverse, empowering, progressive, and open; allowing ANYONE who
wants to host and produce a show, the ability to do so with a
professional production platform.
For more information, please
review the documents on this site, and feel free to post your comments
and questions. You may also contact me directly, as the owner of The
Foval Group Inc. and Founder of The Chicago MediaHub Project; via email
scott@foval.com, or telephone 1-773-570-0011 (Google Voice Number). It
is my hope that you will allow me and our partners to help you bring
your show idea to reality!
Scott Foval
