{"id":88206,"date":"2023-10-19T19:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=88206"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:55:43","slug":"st-new-atvn-broadcasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-new-atvn-broadcasters\/","title":{"rendered":"New ATVN Broadcasters: Winter 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last couple of years we have been blessed with the opportunity to add some significant talent to the Astound TV Network\u2019s lineup of great on-air talent to both our sports coverage and regular programming staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m proud to say that our on-air family will continue to grow as we prepare for the upcoming \u201cwinter\u201d campaign!<\/span><\/p>\n

As we get ready for the new season, we wanted to reveal some of our new personalities and roles that you will be seeing on ATVN over the next several months.<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all, we\u2019d like to welcome in new talents to our annual Dream Come True telethon coming up in a few weeks (be on the lookout to check out this year\u2019s on-line auction items for some great specials\/gifts and ways you can help our a great local charity).<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/strong>rtie Freeman<\/b>, the host of ATVN\u2019s hottest new show \u201cCultural Bridges\u201d and also does a great job hosting the \u201cMovie Vault\u201d features and as guest host on \u201cCommunity Spotlight\u201d on our network, will be joining our telethon on-air team as a co-host.\u00a0 Artie will be providing great interviews with DCT families to share their stories and let you know how much your donations mean to children who are seriously, chronically and terminally ill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lilly Moss Hercik<\/b> will join our on-air staff officially for this December\u2019s telethon.\u00a0 She made her debut with the Astound TV Network last winter by performing a live song, but this year the singer\/pianist will not only be providing several musical performances on the program but will also join Scott Barr at \u201cAuction Central,\u201d working with Scott to feature the many great auction items we have available.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aziz Atiyeh <\/b>joins the ATVN Sports Staff as an announcer for our local soccer and volleyball coverage.\u00a0 <\/span>Aziz excelled in three scholastic sports (football, soccer and volleyball) at Whitehall High School and went on to play the latter two sports successfully at Kings College in Wilkes-Barre. Atiyeh brings his experiences with all three sports to the Astound sports family as a commentator.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawn CIpolla<\/b> is one of the most decorated women coaches in the Lehigh Valley over the last ten years, and now she will be commenting on high school sports for ATVN.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cipolla, who won four District 11 championships and four East Penn Conference titles in her 7 years as head coach at Parkland High School. She also earned several coach of the year and team of the year awards during her tenure with the Trojans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also, we are pleased to announce that all of last year\u2019s \u201cnewbies\u201d will be returning for this winter sports season:\u00a0 Cameron Nunez<\/strong>, Adrianna Dias<\/strong>, Jarrett Carnes<\/strong>, and Brittany Thomas<\/strong> will all be back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Please welcome \u2013 and welcome back \u2013 our winter on-air team!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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