Kids Produce National TV Series in their bedroom and rival pros!

Released on = August 10, 2005, 8:53 am

Press Release Author = Zac Rich

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Nationally syndicated teen show Swept Away TV will begin its 6th season later this month and although the show now airs in such cities as New York City, Dallas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Miami, St Paul and Philadelphia, one
aspect has not changed. Show host Zac Rich and director Jeff Hendler still edit the 30 minute show on their APPLE MAC G5 stationed in Zac's bedroom. Digital technology now readily available at a reasonable price, helps fuel this imaginative gang of
teenagers.

Press Release Body = Swept Away TV began as a local show founded by Rich's sisters Jaime and Amanda. When they went off to college and law school, they left the show in his hands. Jaime and Amanda set up a not for profit corporation that recruited at risk teens to gain career experiences in the media fields. When Zac took over, he recruited a cast and crew of 73, some traveling from Orlando, Naples, Key West and Daytona Beach for the twice a month shoots. The cast and crew range in age from
14 to 19 and represent just about any ethnic background you can think of.

Although the show is teen filmed and edited, don't be fooled into thinking that this is an amateur project. The show now is requested by channels asking to air the 22 episodes produced per year. The shows air on commercial television stations such as the Equity broadcasting channels, college stations such as the Columbia University channel in New York City, educational television stations, community
television channels, and various youth channels such as the Youth Channel in Atlanta and the one in St Paul, Minnesota.

Season 6 already promises to be the most exciting season ever produced by the teens. Interviews slated to air during the upcoming months include Lava Record's artists OAR and Click 5, Capitol Records Reliant K, Warped Tour headlines MXPX and indie
band No Use for a Name. Host Zac Rich explains, "We pride ourselves on discovering the new and emerging artists as well as revisiting our audience's favorites each season, and we are usually way ahead of mainstream radio and tv."

And way ahead of mainstream production companies as well! Swept Away TV is funded by parental donations, small grants and fundraising by the cast and crew. Hendler and Rich have formed a production company to produce electronic press kits for bands
in order to raise funds for the show. Zac Rich spends every available moment not spent at school or producing the tv show, working at the local Mac Store.

Students nationwide who are interested in producing features for the show are urged to contact Rich or Hendler through the website at www.sweptawaytv.com. The crew welcomes all interested teenagers to become a part of their production team. Their aim is to make the show available this season to everyone who wants to watch.

"I gave up little league 6 years ago to become a part of Swept Away TV, says Hendler now a junior at the University of Miami Film School, and I've never looked
back." " I've worked on professional production crews for major television networks and our teen produced television show can keep up with the best of them!.

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Swept Away TV is a teen produced, edited, written and filmed television show originating in Boca Raton Florida. The show is a part of the not for profit 501c3
organization Swept Away Media, also located in Boca Raton Florida. The show website is located at www.sweptawaytv.com. Swept Away Tv is the winner of the AEGIS award for production excellence in 2004 and a finalist in the national TELLY awards in
2005. The show was also a finalist in the 2001 Billboard awards for regional tv shows. Swept Away Media was formed in 2000 to provide career experiences for at risk interested teens in the media fields. The organization has produced magazine
articles and columns, marketing campaigns and 6 seasons of the television show Swept Away TV.

Hi Resolution photos available at http://pressroom.sweptawaytv.com/

Web Site = http://www.sweptawaytv.com

Contact Details = Zac Rich
sweptawaytv@bellsouth.net
www.sweptawaytv.com
561-504-4995