At the Blue Canoe Brewery each week
11/4/2011
At the Blue Canoe Brewery each week
At the Blue Canoe Brewery each week, dinner and bar patrons watch Jim Bodamer and Vic Carr talk "Wednesday Night Sports" for a live video stream.
At the Titusville Senior Center on Tuesdays, members watch a 50-inch TV in the center living room as Titusville Health & Aging Director Tim Snyder promotes shopping trips and other center activities on "The Morning Drill."
In her home in Florida, a former Titusville woman watches her grandson wrestle for the first time in live coverage of Titusville High School sports from her hometown.
"She said that she bawled. She's been living in Florida for a number of years, and it was the first time she was able to watch her grandchild wrestle," said Luke Ruot.
Ruot is the man behind a Titusville-based Internet radio station now streaming video of local sports and talk shows on TitusvillePaLive.com, Ustream.tv and Facebook.
Ruot began Internet radio broadcasts from Titusville a couple of years ago, and in November -- with $10,000 worth of high-quality audio and video equipment purchased by a community supporter -- began streaming Titusville High School Rockets sports.
Ruot's station also streams "The Wednesday Night Sports Show" from the Blue Canoe weekly from 6 to 7 p.m. and "The Morning Drill," a weekday talk show launched Feb. 14 to showcase community events and nonprofit organizations.
The station continues to play oldies music weekdays at noontime.
"Titusville had a local radio station, but it left the community. I'm trying to fill that void," Ruot said.
Previously an on-air personality for
several Meadville radio stations, Ruot, a Titusville native, left the air in 2003 to start a commercial-production company in his hometown.
"Kind of a spinoff of doing TV commercials was actually producing some longer shows that I got requests for. I was filming band concerts and music videos, things like that, and started looking into ways to do sports," Ruot said.
Audiences for sports and other video are growing, he said.
"When 'The Morning Drill' started out, we were getting 20 or 25 viewers. Within a week, it was up over 100, and by the end of the month we were getting 200 to 300 people each show," Ruot said.
Guests talk about events and services in the community and offer local takes on national and international news.
"A gentleman and his wife (who were) on a week ago had lived for a number of years in Japan, in a spot heavily damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. They talked about how often they had tsunami warnings and drills, and described what people there are going through," Ruot said.
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