Our Staff
Dan Schiedel, General Manager
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Dale A. McKinney, Production Manager
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Jim Mertins, Chief Engineer
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Stephanie Baumgarte, Membership Coordinator
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Bryan Crain, Producer/Director
Bryan serves as producer/director at RSU Public TV. His television career began at KJRH in Tulsa as a photojournalist/editor before moving to the creative services department. As senior promotions producer, he was responsible for many image campaigns, news promotions and producing a quarterly segment for the national program, "Fast Forward". As a news photojournalist, some of Bryan’s most notable work includes his coverage of the Oklahoma city bombing.At RSU Public Television, Bryan’s main responsibilities include producing on air promotions, pledge drives, image campaigns, motion graphics and documentaries. He has earned numerous national awards at RSU Public Television for his work on the documentaries "Voices Of Bartlesville" and "RSU: The First 100 Years" (a collaboration with with nationally acclaimed television host Bill Kurtis) and as Director/Photojournalist for the nationally syndicated program"Woodturning Workshop". Bryan is known for his ability to get things done in a crunch, and still maintain excellent quality.
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Gary Fox, Master Control Supervisor
Gary Fox grew up in the movie theaters and drive-ins of Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Western Kentucky University where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications -- TV Production Emphasis, and Theater, and a Master’s Degree in Speech Communication. He has worked as a videotape editor at KODE-TV in Joplin, Missouri, and as an on-air personality at KOBC in Joplin and KVIN in Vinita.
He last served as Director of Marketing for Northeast Technology Center where he worked for 27 years before retiring. He spends most of his free time developing his home theater with wife Jeanie. He has four children and five grandchildren. At RSU Public TV, Gary supervises 3 full-time professionals and 4 student workers, and enjoys coordinating efforts between traffic, media, and master control. Gary's a great team player and another great asset to RSU Public TV!
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Holly Parker, Traffic Coordinator
Holly joined the team in April 2010. She is a graduate of Henderson State University with a BA in Mass Communications. In college, Holly’s research in Hispanic hospital advertising won an award for “Best Senior Research Project Of The Year”. Holly has experience in tv as an editor and production assistant. Prior to moving to Oklahoma and joining the RSU Public TV team as the Traffic Coordinator, Holly worked as an Administrative Assistant in Hot Springs, AR.
Some of Holly’s job responsibilities including preparing the logs for airtimes, planning breaks as well as searching for new programs and assisting in station promotions.
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Catherine Heimdale, Administrative Assistant
Catherine Heimdale graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and has some 20 years of experience in the area she now works in, as Administrative Assistant to RSU Public TV. She enjoys the challenges and the people she works with a great deal. Catherine loves working at RSU Public TV because she feels her job makes a difference in her community and the world.
Catherine has done volunteer public speaking and teaching for over 6 years on domestic violence, dating violence and personal motivation. She has spoken for Domestic Violence Intervention Services in Tulsa, Safenet in Claremore, the Margaret Hudson Program (Tulsa), the Family Crisis & Counseling Services in Bartlesville, Owasso Community Resources, Police and Sheriff’s offices in northeast Oklahoma, Tulsa Public Schools, the Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Center and many business and philanthropic organizations in northeastern Oklahoma. She is always willing to ‘stand on her soap box’ to deliver her powerful message.
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Holly Hargrave, Media Manager
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Brady Irby, Producer/DirectorBrady attended Rogers State University for 4 years as a broadcasting student, many times learning from the very people he works with today. Brady graduated in 2007 with a bachelors degree in Mass Communications. Prior to joining RSU Public TV, Brady worked as a Senior Media Producer in the Tulsa advertising and media industry. Some of his most notable accomplishments include video productions shot on location in Israel, Greece, and Turkey.
Brady has developed high quality video projects for industry leaders in religious programming, architectural design, home improvement, real estate and family entertainment. Additionally, Brady has played an important role in developing television and radio advertising campaigns for a variety of products and businesses. As a producer/director for RSU Public TV, Brady is responsible for producing the local production "In The Garden". Brady also assist in the production of "Green Country Perspectives" and "RSU Hillcat Basketball".
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Dan Kara, Assistant Engineer
Dan is an RSC Broadcasting Alum and was one of the first full time Master Control Operators hired by KRSC TV. Dan has also worked for Vyvx as a Video Technician in the Operations Center. He was later promoted to Sports Team where he worked several "High Profile" sporting events for worldwide backhaul. Some of Dan's most notable projects include the 1996 Olympics, two NFL Superbowls and several championship games for baseball and basketball. It hasn't always been television for Dan though. He has also worked for the Transportation Security Administration as a flight security officer. While Dan enjoyed the company of fellow officers, he decided that it just wasn't his cup of tea!
One of Dan's interest has alway's been Jazz music. Dan was later ask to fill in for Chuck Cissel as a guest host for "All That Jazz" on KRSC radio, a radio station licensed and operated by Rogers State University. When Chuck's duties as a CEO became increasingly overwhelming, Dan was offered the position and Producer/Host of the show. This lead to Dan's discovery of an Assistant Engineering position at RSU Public TV. The rest is history! Dan is known around the studio for his witty sense of humor and willingness to make things work.
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Tim Yoder, Producer/Photojournalist
Tim Yoder has been a producer for RSU Public TV for quite some time now. Tim has wore many hats throughout his time at RSU Public TV, however Tim is most recognized by others as the host for the nationally syndicated program, Woodturning Workshop. Tim's abilities as a host and a producer shine through as he is a two time Emmy nominated television Photojournalist. Currently a Producer and Director of Photography with RSU-TV, Tim’s 25 year television career started with KOTV, a Tulsa CBS affiliate.
Tim is also responsible for heading up the production of RSU Public TV's series of documentaries. His most notable works include "Voices of Bartlesville" and "RSU:The First 100 Years". One of Tim's most recent projects found him racing down a track at speeds of up to 120 miles per hour! Tell us that's not job dedication!
Tim's favorite hobby is most definetly woodturning, which he has been doing now for over a decade. Tim was the 2004 ‘Woodturner of the Year’ for the Northeastern Oklahoma Woodturners Association. He also teaches woodturning at the Tulsa Technology Center in his spare time.
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