Media Kit 2014 Celebrating the great stories of America
EVERYBODY loves a good story! Welcome to Small Town Big Deal... where America s BEST stories come alive. We are the real deal when it comes to reality TV. We tell the stories of real people. And their stories make us laugh, fill us with pride, give us hope and remind us that national treasures are often found where we least expect them! Our nation is filled with amazing people and their personal stories of big success, clever innovation, captivating history, and sometimes downright wacky traditions. America is thirsty for this kind of reality, and it s happening on Small Town Big Deal!
Your hosts: Rodney Miller & Jann Carl Rodney, Creator/Co-Host of Small Town Big Deal, grew up in a small town in Southern Illinois. Although his career took him to the far corners of the world, his true passion has always been for small town America. He had a dream to create a television show that showcased the remarkable people and captivating stories happening in those towns everyday. Against the odds he made his dream a reality, Small Town Big Deal went on the air on RFD-TV in September 2012. Jann, Producer/Co-Host of Small Town Big Deal has been telling great stories her entire career as an Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist. I ve been in the television industry for all of my adult life, and I am seeing a shift in programming, moving away from negative and towards optimistic. Small Town Big Deal is ahead of the curve on this, and the fans are responding favorably!
Rodney Miller: From Farmboy to CEO to TV Host! Before creating Small Town Big Deal Rodney enjoyed a long career in farm machinery manufacturing and sales. He served as CEO of McCormick International, USA in Duluth, GA until May 2010. Previously he was CEO of Montana Tractors, located in Springdale, AR. Rodney led a team that took Montana Tractors from $2 million in annual revenue to over $80 million in just three years. Before his stints as a CEO, Rodney helped Valtra Tractors set up USA operations and was responsible for sales in the Midwest. In the 90 s, he was a territory manager for both Long and Mahindra Tractor companies. His career experience extends to ownership in a tractor dealership he operated for more than 10 years in Illinois. He currently serves on several boards: Georgia FFA Sponsor Board, Georgia Agribusiness Council, Illinois Rural Heritage Museum, and Georgia Agritourism Association. He still maintains a farming operation in Illinois as well as South Georgia and is founder and owner of a large corn maze/agritourism destination in metro Atlanta!
Jann Carl: Trading Hollywood s Red Carpets for America s Back Roads Jann has worked as a news reporter and anchor as well as a television producer and writer. But she is perhaps best known for her 14 years on Entertainment Tonight interviewing celebrities and working the red carpets. Jerry Lewis hand picked her to co-host the Muscular Dystrophy Association s Labor Day Telethon in 1996 and has been part of that broadcast ever since. She has served on the MDA Board of Directors and is currently a National Vice President of the organization. She has also co-hosted ABC s Oscar Countdown Academy Awards show, Countdown to the Emmys and the Tournament of Roses Parade on CBS and HGTV. A graduate of the University of Missouri s School of Journalism, her alma mater acknowledged her professional accomplishments and her service to the University with the Faculty-Alumni Award. To quote Jann, Small Town Big Deal is the show I ve been looking for my entire career! I ve always wanted to tell the fascinating, off the beaten path stories that help paint the portrait of America, and now I do.
ENTERTAINING! Informative. Amusing. Inspiring. Heartwarming. Dynamic. (...and often a little bit crazy!)
Put Small Town Big Deal to work for your brand Fresh, fascinating real-life stories RFD-TV/FamilyNet is in over 61 Million US Households of the 115 million households with TVs Delivers over 10.5 million adult viewers each week Carried on Direct TV (channel 345), Dish (channel 231) and hundreds of other cable systems to thousands of cities in over 200 DMAs across all 50 states Delivering a solid adult 50+ audience in C&D counties, the #1 Cable Network to offer this demographic penetration Two airings per week Thursdays 9:30pm EST/ 8:30pm CST; repeat Fridays 11:30am EST/10:30am CST (daytime airing subject to occasional pre-emption by network) Active website supporting our advertisers with featured announcements and links Strong product placement Tiered sponsorship packages and spot buy options
Contact us about advertising packages & product placement opportunities Rodney Miller Rodney@smalltownbigdeal.com 678-451-9889 OR Jann Carl Jann@smalltownbigdeal.com 323-697-0760 OR Small Town Big Deal, Inc. www.smalltownbigdeal.com OR Facebook: Small Town Big Deal