The WEB MASTERS to Debut on Amazon Prime Video

PHILADELPHIA, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, the WEB MASTERS, an exciting new miniseries featuring serial web entrepreneur Kenneth Wisnefski, announced its anticipated launch on Amazon Prime Video sometime in late 2020.  The debut date was set for early 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The show's premise is to help businesses elevate their digital presence to increase exposure, improve their overall brand reputation, and ultimately help people and their businesses succeed. 

Season 1, Episode 1 features celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis in her quest to catapult the online exposure for her lifestyle website, Giadzy.com.  While De Laurentiis has authored several NY Times Bestseller cookbooks, gaining more traction to her site has been somewhat challenging.

Wisnefski says, "Giada has a tremendous overall brand and she and her team do an amazing job developing outstanding content for her lifestyle site. My goal is to assist Giadzy in making certain that the site is sound from a technical aspect and that her unique content is more visible via search results."

Having learned the digital landscape from the ground-up since 2001, Wisnefski has helped thousands of businesses and individuals the same way he assists De Laurentiis. From search engine optimization and social media advertising to reputation management, Wisnefski argues no two companies are the same.

"Everyone has their own unique vision for their brand and all businesses measure success differently," says Wisnefski.  "Given the dynamic nature of the internet, it is critical to not only understand each businesses' vision but create a digital plan that can be versatile and adapt to how consumers browse, shop and spend money."

The WEB MASTERS is a collaboration from Emmy Award winning Executive Producers Shane Farley and Alex Boylan. It is slated to launch on Amazon Prime Video in late 2020.  To learn more about the WEB MASTERS series, please visit https://www.thewebmasters.tv/.  For press and media inquiries please contact John Borkowski at JBorkowski@webimax.com or 609-576-5175. SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Steve Kamer Inked As Imaging Voice For 11 Saga News-Talkers

June 29, 2020 at 8:16 AM (PT)

Voiceover ace STEVE KAMER has been hired by SAGA COMMUNICATIONS as the imaging voice of their eleven CBS NEWS RADIO-affiliated News-Talk stations.

SAGA VP/Programming BOB LAWRENCE said, "STEVE KAMER is truly the perfect fit given that he is also the signature voice of the entire CBS RADIO NETWORK.  We now have a seamless synergy between all local and network imaging and it just sounds exceptional. Our listeners might also recognize STEVE's voice from the NBC OLYMPICS, 'INSIDE EDITION,' 'TAMRON HALL,' and more. SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE.

Report: Bill Kurtis Out, Steve Kamer In As WGN/Chicago Imaging Voice

September 30, 2019 at 4:59 AM (PT)

ROBERTFEDER.COM is reporting that BILL KURTIS has been dropped as imaging voice of NEXSTAR News-Talk WGN-A/CHICAGO and STEVE KAMER has been hired as the station's new voice.

The change from the longtime TV news anchorman and host to the veteran voiceover specialist comes as NEXSTAR takes over operation of WGN. KURTIS, who continues as announcer and judge on crosstown CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO and NPR's "WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME," has been voicing WGN for three years. FULL ARTICLE HERE

Robservations on the media beat

posted on September 30, 2019 at 5:30 am by Robert Feder

The dulcet voice of legendary Chicago anchorman Bill Kurtis won’t be heard on WGN 720-AM anymore. New owner Nexstar Media Group has dropped Kurtis after three years as the signature voice of the news/talk station. Starting today, station identifications and promos will be recorded by Steve Kamer, a New York-based voice-over artist known for work on NBC Olympics coverage. Under executive vice president Sean Compton Nexstar is seeking to broaden the appeal of the former Tribune Broadcasting radio flagship and tie it more closely to TV sister station WGN-Channel 9. Case in point: New jingles for WGN Radio incorporate the familiar theme music from the TV station’s newscasts. “We are embracing our Midwest roots,” a Nexstar spokesman said. “Going to bring back the warmness of WGN — a station for everyone.” FULL ARTICLE HERE

Steve Kamer, Announcing Is His Calling

From the time I was in elementary school I wanted to be on the radio.

I loved radio, all I wanted to do was be a disc jockey.”

Unfortunately, dreams of working in front of a microphone don’t come true unless you are born with the right equipment.

You can’t be a voice on the radio if you don’t have the voice, the pipes, the sound, the physical tools to make the right vibrations, and the gift of gab.

“At my Bar Mitzvah, when I gave my speech, I got compliments from the congregants,” said Kamer. “I was 13, and I had the voice. I thought there was something there. Now, I had the desire and I had the instrument.”

While Kamer’s instrument today can be heard on television and radio all over the country, it had modest beginnings in and around radio stations in his New Jersey neighborhood near where George Washington crossed the Delaware to surprise the British on Christmas.

“I must have been 14 or 15 years old, I got a summer job, doing a couple hour shift, on the weekends filling in.”

Throughout high school, Kamer worked at lots of radio stations covering every format from Top-40 to middle-of-the-road.

“You build up confidence, the ability to talk to the listener, to have a rapport, because you’re sitting in a room by yourself, there’s nobody there interacting with you. I did radio for 20 years before I got into television.”

Kamer got the bug to do announcing on television in his freshman year at the University of Southern California, where he attended the Annenberg School of Communications.

“I went out to L.A. with hopes and dreams of being in entertainment. I sensed early on that I wanted to be on TV. It was more interesting to watch television and hear an announcer with video behind it.”

After college, Kamer got lucky.

“In the early ’90s, they put me on the air as the promotional voice of the Today show. And every day I did, 'Tomorrow on Today, the OJ Simpson verdict, guilty or innocent? Find out tomorrow on Today.' ”

Today, Kamer’s work includes movie trailers, narrations for documentaries on the Smithsonian Channel, and TV commercials. He’s been the voice of the New York Yankees on the YES network for 15 years and is the voice of the Olympics on NBC.

And he’s in his 20th year as the voice of Inside Edition.

Kamer’s also turned his voice over to the needs of TV stations, where turnover is rampant unless you follow one basic rule, be ready and available whenever they need you, whether it’s election results or breaking news, day or night, scheduled or not.

“I’m basically an extension of your staff. If you need to wake me because you need a promo that needs to hit air, I’m all in, no problem whatsoever. It’s rare that it happens but when you do it, it’s remembered for a long time.”