ABOUT THE SHOW
-- Show Info
-- Non-Profit of the Month
NEWSLETTERS
September 1
-- August 25
PHOTOS/VIDEOS
-- June 2
-- June 9
-- June 16
-- June 23
-- June 30
-- July 7
-- July 14
-- July 21
-- July 28
-- August 4
-- August 11
-- August 18
-- August 25
September 1
GUEST INFO
-- Directions to Proctors
-- Guest Guide
CONTACT INFO
-- e-mail, Ann Parillo
Welcome
to the Home Page of
Ann Parillo
Producer and Host
Schenectady-Today Show - Wednesday Edition
-- NEW --
SEE PHOTOS/VIDEOS (in the left column)
TO WATCH THE SHOW ON THE WEB
And Live
Stream of TV-16 to the WEB
The Schenectady Today Show is seen each weekday morning on Channel 16, Open Stage Media at Proctors, in Schenectady (NY) County on Public Access Television channel . Ann Parillo’s first show airied on September 16, 1998. The show is now in it’s 12th year.
As of 2010, the show reaches approximately 46 thousand households and
is shown at 10 AM, and again at 6 pm and 1 am. It appears on Schenectady
County’s Time Warner Cable System.
Show Content: The show usually has four segments with a variety
of guests interviewed each week. Regular monthly guests include Administrators
from the Schenectady School System; Representatives from the Animal Protective
Foundation and other animal groups; Faculty from the Albany College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences discussing various health issues and representatives
from City, County and State agencies. In addition, other guests include
actors and directors from the Schenectady Civic Players, Schenectady Light
Opera, Albany Civic Players, Classic Theater Guild and other area theatrical
groups; Tax Specialists from the Internal Revenue Service (during tax
season); Representatives from Schenectady County Library and the Schenectady
Museum and Representatives from area non profit organizations also appear.
The show features a different non-profit of the month each month.
About the Host: Ann Parillo is a retired NYS registered pharmacist
and besides having owned and operated her own pharmacy in Kansas has held
positions with Sterling-Winthrop Drug Company (as a manufacturing and
production pharmacist); NYS Medicaid Investigator in Surveillance and
Utilization (Medicaid fraud); Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
(Instructor and lecturer in Professional Practice, Sterile Products and
Therapeutics) and with the NYS Board of Pharmacy (Supervisor of Pharmacy
Practice and Registration). She also was the Chair of the Schenectady
Cable Commission until recently. She currently holds positions on the
NYS Board of Physical Therapy as a public member, The ElectriCity Arts
and Entertainment District Board as Vice President, Co Secretary of the
Schenectady Access Cable Council, Inc and is on the Advisory Board of
the Irish American Heritage Museum. She has performed with various theater
groups and hosted the “Single’s Talk” TV show for approximately
6 years prior to hosting Schenectady Today.
The Volunteer Crew: The show is proud to have a crew that has been
with the show from the beginning. In alphabetical order: Gregg Millett
(technical director and webmaster), Dick Paterek (camera, sound and all
around crew) and Nina Rindenello (floor manager). A new member of the
team is Ruzcia Biebic who we are pleased to have join us. Without these
dedicated people who volunteer each week, the show would not be on the
air and providing you with interviews and local information.
Theme Music: “What a Day” by Linda Sheldon of Sundial
Express.
Photo: Krystal Jean Garrison
