Central Florida PBS viewers have a front-row seat for discussions with Gov. Rick Scott, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and other area βmovers and shakersβ in WΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ TVβs first locally produced public affairs show debuting this month.
Hosted by Diane Trees, director of the Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies at ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½, Metro Center Outlook explores issues impacting Floridaβs economic prosperity and development.
The new show kicked off with a specialΒ episode featuring Gov. Rick Scott, filmed on location during last monthβs Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.Β The special premiered on WΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ TV at 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, and it will re-air at 11:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16; 11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16; and 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20.
The entire show with Gov. Scott also is available .
During the interview, Scott talks with Trees about Floridaβs projected $3 billion budget deficit and high unemployment.
βI donβt want to create programs that donβt fit for Florida,β Scott says.
βYou have to choose the things that are good for Florida,β he adds. βSome things politically, people donβt like, but itβs the right thing for the state.β
Metro Center Outlook settles into its permanent home at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning Oct. 26. It will re-air on Thursdays at 9 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Read more about WΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ TV’s new fall lineup here.
Additional guests for the first season include businessman and community leader Rick Walsh; Lake Nona Medical City advocate Rasesh Thakkar; and Paul Tash, chairman and CEO of the Times Publishing Co. in St. Petersburg.
βMetro Center Outlook will take a thoughtful look at issues important to our viewers, region and state,β Trees said. βOur goal is to present multiple sides of a story so that viewers can make up their own mind.β
Treesβ Metro Center, in partnership with other institutions and organizations, was established in 2001 to serve as a link between ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ and the community in a regional approach that encompasses 13 Central Florida counties. It was founded by former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin.
WΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ TV is a partnership between the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ and Brevard Community College, created to keep PBS in Central Florida. The station launched July 1 for more than 3.5 million viewers with the promise of providing the community PBS favorites and high-quality local programs.
WΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ TV airs on Bright House Networks digital cable channels 1 and 1001 in Orange, Brevard, Seminole, Osceola, Flagler, Volusia, Lake, Marion and Sumter counties.
For more on where to find and what to see on WΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ TV, go to .