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   We offer permanently placed, affordable, far-reaching, one-time-only payment, ad campaigns as well as short and long-form TV commercials to any local small business.
   We do it all for a price that anyone business can afford and is simply unheard of in this business. 
   In turn, our shows and their companion podcasts and papers simply couldn’t exist without the reciprocal and generous support, kindness, and patience that we received from small businesses and I cannot thank them all enough for helping us fight the good fight every day to help us showcase their wonderful "Great Small Towns".
    Small business matters, and helping to celebrate and promote them too is the other side of our deeper mission, purpose here.
    We're all in this together my friends and every episode, paper, podcast we create goes a long way to help celebrate and promote the small towns and communities that we, and the small businesses and organizations that support this project, love, believe in and care about.
    "Great Small Towns" of any size are nothing without the equally great small businesses that are central to their success.

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Why and how?
One of the most frequent questions we get from everyone we meet is simply, why small towns and how have we survived in this crazy business all of these years doing something so oddly specific? 

Our purpose-driven mission and life
   Well, as anyone who has been on the public broadcast side of television production, all we can say is you do what you have to do to survive.
   This is not 9-5. It's a life.
   It's not for the weak-spirited, or loosely dedicated. It takes a deep sense of purpose and every ounce of determination, skill, business acumen, fortitude and blind-faith that you can muster. You have to be willing to fail and fail big and always willing to learn form your mistakes as you make them.  Every day. Always learning, always improving, always growing. 
   To our collective core, we believe in what we're doing here and more importantly, we believe in ourselves. We believe in our mission. And we believe in our purpose. 
   And through the thousands of pieces individual feedback from fans, towns people, small businesses and town government officials, we know what we're doing is working and that's all we ever need to know to keep going. 

Why small towns?
   A good portion of the small towns here in the US have been left for dead, forgotten and derided to the point of becoming shadows of their former collective selves.
   But you see, the bones of these towns, the buildings, the streets and a good many of the  integral pieces of their infrastructure are still here for us.
   You simply couldn't afford to build all of this from the ground up now if you had to. It's all just waiting for us to "see it" and wake up, roll up our sleeves and get to work rebuilding what was left for us.
    These small towns are rightly ours and generationally inherited to repurpose, re-imagine and reawaken.
   Respecting and upholding the amazing historical narrative and foundations that are left for us to reawaken and build upon. 



We believe
   In our small way, we're helping to correct a 100+ year long misstep. Helping to get things back on track and bringing  awareness to just how deeply these places mean to our collectively memory and the very foundations of this country and the communal, foundational pillars and ideals it was built on. 
   We believe that we simply cannot afford let the small towns of this country down any longer allowing them to slip away further into disrepair and the collective mists of time and our memory.
   We  believe that small towns are one of the key missing pieces for the collective, communal death-spiral that we've all been deeply feeling in this country for the last almost 100 years and certainly, over the last 50. 
   We believe our small communities and towns have to be put back to their rightful place here in the U.S. . At the least, somewhat back on the correct path again. Restored enough to start to regain their footing. For the collective good of us all.
   We believe this is our collective mission and our purpose. 

With a little help
   Helping to revive interest in small towns and bringing them back into our current, collective consciousness to inspire people to recognize, discover and rediscover them again, and hopefully, inspire a few key people to move back into them, is what this is ultimately all about. It's about  action and results. Now. Not later.

Thank you
   With all of that said and understood, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping to support all we do. It means the world to us and the small towns that benefit from the generous support that you provide toward our mission. 


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Hello! We have been followers of your work ever since you started producing content for television. From the "Discovering WNY" series to your latest projects. We have watched it all and thoroughly enjoyed each episode, on TV and on YouTube. We have a particular fondness for the in-depth interviews in "Discovering WNY." There's something about the human element of that series that resonates deeply with us. That series had a warmth and intimacy that added an extra layer of connection for us as viewers. You truly are a genius in the field, and we are excited to see what you'll come up with next. We found this email address on your YouTube channel and just wanted to drop by and say "hi," and of course, to share our admiration for your incredible talent. ~ Diane & Bob (Buffalo, NY)

"Hi Tony. We would like to show a few of your videos at our April membership meeting. We think they're fantastic." ~ John D. (Elma, NY)


"Hi! My name is Anne and I'm reaching out from Clarence, New York. I've had the pleasure of viewing multiple episodes of your productions and I must say, they are exceptional. The seamless flow and narrative style of your content make for an engaging viewing experience." ~ Anne (Clarence, NY)

"Hello! My name is John and I am writing from Medina. I watched an episode of your TV show this afternoon on TV. Actually by chance. Loved it. Finally somebody gives value to WNY. And  congratulations again for the amazing work. It surely takes a lot of passion. I read you did it all by yourself." ~ John W. and family (Medina, NY)

"I just cried my eyes out (happy tears) after seeing the episode you produced about our little town on WNED - so wonderful. No one seems to see our town in the way we see it. But you did. You truly did." ~ Ry (Cuba, NY)

"Hi! I just had to share how much this video means to me. My dad passed away unexpectedly a few years ago. We have since taken over the business and it was so nice to hear his voice & listen to him talk about the business again. Thank you." ~Mackenzie (Westfield, NY)

"My husband and I just read through your paper and found your show online and I am happy to tell you that we are now planning a few weekend day trips based on them. Thank you so much for the effort that all of this must have taken. It's so cool to discover these towns that we live near but never seem to get to. Now you've inspired us to do just that." ~ Sara and Tim M. (Amherst, NY)

"This is absolutely brilliant. I’m so impressed. I’m going to send this to everyone I can think of. This should be mandatory viewing for Western, New Yorkers." ~ Lucy W. (Fredonia, NY)

"Your Old Shep Podcast could have been five hours and I would have been glued to my speakers. I loved it and wanted to hear more! There are so many fascinating local legends to uncover here in Western, New York and I am so happy someone is taking the initiative to showcase it all." ~ George S. (Gardenville, NY)

"Having grown up in the Clymer area and frequented Neckers Co, Dutch Village and French Creek Tavern I can honestly say you captured the essence of each business. I could listen to Boo and Lucille talk for hours. Keep up the good work!" ~ Scott R. (Clymer, NY)

NOTE: All sponsor comments are taken from eMails or A.A.'s YouTube
channel but may be edited from the source to conserve space.

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SPONSORS
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"In the 20+ years that I've been in business, this is the best money that I have ever spent on advertising. It not only benefits my business directly, but also the town that I've invested my life and livelihood in. And for me, that's a win/win/win for everyone! " ~ Todd W. (Sponsor & Small Business Owner)

"I could have spent ten times more and not seen the results I've had with the campaign you created for us. The free commercial was worth it's weight in gold for us on Social Media and we've had lots of customers say that they've also seen our logo on your show, podcast and in your paper. Thank you for all that you do for the small towns in the region. I always wondered why no one ever recognized them for the hidden gems they are. I am more than proud to support our town and your show." ~ Eric P. (Sponsor & Small Business Owner)

"This small town thing you built ROCKS!" ~ Dave L. (Sponsor & Small Business Owner)

NOTE: All sponsor comments are taken from eMails
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  • TV & Web Series
    • Western, NY >
      • Discovering WNY
      • Small Town WNY
      • WNY Podcasts
      • WNY Photos >
        • Arcade, NY
        • Avon, NY
        • Barcelona, NY
        • Batavia, NY
        • Bliss, NY
        • Brockport, NY
        • Bushnell Basin, NY
        • Clarence Center, NY
        • Canadaigua, NY
        • Corfu, NY
        • East Bloomfield, NY
        • Ebenezer, NY
        • Elma, NY
        • Fairport, NY
        • Farmington, NY
        • Hamburg Beach, NY
        • Highway 20 to Alden
        • Holland, NY
        • Honeoye Lake, NY
        • Lakeville, NY
        • Macedon, NY
        • North Tonawanda, NY
        • Outside Canadaigua, NY
        • Penfield, NY
        • Pittsford, NY
        • Silver Creek, NY
        • Tonawanda, NY
        • West Seneca, NY
        • Williamsville, NY
      • WNY Paper
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