Central Florida PBS viewers have a front-row seat for discussions with Gov. Rick Scott, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and other area 鈥渕overs and shakers鈥� in W麻豆原创 TV鈥檚 first locally produced public affairs show debuting this month.
Hosted by Diane Trees, director of the Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies at 麻豆原创, Metro Center Outlook explores issues impacting Florida鈥檚 economic prosperity and development.
The new show kicked off with a special聽episode featuring Gov. Rick Scott, filmed on location during last month鈥檚 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.聽The special premiered on W麻豆原创 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 Florida鈥檚 projected $3 billion budget deficit and high unemployment.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to create programs that don鈥檛 fit for Florida,鈥� Scott says.
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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 W麻豆原创 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.
鈥�Metro Center Outlook will take a thoughtful look at issues important to our viewers, region and state,鈥� Trees said. 鈥淥ur goal is to present multiple sides of a story so that viewers can make up their own mind.鈥�
Trees鈥� Metro Center, in partnership with other institutions and organizations, was established in 2001 to serve as a link between 麻豆原创 and the community in a regional approach that encompasses 13 Central Florida counties. It was founded by former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin.
W麻豆原创 TV is a partnership between the 麻豆原创 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.
W麻豆原创 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 W麻豆原创 TV, go to .