Local Routes: Five Years of Favorites (Episode 510)

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Local Routes: Five Years of Favorites (Episode 510)

Do you know what happens when you try to put the best moments and stories from of 87 episodes into one 30-minute program? You can’t. We needed to extend this special presentation to a full hour to fit in the best of the best of 5 years of Local Routes. We present butterflies, red wolf puppies, the history of Smokey Hollow, and much more. Enjoy this special pledge episode, where with a donation to WFSU you can receive some wonderful WFSU-TV 60th Anniversary thank-you gifts. Support WFSU today at https://wfsu.org/donateLR.

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Moments From Some of Our Favorite Stories

  • A group of people standing next to a man
    The release of Monarch butterflies after tagging.
  • A person cooking hot dogs on a grill
    Taste testing boiled peanuts from the Peanut Man on Highway 98.
  • A little boy that is playing in a park
    Backyard butterfly release
  • A hand holding a bird
    A Snowy Plover getting banded at Deer Lake State Park.
  • A body of water
    Alum Bluff on the Aplachicola River
  • A house with trees in the background
    The edge of Smokey Hollow before demolition.
  • A close up of a hand
    Bruce Means balances a Dwarf Salamander.
  • A herd of sheep standing on top of a grass covered field
    An alpaca checks out the WFSU Camera
  • A close up of food
    Two baby Snowy Plovers waiting to get banded.

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Suzanne Smith
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Suzanne Smith is Executive Producer for Television at WFSU Public Media. She oversees the production of local programs at WFSU, is host of WFSU Local Routes, and a regular content contributor.

Suzanne’s love for PBS began early with programs like Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and continues to this day. She earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri with minors in political science and history. She also received a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of Florida.

Suzanne spent many years working in commercial news as Producer and Executive Producer in cities throughout the country before coming to WFSU in 2003. She is a past chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association’s Content Peer Learning Community and a member of Public Media Women in Leadership organization.

In her free time, Suzanne enjoys spending time with family, reading, watching television, and exploring our community.