These Teen Television Show kids do it all themselves; Write, direct, film, edit and interview Americas most famous rock stars!

Florida teens take music television into their own hands and after 3 seasons, have picked a lot of winners...long before the artists ever appeared on TV or were heard on radio.

   Florida teens take music television into their own hands and after 3 seasons, have picked a lot of winners...long before the artists ever appeared on TV or were heard on radio.
(Boca Raton, 5-10-03)     The reporters average 15 years old, the cameramen 16, the floor manager 13, but theyve got a knack for picking winners in the music business.

    In 3 seasons of local South Florida television, the Swept Away TV teens have interviewed 12 multi-platinum artists, most of them before their music was ever heard on local radio. At the top of their list, Singer-songwriters John Mayer, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton and Avril Lavigne, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Sour,Sum 41, American HiFi,New Found Glory, Good Charlotte and thats just for starters!

    Sisters Jaime,22 and Amanda Rich,18, founded the show and created the non-profit 501c(3) organization in order to give other teens a shot at learning to produce, film, direct and edit their own programs. When they left for college in Orlando, a gang of younger teens took over the production of the show. Their 16 year old brother Zach, 16 year old Nick Corirossi, 16 year old Michelle Nash,13 year old Gaby Wagner,12 year old Brittany Rich, 16 year old Erica Connelly, 17 year old Sam Retteen, and 17 year old Jeff Hendler recruited teenagers from Miami to Ft Pierce. The teens put together a weekly show centered on the music that they enjoy, from developing artists everywhere. The teens select the artists they would like to interview and work through the artists manager or record company to make it happen.
    Amanda Rich remembers, "One of Jaimes friends had a boyfriend who knew John Mayers road manager. This was back in 2001 before his album was released on Aware. She turned us on to him and we started trying to arrange an interview with him . It took 6 months but we finally were in the same place at the same time. He wasnt on the radio, mtv or vh1 at that time, but we loved his music and were determined that everyone should hear him! The interview is amazing and hes a brilliant songwriter. Now hes a Grammy award winner for 2003."
     Up next for the Swept Away gang is an option deal with a large bi-coastal production company who plans to pitch the television show to 5 television networks in the next month. Also this month hosts Nick Corirossi and Zach Rich appear in a series of national commercials for Acuvue Contact lenses. Zach and Nicks commercial, titled Cable Access" are an unscripted true to life saga of their switch from glasses to contact lenses in order to be able to use the viewfinder on their cameras. A print campaign for various teen magazines is planned to follow the commercials.
     The teens just finished hosting a television promotion for the Honda Civic Tour where they gave away a crew ride/flyaway, an autographed guitar and tickets to the concert. The response levels were astonishing even to the cast members. We ran a little commercial that I made for the contest three weeks in a row, and also ran it on our website, Jeff Hender, 17, said. People were stopping us in Miami, at other shows, asking us about the contest, and even at the mall."

    The Swept Away gang has a website where many of the interviews can be downloaded and watched. The website address is www.sweptawaytv.com. The gang also welcomes suggestions from other teens about who theyd like to see on the show and on the website.

    For more information about how you can be involved with Swept Away TV, visit their website at www.sweptawaytv.com or email showhosts@sweptawayonline.com.

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Contact Information: Amanda Rich 561-241-9110 561-504-4997
showhosts@ sweptawayonline.com