Silver Circle Honors Shawn Styles
Meet #SilverCircle inductee, Shawn Styles:
#ShawnStyles is a San Diego native and life-long surfer.
Styles’ love of surfing opened the door to his broadcast career. During the winter storms, when he could not surf, Styles discovered skiing, which lead to his move to Park City, Utah, at the age of 19.
After spending three winters there, Styles became a mountain guide for the Park City Ski Resort. Bringing on air snow reports to East Coast cities, including Boston, New York and Washington, DC, was a part of his job.
Upon returning to San Diego in 1983, he noticed a new radio station on the air: 91X. There were no surf reports on local radio stations at the time, so Styles made a phone call, offered to produce his own daily surf report and within a week, he was on the air delivering two daily surf reports.
The following summer, Styles approached KGTV 10 about including a surf report in Captain Mike’s weather broadcast. A week later, he was on the air. While at KGTV, Styles was part of the weather team and produced adventure travel features, as well as cooking and gardening segments.
In 1996, Styles moved to CBS 8 – San Diego Newsas weekend weather anchor and lifestyle reporter. Known for his breaking news reports, Styles is an AMS -certified Meteorologist and Emmy-Award recipient.
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The Silver Circle honors individuals who began their careers in television at least 25 years ago either in a performing, creative, technical, or administrative role within the industry, or in an area related to television, such as TV journalism education, advertising, promotion, and public relations.
All candidates must have also made a significant contribution to Pacific Southwest Television for a majority of their 25-year career. Established in 1983, the Silver Circle has nearly 300 members. Only current residents of the chapter are eligible.
Silver Circle Luncheon:
Sunday, October 22, 2017
10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
2000 Spindrift Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
$75 NATAS-PSW member/$85 non-member
Each member can purchase one additional ticket for $75
Silver Circle Honors Connie Terwilliger
Meet #SilverCircle inductee, Connie Terwilliger:
#ConnieTerwilliger is an award-winning producer/writer/voice talent. She started her career in visual media at WTIU-TV in Indiana during graduate school at Indiana University. She parlayed her experience there and her degree to become the first female director at a network television station in San Diego in 1977 – directing such programs as “Let There Be Light” and “Keen’s People,” as well as some nightly newscasts when sports was still A/B roll film.
Shortly after that, she opted out of directing to become the first female booth announcer in San Diego and the voice of News 8 through the mid-80s. She didn’t sound like an “announcer,” so the door kept opening and she quickly became one of the busiest female voiceover talents in San Diego. Her part-time work at Channel 8 afforded her time to develop lasting working relationships with other television stations and production companies throughout the county – both as talent and as a producer/writer for commercials and corporate communications.
During this time, she produced and co-produced multiple Emmy Awards ceremonies including the one at the Globe hosted by the stars of Simon and Simon.
For close to a decade, Connie worked in-house at the Hidden Film Factory in the basement of Building 4 at General Dynamics in Kearny Mesa. She wrote, produced and performed as a company spokesperson and voiceover artist for hundreds of live, film and video projects for nearly every division within the company. From Tomahawks, to Abrams tanks, from Atlas rockets to Trident submarines, from F-16s to Standard missiles. During these years, she had the chance to hire many San Diego television freelancers.
After General Dynamics closed their doors in 1994, she went back out free-lancing and rebooted her dormant voiceover career – and was one of the first to adopt the latest technology – the Internet.
While Connie primarily focuses on voiceover work for commercials, corporate marketing and documentaries, she has also recently started writing again.
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The Silver Circle honors individuals who began their careers in television at least 25 years ago either in a performing, creative, technical, or administrative role within the industry, or in an area related to television, such as TV journalism education, advertising, promotion, and public relations.
All candidates must have also made a significant contribution to Pacific Southwest Television for a majority of their 25-year career. Established in 1983, the Silver Circle has nearly 300 members. Only current residents of the chapter are eligible.
?“We’re honored to recognize these talented TV professionals,” says Donn Johnson, President of NATAS-PSW. “Through their personal and professional accomplishments, these inductees have made significant contributions to our chapter and our communities.”
Silver Circle Luncheon:
Sunday, October 22, 2017
10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
2000 Spindrift Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
2018 Silver and Gold Circle Nominations Wanted!
Do you know someone who’s been in the television industry for at least 25 years?
Let us know and nominate them to become a Silver Circle member.
Fill out the application form below before March 1, 2018 to nominate a colleague. Date, time and location of the next Silver Circle Inductee Event will be announced soon. 2018 Silver & Gold Circle Nominations
Silver Circle Inductee Joe Riddle
Joe Riddle
Joe grew up in San Diego and in 1978, went to work in radio as a News Director and DJ in Yuma, Arizona. From there it was stints in Palm Springs and then Bakersfield. In 1986, he made the switch to television… on a dare.
A co-worker at the radio station, where Joe was Program Director, challenged him to try out for a weekend weather/reporter position at KERO-TV. He got the job, but it was when he filled in for a vacationing producer that Joe came into his own. A short time and multiple Golden Mics later, Joe was offered an opportunity to return to his hometown of San Diego as a producer at KGTV, Channel 10. After four years there, Joe moved into newsroom management, working at stations in Des Moines and Las Vegas.
He returned to San Diego and KUSI-TV, in 1998. He has been the Executive Producer there ever since. Joe is a multiple Emmy Award recipient and Golden Mike winner.
Silver Circle Inductee Paul Rudy
Congratulations to 2016 Silver Circle inductee Paul Rudy.
Born and raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, young Paul Rudy was a professional tennis instructor who one afternoon gave a tennis lesson to the News Director at WKOW-TV of Madison Wisconsin. That 30-minute lesson turned into a 32 year television career.
After bluffing his way through an interview, Rudy was hired as a news photographer, but when the video on his first assignment turned out a frightening shade of blue, Rudy was demoted to Sports.
Seven stations and three time zones later, he landed in California, where in the spring of 1998 he turned up at the doorstep of KUSI News in San Diego. In 1999, Rudy suggested expanding the station’s sportscast into what became The Prep Pigskin Report. The one-of-a-kind high school football show has since won seven Emmys and launched dozens of broadcast careers. The “PPR” has become a Friday night staple in San Diego television.
“A lot of stations do sports shows,” Rudy says, “but in my opinion, what we do with PPR is unmatched anywhere in the nation. Every Friday night we turn highlights from 40 local games, throw in countless features, and you have the fastest 65 minutes in television!”
Silver Circle Inductee Darcey Gulen
Congratulations to 2016 Silver Circle inductee Darcey Gulen.
Darcey Gulen is NBC 7 San Diego’s longest tenured employee at 42 years. During this time, she’s shepherded and nurtured more television careers behind the scenes than probably anyone in town.
Gulem started out as secretary to the business manager at the station when it was Storer Broadcasting and Company. Before that, she worked with the San Diego Padres.
The cornerstone of the station, Gulen has been through two station moves, more owner and GM changes than you can count and technology changes from paper to the “cloud.”
“When disaster strikes, she feeds the station, protects the safety of crew and finds a place for us to land when our neighborhoods are evacuated,” says NBC 7 San Diego’s Assistant News Director, Chuck Westerheide, a Silver Circle member. “Her reach goes far beyond the walls of our station.”
Announcing the 2016 NATAS-PSW Silver Circle Inductees
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Pacific Southwest Chapter (NATAS-PSW) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Silver Circle, honoring individuals who began their careers in television at least 25 years ago either in a performing, creative, technical, or administrative role within the industry, or in an area related to television, such as TV journalism education, advertising, promotion, and public relations.
The five TV professionals to be inducted to the 2016 Silver Circle include:
German Andres Gonzalez, KBLR
Darcey Gulen, NBC 7
Margaret Radford, Freelance Talent
Joe Riddle, KUSI
Paul Rudy, KUSI
“Each of these individuals has made significant contributions in television behind the scenes or in front of the camera,” says Donn Johnson, President of NATAS-PSW. “We’re proud to recognize their personal and professional accomplishments benefiting our chapter and our communities.”
This year’s Silver Circle will be held Sunday, October 30 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.
Established in 1983, the Silver Circle has close to 300 members. All candidates must have also made a significant contribution to Pacific Southwest Television for a majority of their 25-year career. Only current residents of the chapter are eligible.
There are no inductees to the Gold Circle, which currently has 25 members and honors those who have contributed most of their 50 year plus television career to our Pacific Southwest Chapter.
Wanted: Silver Circle Nominations
Do you know someone who’s been in the television industry for at least 25 years? 
Let us know and nominate them to become a Silver Circle member.
Fill out the application form below before March 1, 2018 to nominate a colleague. Date, time and location of the next Silver Circle Inductee Event will be announced soon.2018 Silver and Gold Circle Nominations
Silver Circle Celebration
This year’s Silver Circle was a success! Seven regional TV and media professionals were inducted into our Silver Circle, honoring individuals who began their careers in television at least 25 years ago either in a performing, creative, technical, or administrative role within the industry, or in an area related to television, such as TV journalism education, advertising, promotion, and public relations.
“We’re honored to celebrate the television accomplishments, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera, of these seven incredible journalists,” says Donn Johnson, President of NATAS-PSW.
Special thanks to our emcee Gene Cubbison and our venue, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.
The 2015 Silver Circle members include:
