Ishee Named State Friend of Extension
Mark McCann, director of Virginia Cooperative Extension (left), and Alma Hobbs, 1890 Extension Administrator (far right), congratulate Jeff Ishee and his wife on his selection as the 2007 State Friend of Extension.
Jeff Ishee, a Shenandoah Valley farm broadcaster, received the 2007 State Friend of Extension award for his ongoing support of Virginia Cooperative Extension through his radio and television shows. The Friend of Extension Award is presented annually by the Alpha Gamma chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the Extension honorary organization.
Ishee is the producer and host of On the Farm, a daily syndicated regional radio news program, and is the host and producer of Virginia Farming, a weekly production of Virginia Public Television.
“His programming has brought research-based information from Virginia Cooperative Extension to 2.5 million radio listeners and into more than 28 million homes through RFD-TV,” says Karen Poff, an Extension family and consumer sciences agent in Shenandoah County. “Based on advertising and sponsorship rates, the dollar value of the radio and television airtime he contributes to Extension is estimated to be approximately $26,000 per week or $1.3 million annually.”
Area Extension agents are often interviewed on Ishee’s radio program and Extension agents, specialists, and administrators are frequent guests on his television show. Tom Stanley, Extension agriculture and natural resources agent in Augusta County, says, “Jeff has been instrumental in helping the general public, many of whom have limited knowledge about agriculture, understand the challenges and accomplishments of the agriculture industry.”
In addition to his radio and television shows, Ishee serves as the farm director at WSVA radio in Harrisonburg and is a regular columnist for the Daily News Leader in Staunton and the Virginia Gardener Magazine.
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