In this season 5, episode 2 edition of QuickCUT, the CPTV News team brings you stories on airline safety, restaurants opening and closing on the square, CP YMCA expansion, 74-year-old bird lays an egg, the future of online courses at CPHS, the spring play opens soon, and the girls’ gymnastics team hosts DAC conference. Originally aired on February 28, 2025.
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CPTV News QuickCUT Newscast 2/28/25
February 28, 2025
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MiRey Fernandez, Staff
MiRey Fernandez is an award winning senior at Crown Point High School and this is his fourth year with Crown Town Media. Fernandez has a great interest in sports-broadcasting. During his time with the program, Fernandez has been voted Best All-Around Broadcaster, and Best On-Air Personality by his classmates, as well as multiple state awards and national nominations for his work. He is a co-host on The DOG Radio’s award winning sports talk show, “Dog Pound Chalk Talk & Dirt”, which airs Mondays and Fridays at 5 & 10 PM. Fernandez also is a commentator for all sports broadcasts at CPHS. Fernandez dreams to be a NFL commentator or work for ESPN one day.
Ariana Pantoja, Staff
Ariana Pantoja is a junior at CPHS and this is her third year with Crown Town Media. She was interested in broadcasting due to her love for reporting and learning about news. During Pantoja’s sophomore year, she won her first Crystal Pillar Award, along with other peers, on the best newscast from NATAS; where she attended the Silver Circle Awards, and met several famous news anchors. She can be found spending her Friday nights working a camera for the football games. Her dream is to go to Syracuse University in New York to fulfill being a news anchor, or working behind the scenes for a news channel.
Aiden Hielema, Staff
Aiden Hielema is a junior at CPHS and in his third year with Crown Town Media. He joined because he enjoys looking at things behind the scenes and quickly discovered a love for radio and television broadcasting. Hielema enjoys radio production work and operating social media for the CPHS Athletic Department. Outside of CTM, he enjoys marching band and light and sound for the theater department. He plans on going to Indiana University and majoring in media. You can catch Hielema on Jam Sessions every Wednesday at 5 and 10 and taking pictures on the sidelines of almost every Crown Point Athletics game.
Cameron Qualls, Staff
Cameron Qualls is a junior at CPHS and in his 2nd year of radio and TV. Qualls has always loved film and broadcasting and he puts that love into his work. His current responsibilities include operating field cameras at home CPHS sports events. You can catch him on Thursdays at 5 and 10 pm on Party People, a political round table talk show with co-hosts MiRey Fernandez and Rachel Herman.
Amiyah Moss, Staff
Amiyah Moss is a sophomore at CPHS and this is her second year with Crown Town Media. She joined CTM after developing a keen interest in what goes on behind the scenes in news broadcasts. Through the program, Moss has developed a love for all types of radio work as well as nat-packs and stand-up video news packages. She can be found on the Dog Radio, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 pm. Outside of CPTV, Moss enjoys photo and video editing along with screenwriting.
RJ Swiedals, Staff
RJ Swiedals is a junior at CPHS and this is his third year with CTM. RJ has been interested in news and production and he was able to meet Tom Skilling after watching WGN growing up, which caused his passion for CTM. He enjoys voice tracking and loves hearing how it affected a listener’s day. He also works the cameras for the CPHS football games every Friday. He hopes to go to Indiana University to follow his dream of becoming involved with the production and behind the scenes of a major production one day. Catch him on Jam Sessions at 5PM and 10PM every Wednesday.
Sarah Hlebasko, Staff
Sarah Hlebasko is a senior at CPHS. This is her fourth year with Crown Town Media. Hlebasko became fascinated with multi-media with many branches or career opportunities especially becoming fascinated with sound designing when she attended the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters conference. She produces a music review and reaction show called Jam Sessions with her co-hosts RJ Swiedals and Adien Hielema every Wednesday at 5pm and 10pm. She previously produced a political talk show called Out of Left Field. She plans to attend the University of Barcelona in Spain, to major in Cybersecurity. Aside from CTM, Hlebasko is also part of the CASS mentoring program and performs with the CPHS Royal Regiment Marching Band, Pep Band, Wind Symphony Orchestra and Advanced concert band.
Jordan Manojlovic, Staff
Jordan Manojlovic is a senior at CPHS. This is her fourth and final year with Crown Town Media. She became passionate about media when she was able to help record at the Chicago Emmy Awards. She can be found recording football games on Fridays. She has been voice tracking for the last two years and hopes to branch out into something bigger. You can hear her every weekday from 6:45-7:30 on The Morning Bark.
Rachel Herman, Staff
Rachel Herman is a junior at CPHS. This is her third year with Crown Town Media. Herman had a interest in editing at a young age, when she saw that her new high school offered a radio and tv class. After she starting to work with cameras, lots of opportunities in school and outside of school come to rise. She started to work at her church with cameras, lights, and DJ. She also works with editing for CPTV News QuickCut. Herman currently hosts the political talk show, Party People.
David Pineda, Staff
David Pineda is a senior at CPHS. This is his fourth year with Crown Town Media. Pineda became passionate about multimedia while taking the Principles of Broadcasting class along with being on The Dog Radio and getting into music and sports. Pineda has found work in video marketing and is working towards building his own video marketing agency. He is also engaged with the CPHS Spanish Club and looks to become a pilot while he builds his marketing agency.