This week on CPTV, we sit down with CP Mayor Pete Land ahead of his state of the city address, summarize President Donald Trump’s first international trip of his 2nd term, look into a new trend in which students are inserting pencil lead into the Chromebook USB jacks, share highlights from the annual “Friday Night Lights” senior event, discuss the new Pope, announce the CPCSC teachers and staff of the year, tell you about a foundation which provides food to food insecure homes with children, and give you some key dates for the end of the school year. Plus, we bring you the 5-day weather forecast and CP sports highlights. Featuring anchors Ryan Welsh, Ari Pantoja, Rana Stevens and MiRey Fernandez.
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CPTV Newscast 5/22/25
May 22, 2025
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Aiden Hielema, CPTV Staff
Aiden Hielema is a senior at Crown Point High School and in his fourth 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 video production work and operating social media for the CPHS Athletic Department. Outside of Crown Town Media, he enjoys marching band and light and sound for the theater department. He plans on going to Purdue Northwest and majoring in communications with a concentration in broadcasting.
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.
Ryan Welsh, Staff
Ryan Welsh is a senior at CPHS and this is his fourth year with Crown Town Media. During his time with the program, Welsh has been voted Best Quick-Cut editor by his classmates, as well as multiple state awards and national nominations for his work. He initially joined CTM to pursue his interests in videography, he then found a passion for sports broadcasting and news reporting . He is currently an on air personality for the award winning sports talk show “Dog Pound” and anchored for CTM’s Crystal Pillar winning newscast “QuickCut”. When he’s not working with CTM you can find him in the fine arts wing where he is singing in Chorale and QYP as well as acting for the theater department.
Ariana Pantoja, CPTV Staff
Ariana Pantoja is a senior at Crown Point High School, and this is her fourth year with Crown Town Media. She was interested in broadcasting due to her love for reporting and learning about news. During her time in the program, she is an award winner for CPTV QuickCut for both state and national awards. Her passion continues to grow for news reporting and being an on-air radio talent. 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.
Rana Stevens, CPTV Staff
Rana Stevens is an award-winning senior at Crown Point High School, and this is her fourth year with Crown Town Media. She joined to explore her interests in what happens behind the scenes of broadcasting, and over time, she fell in love with it. Stevens is one of the two radio personalities behind the weekly show, Mystery Machine She’s committed to delivering the true crime listening experience to her listeners and is proud to edit, write, and anchor for her school’s news program, CPTV QuickCut and CPTV News. Besides that, she’s also heavily involved in her school’s choir and theatre programs. Following her senior year, Rana hopes to go to college and major in Multimedia Journalism.
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.
Brandon Boling, CPTV Staff
Brandon Boling is a Senior at Crown Point High School. This is his third year with Crown Town Media. He joined the program to explore his interests in sports broadcasting. Boling is an on-air talent on Crown Point’s Bulldog Network. He also co-hosts the radio show Dog Pound. Boling plans to attend Indiana University, where he plans to study Sports Media. Afterwards, Boling hopes to attend law school to become a lawyer.
Cameron Qualls, CPTV Staff
Cameron Qualls is a senior at Crown Point High School and in his 3rd year of Crown Town Media. 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 and editing QuickCUT and CPTV News segments. You can catch him on Mondays and Fridays at 5 and 10 pm on Dog Pound, a sports show talking about CP to the pros with Gabe Travino, Brandon Boling, and Braydon Zomojski.
Rico Ardister, CPTV Staff, Excalibur Staff, Lead Writer
Driven by working in the media and production world since he was 7, Rico Ardister, now a Junior at Crown Point High School, is a dedicated member of the CPTV media team, where he channels his creativity into the world of radio and TV. Rico is actively involved in two podcasts on The Dog Radio: The Mystery Machine, which he co-hosts with Rana Stevens, and The Reel Review with Two Regulah Guyz, which is also a co-hosted show with Barandon Boling. These two shows showcase his versatility both on air and behind the scenes. This year marks Rico’s first year joining Excalibur Yearbook, and he has joined Inklings Newspaper this semester, further expanding his involvement in student journalism. Beyond media, he is a passionate global warming activist and a political voice on social media platforms, using his influence to advocate for environmental action and engage in important conversations. What began as an appreciation for storytelling has become a passion and an excessive outlet for him. With a blend of outgoing charm and thoughtful introspection, Ardister is focused on honing his media production and speaking skills to share compelling stories and explore new ideas with a diverse audience.
Trent Josleyn, Design Manager And Director of Live Broadcast Productions
Trent Josleyn is a Senior at CPHS, and this is his fourth year with Crown Town Media. He joined due to his love of radio and plans on attending college to major in Broadcast Journalism and minor in Musical Theatre. Trent enjoys working as the Director of Live Broadcast Productions for CTM and Design Manager for Inklings. In August of 2024, Josleyn was nominated for a John Drury National High School Radio Award for his work on The Morning Bark. You can catch Trent live on The Morning Bark every weekday from 6:50 am to 7:30 am.
Gavin Chambers, CPTV Staff
Gavin Chambers is a Senior at CPHS, and this is his third year with Crown Town Media. He joined CTM to get a chance to do more things in the field of television and radio, but has no plans to pursue media further down the line; instead wanting to pursue marine biology. He enjoys working on radio and TV productions, with a special enjoyment of recording and editing projects both professionally and for fun. Additionally, this is his second year as a member of the award-winning, gaming talk show The Gameboyz. Chambers is also involved in CPHS Theatre and the Royal Regiment Marching Band.
Jacob Arona, Staff
Jacob Arona is a junior at CPHS. This is his third year with Crown Town Media. Arona became intrigued with video and broadcast work sometime in 8th grade. He does not plan on pursuing media in the future but instead wants to work in the medical field as a nurse anesthetist. Although, he feels that multimedia is something he believes is right for him as of right now. Arona participates in Key Club, Student Council, and Spanish Club. He also plans on joining JV track. Arona will be doing newscasts on Mondays & Fridays on the Dog Radio. To go along with that, he will also be doing weathercasts on Wednesdays.
Braydon Zamojski, CPTV Staff
Braydon Zamojski is a Junior at CPHS and this is his third year with Crown Town Media. He joined the program with hopes to go into the broadcasting field after schooling and to learn more about videography. Zamojski is an on-air talent on Crown Point’s Dawgcast live sports broadcasts and is a co-host on Dog Pound Chalk and Dirt Sports Talk Show. Outside of CTM, he is a member of the Crown Point hockey team. Zamojski h,opes to attend Liberty University to pursue a major in Sports Journalism.
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.
Gabe Trevino, CPTV Staff
Gabe Trevino is a Junior at CPHS and this is his third year with Crown Town Media. He joined this class due to his interest in Sports Broadcasting and his dreams of becoming a professional sports broadcaster. Gabe is currently involved with the Crystal Pillar Winning sports talk show, “Dog Pound” as well as doing his own radio show The Gabe Trevino Show. He also does play-by -play on the Bulldog Network for basketball, baseball and football games. He hopes the start of his dreams begin here at CPHS and at Indiana University where he plans to go to college to pursue a career in Sports Broadcasting. His dream destination would be at FOX or NBC doing Play by Play for sports.
RJ Swiedals, CPTV Staff
RJ Swiedals is a senior at Crown Point High School, and this is his fourth year with Crown Town Media. Sweidals 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.
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.
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.