The Bellmore-Merrick broadcasting team welcomed Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Oct. 1 for an extended Around Campus interview at their studio housed at Wellington C. Mepham High School.

Senior Jake Winckelmann discussed various topics during the Oct. 1 morning announcements show.

“Socially distanced in separate studios, the county executive and Jake discussed school re-openings, school sports, plans for the future of Nassau County just to name a few of the topics covered in the 13-minute interview,” explained the program’s teacher Stu Stein.

Lisa Kalish, another broadcasting teacher, credited junior Emily Yucht, an associate producer, for coordinating the interview.

"Emily has been working with the county executive's staff for about two weeks now organizing all the details that made this interview a reality," Kalish said. “The kids were really excited to have the county executive in the studio and they really went the extra mile to make her visit something she'll remember," she added.

The broadcasting program has amped up programming and broadened their scope of topics recently.

“BMB students continue to search far and wide to create new programming to fill the absence of school and community events created by the pandemic,” said Principal Eric Gomez.