A daily local talk show singularly-focused on Erie:
“What are we going to do about Erie?
. . .What will be our future?
. . . How can we turn our region around?”
For many years, these conversations have circulated around our community. And the time is now to provide an on-air and online platform to discuss real solutions. Joel Natalie’s daily three-hour program will be singularly-focused on Erie, featuring dialogue with news-makers and experts on the most-important topics our region faces. Joel’s show will feature news, hard conversations, controversy, opinion and fun, with an emphasis on friendships, family, and community.
Joel Natalie is uniquely qualified in our region to orchestrate this conversation on TalkErie.com. A 35-year broadcast and communications veteran, Joel is an Erie native, who grew up in the west-side Little Italy neighborhood, was educated in local parochial schools and at Gannon University. He has been an on-air personality and manager in Top 40, Adult Contemporary, and Christian Contemporary radio. In addition, he has directed the communications at a large church, has been an avid blogger and is fully immersed in the social media ecosystem. In the last several years, Joel has volunteered his ideas and voice to the various strategic planning, anti-violence and anti-poverty initiatives in the Erie region. Indeed, his most recent assignment was as regional development leader for McLane Church, offering the church’s perspective and resources to advance the Erie region. Now Joel will bring those years of experience and investment to bear as he wrestles with Erie’s biggest challenges in a high-energy, free-wheeling yet substantive conversation, that’s both engaging and entertaining.
