Two Wheel Oklahoma Will Move to OETA this Spring
Our Christmas present came a little early this year when the folks at the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) invited us to join their network. The details are still being ironed out, but what we do know is Two Wheel Oklahoma will begin airing statewide in April 2010. That means anyone in Oklahoma will be able to watch the show! Not to mention a few foreigners in parts of Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri.
To say we're excited would be a huge understatement!
We'll start working on new episodes very soon. We'll also be knocking on doors to drum up support from sponsors who can help underwrite our production costs. On commercial television underwriting is called "advertising." In the world of public television, underwriters help fund the program in return for a thank you before and after each episode. Depending on your level of support that thank-you might be a simple message, your company logo or a 15-second spot.
For details on becoming a Two Wheel Oklahoma underwriter contact:
Sean Rice
702/788-1345
sean@twowheelok.com
Brad Mathison
918/798-2664
brad@twowheelok.com
OETA- the Oklahoma Network operates four transmitters and fourteen repeaters that offer TV coverage to nearly all parts of our state. Tulsa and Oklahoma City consistently rank in the top seven public stations nationally according to Nielsen Ratings. OETA also offers one of the few nightly newscasts on PBS and has offered HD programming from its four main stations since 2004.
Our Christmas present came a little early this year when the folks at the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) invited us to join their network. The details are still being ironed out, but what we do know is Two Wheel Oklahoma will begin airing statewide in April 2010. That means anyone in Oklahoma will be able to watch the show! Not to mention a few foreigners in parts of Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri.
To say we're excited would be a huge understatement!We'll start working on new episodes very soon. We'll also be knocking on doors to drum up support from sponsors who can help underwrite our production costs. On commercial television underwriting is called "advertising." In the world of public television, underwriters help fund the program in return for a thank you before and after each episode. Depending on your level of support that thank-you might be a simple message, your company logo or a 15-second spot.
For details on becoming a Two Wheel Oklahoma underwriter contact:
Sean Rice
702/788-1345
sean@twowheelok.com
Brad Mathison
918/798-2664
brad@twowheelok.com
OETA- the Oklahoma Network operates four transmitters and fourteen repeaters that offer TV coverage to nearly all parts of our state. Tulsa and Oklahoma City consistently rank in the top seven public stations nationally according to Nielsen Ratings. OETA also offers one of the few nightly newscasts on PBS and has offered HD programming from its four main stations since 2004.Labels: the_show
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Published by Rex Brown
on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at
11:08 AM. 
We're hot out of the gate, way out in front and heading for the first turn. Then WHAM... our first malfunction!
The response to the first episode of Two Wheel Oklahoma has been tremendous, and we planned to have another great episode ready for Week Two. Alas there are only so many hours in a day, and it looks like that won't happen after all. Retro Spec has done an amazing job on the video production and editing for Two Wheel Oklahoma.
Unfortunately we were not able to complete the editing and closed captioning in time to make the air date this week. So this Saturday, instead of showing you our trip up Highway 20, we are running an "encore performance" of the Route 66 episode.
Hopefully everyone will enjoy another visit with Mister Sam?
We will be back with a new episode next week.
The response to the first episode of Two Wheel Oklahoma has been tremendous, and we planned to have another great episode ready for Week Two. Alas there are only so many hours in a day, and it looks like that won't happen after all. Retro Spec has done an amazing job on the video production and editing for Two Wheel Oklahoma.
Unfortunately we were not able to complete the editing and closed captioning in time to make the air date this week. So this Saturday, instead of showing you our trip up Highway 20, we are running an "encore performance" of the Route 66 episode.Hopefully everyone will enjoy another visit with Mister Sam?
We will be back with a new episode next week.
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Published by Rex Brown
on Friday, October 9, 2009 at
4:21 PM.
Two Wheel Oklahoma will debut October 3rd in Tulsa on KMYT.
After two years of planning, writing and riding, we are unveiling a new television program for Green Country viewers. Beginning October 3rd Two Wheel Oklahoma will air Saturdays at 9:00 am on Tulsa television KMYT-41. Viewers will ride along as Brad Mathison and Rex Brown tour Oklahoma by motorcycle. The show will feature local festivals, unusual places and interviews with local characters.
The majority of the show will focus on the highways, history and unique places that make Oklahoma special. The pilot episode features Claremore, Oklahoma and places like the Will Rogers Memorial. Future shows will visit destinations such as the Talimena Scenic Byway, Red Rock Canyon and Oklahoma's only railroad tunnel.
“We've been riding around this state all our lives, but I'm constantly amazed how we always seem to discover something new. If you're looking for it, there's almost always something interesting just around the next bend.”
KMYT-41, commonly known as My 41, is available on most cable and satellite carriers in Northeastern Oklahoma. More markets will be added in the near future, eventually making the show available to viewers across the state.
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Set your alarm clocks for 9:00 AM every Saturday kiddies!
After two years of planning, writing and riding, we are unveiling a new television program for Green Country viewers. Beginning October 3rd Two Wheel Oklahoma will air Saturdays at 9:00 am on Tulsa television KMYT-41. Viewers will ride along as Brad Mathison and Rex Brown tour Oklahoma by motorcycle. The show will feature local festivals, unusual places and interviews with local characters.The majority of the show will focus on the highways, history and unique places that make Oklahoma special. The pilot episode features Claremore, Oklahoma and places like the Will Rogers Memorial. Future shows will visit destinations such as the Talimena Scenic Byway, Red Rock Canyon and Oklahoma's only railroad tunnel.
“We've been riding around this state all our lives, but I'm constantly amazed how we always seem to discover something new. If you're looking for it, there's almost always something interesting just around the next bend.”
KMYT-41, commonly known as My 41, is available on most cable and satellite carriers in Northeastern Oklahoma. More markets will be added in the near future, eventually making the show available to viewers across the state.Downloads
Set your alarm clocks for 9:00 AM every Saturday kiddies!
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Published by Rex Brown
on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at
11:19 AM.
We've been working hard on researching out-of-the-way destinations, writing scripts and creating storyboards for upcoming episodes of Two Wheel Oklahoma. Then, in between all that, we're still soliciting sponsors to underwrite the production costs for a full season.But all that hard work goes on behind the scenes, unnoticed by the general populace. I know many of you would love to see some finished product!
So here's a little teaser for everyone out there who's taken an interest in our little travel show project. It's just a few minutes taken from our first episode, shot last January along State Highway 20 and Claremore. Consider it a thank you for your continued interest and support.
We hope you enjoy it.
Watch the Trailer
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Published by Rex Brown
on Monday, June 22, 2009 at
6:09 AM.
We have started work on a trailer for the first season of Two Wheel Oklahoma.So far the results are looking fantastic with the help of Jason Burks and crew of Retrospec Films. Dustin Staiger of Frontline Group is producing this initial preliminary trailer.
The plan is for production of the first episodes of Two Wheel Oklahoma to begin in April and air later this year.
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Published by B Mathison
on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at
6:26 PM.
It's about the Oklahoma two-lanes. It's about the backroads and trails. It's about all the places we love to ride- and the people and the bikes and the history and the businesses. Two Wheel Oklahoma is all those things that we enjoy about motorcycling in Oklahoma.
We hope you'll come ride along.
Watch your local listings for upcoming episodes of Two Wheel Oklahoma or join our mailing list for e-mail updates. For great places to ride and upcoming motorcycle events across America visit Places 2 Ride.
We hope you'll come ride along.
Watch your local listings for upcoming episodes of Two Wheel Oklahoma or join our mailing list for e-mail updates. For great places to ride and upcoming motorcycle events across America visit Places 2 Ride.
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Published by Rex Brown
on Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at
8:37 AM.
We want you!
Product Reviews
We're looking for products and riding gear to review.
If you produce or market riding gear or accessories, or want to suggest one, please contact us.
Well, we want your videos. Your photos. Your stories. It's not that we don't want you. We just can't fit you on our scanner.
Maybe you have a cool video, a story about the open road, photos you're proud of? If it's about motorcycling in or around Oklahoma, we'd like to see them. We also want to hear about your group rides, club events or plain old get-togethers (motorcycle-related of course).
If you'd like to see your viddy or club event on television, then let us know about it! If we don't know about it we can't cover it. And if we can't cover it then... well, you get the idea.
Here's how it works:
If you have video of motorcycling in Oklahoma you can email us a link or mail us a tape or DVD (preferably mini-DV). Be sure to include your email address and SASE if you want the tape or disk back.
Contact Us
Upcoming event? Use our handy motorcycle events calendar form. We'll take it from there. Plus expose your exciting date to the legions of leather-clad, bug-spattered bikers that frequent our websites.
The fine print:
Obviously we can't use every submission we receive. But if we use your video or cover your event, we'll be sure to let you know (and politely ask you to sign a release).
Product Reviews
We're looking for products and riding gear to review.
If you produce or market riding gear or accessories, or want to suggest one, please contact us.
Well, we want your videos. Your photos. Your stories. It's not that we don't want you. We just can't fit you on our scanner.
Maybe you have a cool video, a story about the open road, photos you're proud of? If it's about motorcycling in or around Oklahoma, we'd like to see them. We also want to hear about your group rides, club events or plain old get-togethers (motorcycle-related of course).
If you'd like to see your viddy or club event on television, then let us know about it! If we don't know about it we can't cover it. And if we can't cover it then... well, you get the idea.
Here's how it works:
If you have video of motorcycling in Oklahoma you can email us a link or mail us a tape or DVD (preferably mini-DV). Be sure to include your email address and SASE if you want the tape or disk back.
Contact Us
Upcoming event? Use our handy motorcycle events calendar form. We'll take it from there. Plus expose your exciting date to the legions of leather-clad, bug-spattered bikers that frequent our websites.
The fine print:
Obviously we can't use every submission we receive. But if we use your video or cover your event, we'll be sure to let you know (and politely ask you to sign a release).
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Published by Rex Brown
on Friday, December 28, 2007 at
5:06 PM.
Have an upcoming event?
Use this form and tell us about it. We'll include it on our events calendar and if there's free food we might even show up!
We try to read all submissions– and sometimes we even respond.
Tell us what you think, make a suggestion, let us know about your favorite ride, share your ideas or just say howdy.
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Published by Rex Brown
on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at
9:19 AM.
"So, there aren't many good roads in Oklahoma are there?"
Brad moves up to a Benelli at age 6.
That's Rex with his first bike, a Speedway Super Spyder
That simple question, posed innocently enough by a fellow rider from Illinois, sparked the effort now called Two Wheel Oklahoma. It became a mission to document the scenic highways in and around our state, and what better way, than to do it on motorcycle.
With the help of Retro Spec Films, what began as a simple video project has become the weekly, half hour television program called Two Wheel Oklahoma.
The destinations might be a historic site, a winery, a town in itself or just a scenic stretch of highway. It could be a weekly bike night or a greasy spoon. It might be a curve where the sunsets live. And the best way to get there may not be the shortest.
We hope you'll come ride along.
If you or your company would be interested in sponsorship we urge you to contact us.
Brad Mathison
Two Wheel Oklahoma
1876 Utica Square, Suite 2D-106
Tulsa, Ok 74114
918-798-2664
brad@twowheelok.com
This project is the brainchild of Brad Mathison and Rex Brown, long-time motorcyclists from Tulsa. The pair created the web site Places 2 Ride in 1998 (originally as a promotion for Mathison's motocross track) to highlight interesting places to ride dirt bikes. Today hundreds of motorcyclists visit Places2ride.com every day to locate interesting places to ride on and offroad, plus motorcycle events and biker-friendly destinations.
Brad moves up to a Benelli at age 6.
That's Rex with his first bike, a Speedway Super Spyder
That simple question, posed innocently enough by a fellow rider from Illinois, sparked the effort now called Two Wheel Oklahoma. It became a mission to document the scenic highways in and around our state, and what better way, than to do it on motorcycle.
With the help of Retro Spec Films, what began as a simple video project has become the weekly, half hour television program called Two Wheel Oklahoma.
The destinations might be a historic site, a winery, a town in itself or just a scenic stretch of highway. It could be a weekly bike night or a greasy spoon. It might be a curve where the sunsets live. And the best way to get there may not be the shortest.
We hope you'll come ride along.
If you or your company would be interested in sponsorship we urge you to contact us.
Brad Mathison
Two Wheel Oklahoma
1876 Utica Square, Suite 2D-106
Tulsa, Ok 74114
918-798-2664
brad@twowheelok.com
This project is the brainchild of Brad Mathison and Rex Brown, long-time motorcyclists from Tulsa. The pair created the web site Places 2 Ride in 1998 (originally as a promotion for Mathison's motocross track) to highlight interesting places to ride dirt bikes. Today hundreds of motorcyclists visit Places2ride.com every day to locate interesting places to ride on and offroad, plus motorcycle events and biker-friendly destinations.
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Published by Rex Brown
on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at
9:19 AM.
