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Bob Jordan wanted us to be all over that. It was a national story based in Florida. That story took off for several reasons. Florida had cameras in the courts. This shocking murder in Tallahassee became this monster national On the connections he made: Jordan promised the owners of Channel9 he would figure out how to make it No.1.

His mantra was he was going to win with quality. He hired Bob Opsahl. He did what he said he was going to do. He was just a tremendous influence on my Where did you hang out? was active back then. The hot place was Rosie They had nickel beer.

The people Bob was hiring were in their 20s. Mid-20s is a great time to have nickel Trace Gallagher Current job: An anchor and correspondent based in Los Angeles for Fox News Channel. Years in Orlando: 1993 to 1996 at Chan- nel6 (then WCPX), where he took Shepard job. What he remembers about this TV market: sister still lives in Orlando. We still love it here.

I can remember covering how interesting Orlando was and the growth issues in the The stories he remembers covering: covered the ValuJet crash in Miami. We were down there for weeks. We covered alot of missing kids in Orlando in those years. Orlando had a lot of that in the early to TV Continuedfrom PageB1 FOX NEWS CHANNEL What he learned here that helps in his career: had some great news directors. WCPX was kind of a perennial third-place station.

They tried a lot of experimental stuff. News directors were always trying to change things. They had live trucks everywhere. Everything was live and breaking news. If you look at the landscape CNN, Fox News they do a lot more of that style of television.

Orlando was the key move of my On the connections he made: Smith was a huge influence. I got here in August 1993. The overlap was four months. The first time I turned on the TV, he was doing a hurricane prep shot from a Home Depot. I had no idea I was taking that on reputation, much like his publication of Faith of George W.

elevated Steve Strang into the ranks of Time 25 most influential evangelicals in 2005. Father and son share a profession, similar religious beliefs, and a love and respect for each other. They both started their magazines in their mid-20s and employ their wives to handle the business side of the company. Cameron wears the same black-rimmed glasses his father wore in the 1970s. In many ways, the two men are as different as they are alike.

Cameron is hip. Steve never was. Steve feel comfortable without a coat and tie. Cameron is allergic to formalwear. wood-paneled office is decorated with his best-selling books, framed magazine covers and photographs with famous people.

office has a wall of preschool-style cubbies with autographed Orlando Magic paraphernalia and his collection of soft vinyl anime figures. Steve Strang was frequently gone while Cameron was growing up. Cameron is adoting father of a 1-year-old boy. think Cameron is a better father than I Steve Strang said. just There was a time when Steve thought Cameron would join the family business, but in recent years he Cameron Strang, 34, whose publishing offices are in a rented building near Lake Ivanhoe, has achieved his own level of success and influence in the world of young evangelicals.

The readership of the circulation Relevant magazine is a coveted demographic that has fostered a profitable consulting business for Cameron Relevant Media Group. One of his clients is his company, which is struggling to adjust to the shift in advertising from print to Internet. have done so well for so long, it was jolting for me to see that it working in the same way it said Steve Strang. While the father feels the angst of uncertainty, the son feels at home with upheaval. Adapting to new media, new technologies and new platforms is the secret of Cameron success.

this audience, if stale, Cameron said. At this point, company is a $2.5 million business, while is about 10 times that size. Advising his company is, in some ways, payback for the wisdom, support and financial backing Steve Strang provided Cameron when he first came up with the idea of a magazine for a generation of evangelicals far different from their parents. As a journalism and mass- communications student attending Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Cameron recognized that he view the world through the charismatic lens of his father. generation of evangelicals is far more secular than their parents, who often see outside influences as a threat to their faith.

Christian industry emerged where it was put your blinders on: You only have Christian friends, you only listen to Christian music, you read Christian books, you watch Christian Cameron said. think a huge backlash in a generation that says, see it Cameron came home after graduation with an 87-page business plan that reflected his vision of a magazine that was part religion, part social justice and part popular culture. While supportive of his ambition, parents provided him with a practical appraisal of his plan. Their critical analysis: no advertising market for this magazine. remember my dad saying if that was a viable idea, somebody would have already done Cameron said.

But parents provided him free office space to work on Relevant, which began in 2002as an online publication that became a print magazine in March 2003with an 80,000 circulation. Like his father, Cameron published books for a time. One of them, On: The Spiritual Journey of came out just as the rock lead singer, Bono, began speaking out about his religious faith. The success of that book boosted Camer- has come to realize his son has no desire to become the Strang in Strang Communications. Steve has hired a new editor for Charisma who is just eight months older than Cameron.

The new editor has redesigned and re- launched the magazine, which has seen its circulation decline from 250,000 in 1997to 110,000. In February, Steve plans to change the name of his company from Strang Communications to Charisma Media. The name change is part of the rebranding strategy that company has been involved in, but also concession that after he steps down as CEO, Cameron be there to take his place. decided not about being a Steve said. at peace that Cameron has his own company and is Cameron compares his company, with 24employees, to a speed boat that can change direction quickly and his company, with 130workers, to a cruise ship trying to change course.

Steve likes the comparison, in part because he knows Cameron enjoys cruise ships even though he owns a speed boat. have a pontoon, and it go very Steve Strang said. glad he compared me to a cruise ship and not a pontoon Jeff Kunerth can be reached at or 407-420-5392. Cameron Strang, left, publishes Relevant magazine. His father, Steve Strang, right, publishes Charisma.

JESSE MEDIA GROUP STRANG Continuedfrom PageB1 and fixed, Schroder said. Falls will be closed tomorrow but beyond that, too soon to he said. Apark guest, Anthony Rosa, said he was in the Harry Potter area when he saw smoke from across the lake in the center of the park. A moment later, he smelled burning plastic. Alarge crowd began walking across a bridge and away from Ripsaw Falls, Rosa said.

The number of those evacuated was not immediately available, but Schroder said dozens of people were in the area. Rosa said he go back to the ride immediately even if it reopened. a bit he said. definitely be second-guessing it the whole Investigators are considering an electrical problem from components such as air conditioners or ride controllers, or an accident, Hoggatt said. More is expected to be known today.

Susan Gartner, a chaperone with the marching band from Wamego High School in Kansas, said she was eating when she saw black smoke rise out of Toon Lagoon. She began trying to contact other chaperones and students, who said they saw flames shooting out of the ride. they were OK, Gartner said of the students. Schroder would not say what compensation might be available to park patrons who were forced to get off the ride. a situation like this, we would always work with our guests and do what is he said.

happy to work with our guests and make them feel that Susan Jacobson can be reached at sjacobson or 407-540-5981. Jeff Weiner can be reached at jweiner or 407-420-5171. FIRE Continuedfrom PageB1 Fire photos See pictures of the smoke and ride fire at Universal: OrlandoSentinel.com Florida teenagers will be unable to get alearners licenseonline starting this weekend. Since 2004, an online program has allowed Florida teens to take the learn- ers-licensetest without going to a Department of Motor Vehicles office. The permit is needed before getting a drivers license.

That program is being canceled, and teens now will have to go to a county tax office or a DMV office to take the test. The online test cost $20 to $30, but there is no charge for taking it in person, state officials said. The 97,000 tests taken online in 2009 generated about to lion in revenue. Ken Underwood, a Ponte Vedra Beach businessman who is the founder of the National Safety Commission, which runs one of the online-testing programs, said the real loss is to the residents of Florida. The cancellation will lead to longer lines at the DMV and tax offices and also will make it less convenient for teens to get their learners licenses, he said.

State officials say the online test is being canceled because unreliable. But Underwood claims the state is canceling the online program to punish him. He successfully sued the state over another issue, and claims the cancellation of the online program is payback for losing that case. Dave Westberry, communications officer for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle, said the cancellation of the online program had nothing to do with lawsuit. been concerned about this online program for a long Westberry said.

In 2009, the department retested, in person, about 600 people who passed the test online. Only 41percent passed the retest. Underwood questioned the methodology and small sample size of the retest. State statistics show the test has been taken about 596,000 times in the past seven years. Duval Tax Collector Mike Hogan said there has been concern for years about the reliability of the online test.

know how many people are really passing this on their own and how many have Hogan said. He added concerned that the cancellation will lead to longer lines. are people who have to take the test more than he said. we should have more Westberry said lines be much longer because people who passed the online test still had to go to one of the offices to pick up their permitsand have their picturestaken. Florida cancels online testing for learners licenses By Larry Hannan MCT WIRE SERVICE Product: OS44Broadsheet PubDate: 01-02-2011 Zone: FLA Edition: ROP Page: User: estith Time: Color:.