Staff
  James J. Massaro, President
 has owned and operated Massaro Productions, Inc., a successful video production company since 1983. He attributes part of his success to dedication to quality production - which is achieved with cutting-edge equipment and skilled professionals. Additionally, his personal philosophy is to exceed expectations through dedication and commitment to his clients. Jim, a 30 year veteran of the television industry and a recipient of more than 20 national and regional awards, routinely provides live coverage of breaking news and sports, and videotaped interviews for all major networks. Being out in the field on a daily basis, Jim felt the growing need for a dependable uplink company in this region, and with this realization, he formed First Call UPLinks.
 

Robin Channell, VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS
has been with Massaro Productions since 1992 as Office Manager. Her duties include all accounting and payroll functions as well as production crew assignments and coordination. With the formation of First Call UPLinks, Robin’s appointment to the position of Operations Manager was a logical step. The “Delightful” Robin, as named by network insiders, is standing by 24/7 to handle immediate crew and truck booking needs.
  GEORGE SCHRAFFENBERGER, Uplink OPERATOR
is an Emmy-nominated camera operator and editor, and has also received an Emmy for engineering excellence for the high definition coverage of the second John Glenn launch. As an engineer for WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, he was EIC for two trips to Tempe, Arizona for coverage of the Ohio State Buckeyes; and numerous remotes such as coverage of 9-11 in New York and hurricane coverage along the East coast. As an engineer for First Call UPLinks, he still holds the record at ABC as engineer of the longest held vendor truck on station in Austin, Texas for the 2000 election, arriving on 10-30-2000 and leaving 1-22-2001.
  benjamin popio, broadcast technician
joined Massaro Productions in December of 2005. Ben has 15 years combined experience in videography with local stations WYTV and WKBN in both SD and HD Production for news and sports. His experience has allowed him to come on board contributing to camera operation, sound technician, and live crew support. Ben's ability to successfully shoot and edit news and sports, has already made him an asset to our company.
 

DAVID RUDONI
joined First Call UPLinks this past July. He has been working in the television and radio industry for the last 18 years. David started his career in Florida where he worked as an engineer at a major network affiliate. He later joined an independent company where his responsibilities included daily maintenance and operations of several Satellite trucks. He covered breaking news, sports, and transmission for football and basketball games in the Southeast. His experiences have taken him to the Super Bowl, World Series, and Final Four, along with Hurricane Coverage, Presidents and Presidential Candidates for the past several elections. David will be operating truck 3 based in Youngstown, Ohio.

 
 
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First Call UPLinks
8433 South Ave. Bldg. 1, Suite 3 - Poland, Ohio 44514
Fax: 330.726.1914 Toll Free: 1.800.951.6707
Email:info@firstcalluplinks.com