Daily Nebraskan: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NE)
January 20, 2017
Before there were low quality internet videos that came to surface for how unintentionally hilarious they were, there were public access shows that were comedies of error. One of the many sad examples of this is the infamous video “My Name is John Daker.”From what I can gather through hard hitting research, there was a public access variety talent show in the early 1990s run by the First United Methodist Church in Peoria, Illinois. After the church’s very own Reverend Bill Jones was out
Pekin Daily Times (IL)
April 14, 2022
PEORIA — Though he lived a simple life, Jon Daker accidentally became world famous.A lifelong Peorian who died Feb. 20 at the age of 82, Daker rose to fame when a video of a recital at the First United Methodist Church in Peoria went viral right as streaming video took off with YouTube. The video was shot in the early 1990s, and Heather Schopp, a West Peoria native, remembers the first time she saw it — long before it found its way online.
"One of my sisters had recorded it the day
Times Record, The (Aledo, IL)
April 13, 2022
PEORIA — Though he lived a simple life, Jon Daker accidentally became world famous.A lifelong Peorian who died Feb. 20 at the age of 82, Daker rose to fame when a video of a recital at the First United Methodist Church in Peoria went viral right as streaming video took off with YouTube. The video was shot in the early 1990s, and Heather Schopp, a West Peoria native, remembers the first time she saw it — long before it found its way online.
"One of my sisters had recorded it the day
Daily Ledger (Canton, IL)
April 13, 2022
PEORIA — Though he lived a simple life, Jon Daker accidentally became world famous.A lifelong Peorian who died Feb. 20 at the age of 82, Daker rose to fame when a video of a recital at the First United Methodist Church in Peoria went viral right as streaming video took off with YouTube. The video was shot in the early 1990s, and Heather Schopp, a West Peoria native, remembers the first time she saw it — long before it found its way online.
"One of my sisters had recorded it the day
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
April 10, 2022
PEORIA — Though he lived a simple life, Jon Daker accidentally became world famous.A lifelong Peorian who died Feb. 20 at the age of 82, Daker rose to fame when a video of a recital at the First United Methodist Church in Peoria went viral right as streaming video took off with YouTube. The video was shot in the early 1990s, and Heather Schopp, a West Peoria native, remembers the first time she saw it — long before it found its way online.
"One of my sisters had recorded it the day
Peoria Journal Star, The: Web Edition Articles (IL)
April 4, 2022
PEORIA — Though he lived a simple life, Jon Daker accidentally became world famous.A lifelong Peorian who died Feb. 20 at the age of 82, Daker rose to fame when a video of a recital at the First United Methodist Church in Peoria went viral right as streaming video took off with YouTube. The video was shot in the early 1990s, and Heather Schopp, a West Peoria native, remembers the first time she saw it — long before it found its way online.
"One of my sisters had recorded it the day
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
January 11, 2011
Wayne Zimmerle and Adam Lonn play a warmup game as John Daker and Billy Sheets watch during a meeting of the Greater Peoria Chess Federation Monday evening. The GPCF meets every Monday at the Laveview Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Westword (Denver, CO)
December 3, 2010
Denver Open Media is celebrating its fourth anniversary tonight. It's a unique organization in that their public access TV station does not get much of anything from the city of Denver. The government, in partnership with Comcast, provides the equipment, and the rest is more or less done by members. Yet they still manage a pretty high quality product, especially when you consider the acid-trip underbelly that is public access generally. By way of contrast, we present the five most absurd Public
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME)
July 23, 2002
MANCHESTER - In November last year, residents voted overwhelmingly to hire a town manager. Eight months later, they have their man.As Manchester's first town manager, Jonathan Elwell has his work cut out for him.
Manchester - population about 2,500 residents - has seen significant changes during the past two years. Elwell is hoping to make some changes too.
"There is no town that doesn't have its own particular brand or flavor of local politics and history," Elwell said in a
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME)
July 23, 2002
MANCHESTER - In November last year, residents voted overwhelmingly to hire a town manager. Eight months later, they have their man.As Manchester's first town manager, Jonathan Elwell has his work cut out for him.
Manchester - population about 2,500 residents - has seen significant changes during the past two years. Elwell is hoping to make some changes too.
"There is no town that doesn't have its own particular brand or flavor of local politics and history," Elwell said in a
