OnAAiR: Episode 11 – Steve Churm
In 1990, Steve Churm left a high-paying job as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times to start his own company, Churm Media. Today, Steve’s successful media company publishes, among other titles, OC Metro, OC Family, and Southland Golf. Find out how Steve started Churm Media and keeps it alive and well in the ever-changing media landscape.
Enjoy!
-M
Dedicated in memory of Janice Lowry Gothold
For more information on OC Metro go to: www.ocmetro.com






















On AAiR is produced at Post Modern Group.
Vadas-
Congrats! Awesome job. Hope this does well. Proud of you.
Now, after you you make tons of money off of this venture, please, please please! Do the biography of Georgia O’Keefe and Alfred Steiglitz…read to book, do the research.. this is a love story of all love stories, I don’t know why no one has done it! Get Darren Aronofsky to direct and the same writer who wrote the book to do the screenplay…Madonna didn’t make the Frida Kahlo bio, but she’s a shoe in for this…I see William Hurt playing Alfred Steiglitz….seriously. You have a lot of talent, you can do this. You’re more than a talk show host—more talent than anyone you’ll interview…I know…remember your first days at HBRA? I discovered you!
Make your money on this, then bankroll the Georgia O’keefe thing… this will be your “Gone in the Wind.” Just have “Thanks to Bob Tambo” at the end of the credits..
again, Congrats! Love you, man!
Bobbo
great show! how about telling troy and dina they need some real talent on the show to talk about the future of digial advertising & marketing utilizing mobile and social media.
love,
daidy and mikko romano
Marcus-
Hey, congratulations on a great beginning. I hope this show is really successful for you. When I watched the DGWB segment, I thought “wow, of those three guys, the person I would most like to be is…Marcus. He’s dreamy.”
Best of luck-
Jon Gothold
Outstanding! Totally love the concept and the whole show is so well executed. Plus, the host is pretty much the coolest cat on the planet! Damn good looking too. Must run in the family….
Keep up the good work, I’ll keep tuning in!
Much love,
Morgoonies!
Great job, Marcus. And Hal.
Thanks Jon!! You guys were a blast to talk to!
Great Information and a pleasure to watch. Marcus, so fun to see you chat up Hal–very entertaining. Hal you are SO knowledgeable and conversant, the amount of relevant information that’s just top of mind for you is quite amazing.
Marcus,
great job, you’re the man. Make sure when you produce a feature, get me a small but vital part.
The show was really cool and had a beneficial content for the people who are looking for auto services. The auto services and repair center you choose should be quality-driven like the one above.
Great content. Solid guests. Excellent production values. Very impressive.
I just loved watching the very talented Mike Miller on your program. He is a fantastic producer but more importantly, he’s an amazing human being! I hope that more of his work is showcased because he really does have talent! Well done. Excellent interview!
Kay
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Marcus,
Simply a terrific job. I am very proud of you. You always had that entrepreneurial vision and you are putting it to work… impressive.
I am going to be out in Southern California in early October for the NASCAR race maybe we could grab lunch.
Again, well-done.
Best,
Greg
Marcus,
I was just introduced to your show via FaceBook, Great show I look forward to future shows.
Best
Mike Woodard
Great idea! Glad to learn about T & T new OC venture sounds like a great resource via web…I’ll stay tune for more info.
Loved the show! I will become a fan on Facebook!
Good luck,
Mary ann Kilgore
Marcus,
Love the show! Just watched the piece with Steve Churm, great stuff! Simple, informative, well produced, timely, what more can I say. Keep em coming.
Best,
John Ewert
Vadas – Congrats on the show and best of luck!
Check out QSI – Cut n Paste – turn up your speakers!
http://www.angelvisiontech.com/clients/quantum_sphere/
Kevin
Cool Sullen segment and cool show. What up Ryan?
No Fried Eyes
Kurtis
Hey Marcus….make that NINE viewers…..I just watched! Great job…real, and down to earth.
All the best!
Frances Dilorinzo
That was a really good interview. I loved what Jeff had to say about how he got started, also when he showed the viewers the mock up of an actual shoe with the parts and pieces in his hand that was quite inspiring. I thought the idea of the floor mat and actually taking a piece of the mat from the cab car and making that material part of the shoe hilarious, it really made me laugh
(that was nice too) but it also shows how creativity happens in the most unexpected ways. Thanks for showing us this very creative wonderful guy Marcus!!
I want to say also that every interview has been informative and interesting. Another favorite of mine was the Wing Lam and Ed Santos interview. Their whole entire approach to business, marketing, helping people is completely inspiring. They still keep it fun and really make it about human beings and interaction between people in a different way. It changed the way I feel about having and creating a business. For me, as a graphic design educatior I need to understand business and also for my freelance graphic design work, but their approach is very appealing and somehow very heart felt. t Those feelings came through in this interview. Also, for my students and myself understanding how twitter and facebook and this very fast internet communication is changing the entire way business and networking is done is fascinating. They are doing the future now and have been doing it in the past! I love this one Marcus.Thank you.