- Dates
- 2011-07-02 – 2011-07-10
- Kind
- Media production
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationfishingtourismcommerce
- Within
- Beaver Island
The Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce announced that Fly Fishing the World TV would tape a full thirty-minute Beaver Island episode from July 6 through 10, 2011. Later Chamber notices identified the program as episode 10, featuring smallmouth and carp fishing, and circulated revised December 2011 air dates on the Sportsman’s Channel. The Chamber credited Indigo Guides and several island businesses for supporting the production.
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These are Chamber promotional reports. They establish the planned production, reported local support, and advertised broadcast schedule, but not independent confirmation of filming, transmission, audience, or tourism impact.
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- The Chamber said that Indigo Guides and the Chamber had been contacted by the producer of Fly Fishing The World TV and that a full 30-minute show would be taped July 6–10, with support from Island Airways, Archipelago Sunset, and Beaver Island Lodge Restaurant. It predicted nationwide distribution but does not independently establish filming, broadcast, or audience.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003677
- The Chamber circulated a link to a positive comment by host Conway Bowman and said the Beaver Island episode was expected to air later in 2011 on the Outdoor Channel. The linked article and broadcast are not held here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003808
- The Chamber announced Sportsman's Channel air dates for the thirty-minute Beaver Island episode, identified as episode 10 with smallmouth and carp fishing, and thanked Indigo Guide Service, Island Airways, Beaver Island Lodge, Roger and Nancy Wilcox, and E. J. Hodgson Enterprises. This establishes the advertised broadcast schedule and marketing partners, not an independent airing or audience measurement.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004315
- The Chamber posted successive schedule changes, ultimately giving December 14, December 16, and December 17 air times on Sportsman's Channel. It also records that the network moved the episode to allow a promotional campaign; the forum does not independently verify transmission.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004340
- The Chamber posted the revised December schedule, characterized the episode as roughly half fishing and half coverage of Beaver Island, linked a two-minute teaser, and said a DVD might become available after reruns in summer 2012. The teaser and future DVD are external references, not held copies.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004392
- The Chamber quoted Field & Stream editor-at-large Kirk Deeter describing Beaver Island as a standout 2011 fishing experience and linked his carp-fishing article. The external article is not held locally; the forum establishes the Chamber's contemporaneous promotion, not an independent tourism-impact measure.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004409
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Beaver Island Archive, “Fly Fishing the World TV films a Beaver Island episode, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fly-fishing-world-tv-filming-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce, "Thirty Minute TV Show To Tape On Beaver Island July 6-10," Beaver Island Forum, July 2, 2011. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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