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Name: Jim Stovall
Type of Member: Faculty
Jim Stovall has been a national champion Olympic weightlifter, a
successful investment broker and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder
and President of the Narrative Television Network, which makes
movies and television accessible for our nation's 13 million
blind and visually impaired people and their families. Although
originally designed for the blind and visually impaired, over
60% of NTN's nationwide audience is made up of fully-sighted
people who simply enjoy the programming.
Jim Stovall hosts the Network's talk show, "NTN Showcase." His
guests have included Katharine Hepburn, Jack Lemmon, Carol
Channing, Steve Allen, and Eddie Albert, as well as many others.
The Narrative Television Network has received an Emmy Award and
an International Film and Video Award among its many industry
honors.
NTN has grown to include over 1,200 cable systems and broadcast
stations, reaching over 35 million homes in the United States,
and NTN is shown in 11 foreign countries.
Jim Stovall joined the ranks of Walt Disney, Orson Welles, and
four United States presidents when he was selected as one of the
"Ten Outstanding Young Americans" by the U.S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce. He has appeared on "Good Morning America" and CNN, and
has been featured in Reader's Digest, TV Guide and Time
magazine. He is the author of a previous book entitled You Don't
Have To Be Blind To See, as well as his new book Success Secrets
of Super Achievers. The President's Committee on Equal
Opportunity selected Jim Stovall as the 1997 Entrepreneur of the
Year.
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