ABOUT US
55 and Better offers an entertaining and informative one-hour, multi-segment television show to an ever-expanding marketing demographic. The specialized needs and wants of this market make it appealing to advertisers and television program executives.
OUR TEAM
EXPERIENCED PRODUCTION TEAM EXECUTIVES AND STAFF HAVE OVER 100 YEARS OF TELEVISION EXPERIENCE, BOTH IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE CAMERA, LIVE ON-AIR AND IN THE PRODUCTION BOOTH IN ADDITION, SEGMENT PRODUCERS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WAYNE FALIGOWSKI
Wayne was the creator and host of the popular High Five Challenge TV Game Show. It started in 1993 and since then has featured thousands of young people, and individuals of all ages.
Wayne is a 1959 West Albany High graduate, is no stranger to long odds. At 34, bored with his job selling insurance, he decided to go into television news.
Armed with an Oregon State University political science degree and years-earlier experience as sports editor at the Albany Democrat-Herald, he signed up for a TV production class at a Portland college. “The professor told me: `You’re almost 35 years old. Your chances of breaking in now – especially of getting on air – are about 10,000 to 1.”
But Faligowski did break in, though it meant a production job at tiny KPIC-TV in Roseburg.
A year later, he became an assignment desk assistant at KOIN. When a night reporting spot opened up, he jumped at it. Once he’d proven himself on the air, he became the station’s consumer reporter.
During his 16 years in TV news, he was increasingly bothered by the mostly negative stories about kids.
“We’d never lead off with good things, but with stories about kids shooting each other, car accidents or drug busts,” he said. “You’d do a live remote from a school about a shooting, and all the kids behind you would be just as shocked as anyone. Yet the impression in the story was, `Look at all these bad kids today.’ I realized that 95 percent of kids are just doing what they should, trying to get through high school. But the other 5 percent get 95 percent of the news coverage.”
“High-Five” was his attempt to provide some balance, giving good kids their “15 minutes of fame.’
Jeremiah Stroup
Jeremiah is an event emcee and media personality with over 25 years of entertainment & marketing experience. After launching Flux Live with the support of some key business leaders in his twenties he was able to leave his day job at the age of 26 and focus his attention on new media projects, online ventures, and social businesses focused on helping people reach their full potential.
Today he spends most of his time supporting brands he believes in and creating opportunities for others to shine and succeed.
DIANNE FALIGOWSKI
Dianne is a serial entrepreneur who is continually developing businesses to provide solutions that better people’s lives. Words cannot express Dianne’s love and passion for business. She successfully started and sold multiple purpose-led businesses. She’s passionate about providing help and resources to better people’s lives. She’s originally from the Philippines. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education.
She enjoys coffee, golf and travel with her husband Tyler, and their 3 wonderful children: Andrew, Aiden and Ashton.
