Brownfield Ag News announced June 8 that Andrew Flinn is joining the Brownfield team as Ohio Anchor/Reporter. “Andrew’s years of experience covering news and agriculture for local radio stations in Ohio makes him a great addition to the Brownfield team,” said Cyndi Young-Puyear, Director of Brownfield & Ag Operations. Flinn came to Brownfield after 15 years reporting news and agriculture in his home state of Ohio. He spent 14 of those years with Brownfield affiliate WKTN (Kenton, OH). Andrew is a graduate of the University of Findlay, where he majored in communication and public relations. Also, he has his associate degree in broadcast production and engineering from Hocking Technical College. Andrew is a former member of the Hardin County 4-H Advisory Board, Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame Committee and the Hardin County Ag Council. Also, he has been involved in the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce and Business Alliance and the Kenton Kiwanis Club.
About being offered the Brownfield position, Andrew said, “I’m a bit humbled by it. I’ve spent my career working in local radio up until this point, so it’s a slight learning curve. But, I grew up around agriculture and have been reporting on regional ag news for most of my career, so I’m looking forward to the opportunity to report on the agriculture community in Ohio.” He grew up around farms, visiting neighbor farms all the time with his dad. Also, he followed his dad’s footsteps when he became President of his Kenton High School FFA Chapter. Joe Cornely, past NAFB President and Vice President of Communications for Ohio Farm Bureau, reports that Andrew is the fourth “alumni” to go into Ohio Ag broadcasting that began at their hometown station, WKTN (Kenton, OH). Ron Powers, Gary Jackson, Joe and Andrew all began their broadcasting careers at WKTN. Brownfield Ag News creates and delivers original content across multiple media platforms. Brownfield includes the largest and one of the oldest agricultural news radio networks in the country. More than 400 affiliate radio stations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin carry agricultural programming created by Brownfield’s award-winning team of a dozen full-time farm broadcasters. Ohio Brownfield has 41 affiliated radio station partners. More information is available at brownfieldagnews.com.
