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Two Filipino-American brothers purchase a radio station in a small city, dreaming of commercial free sports talk, but their ambitious, younger sister has bigger plans for herself and the station.

Bob and Dickey, two Filipino-American brothers, launch a commercial-free, sports-talk radio station in a small western New York market with no major professional sports teams. However, their younger sister Frances, a retail banker with dreams of running her own hedge fund, conspires to turn the station, WFSR, into a highly profitable commercial enterprise. As in life, the world of sport in the play doesn't always provide an escape. A college hockey coach suddenly disappears after allegations he sexually assaulted a teen boy. A WFSR host spirals into gambling addiction, while another is stalked by an obsessed caller. The WFSR crew grapples with some of the disturbing transgressions plaguing sports today while fighting for the station’s survival.

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Format:
TV Pilot
Genres:
Budget:
Micro
Starring Roles For:
40ish Filipino-American man
30ish Filipino-American man
20's Filipino-American woman
In the Vein Of:
Sports Night
Party Down
Bad lieutenant
Posted:
06/04/2019
Updated:
04/23/2023
Author Bio:
James Palmer is a former reporter and photographer who covered civil and regional conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. His stories and photos appeared in the Guardian, Washington Post, Toronto Star, Der Spiegel and Reuters, among others. He was awarded the Nicholas Blake Grant for international freelance reporting in 2007 for his work in Iraq. The Newark Star-Ledger twice nominated him for a Pulitzer Prize in foreign reporting for his work in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Contest Results:
Oaxaca FilmFest (Finalist) [2021]
Screenplay Festival (Semifinalist) [2019]
Santa Barbara International (Honorable Mention) [2021]
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