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	Podcast:		Other News
	Episode:		How the technical side of television captured Steve Wilson’s heart
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:49
	Publish Date:		2019-08-17 12:00:00
	Description:		This story originally aired on May 13. 2017. Television producer and director, Steve Wilson, says making television is just like making cheese. “People consume cheese. Some people make really good cheese. Other people make really terrible cheese. But, everybody eats cheese —and I make the cheese,” he told us. Steve’s decades-long love affair with television began when he was a kid growing up in Seattle. The 1960s was was a golden age in television for kids. This was when KING, KIRO and KOMO created their very own shows for children. Steve watched them all. When Steve was six years old, he went to the 1962 World’s Fair at Seattle Center. The local television stations had stages inside the Armory and were doing their kids’ shows live on location. This was the first time Steve saw how his friends on the small screen at home came to life. At first, Steve was horrified to see the homes of his favorite characters being torn down to make way for the next show. But, he says, “That’s when I
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