Scott LaMar has worked in both radio and television for more than four decades.
Currently, LaMar is the Host and Executive Producer of The Spark program on WITF-FM, 89.5 & 93.3 in Harrisburg, Pa.
Previously, LaMar was WITF TV’s Sr. Public Affairs producer and produced the station’s award-winning weekly public affairs TV program, Smart Talk.
In addition to his on-air duties, LaMar has moderated political candidate debates, including those for candidates running for Pennsylvania governor and the U.S. Senate and was a regular contributor to BBC World News TV before and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
LaMar often emcees or moderates local events and has gone as far as California to emcee a national event.
The American Society of Civil Engineers honored LaMar with their national Excellence in Journalism award in 2020. He has been nominated for five Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.
LaMar and The Spark have been recognized throughout the Central Pennsylvania community including ADVOZ Lancaster’s “Dignity in Dialogue Award”, the South-Central Assembly’s “Regional Citizen Award” and was named a “Humanitarian Hero” by The Humane Society of the United States/Pennsylvania.
A native of Coatesville, Pa., LaMar has also worked as a broadcast news anchor, sports play-by-play announcer and manager.
US. Dollar Background
Airdate: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
On this date in 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin put in place the foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system.
It’s just one of many positions which Franklin the inventor, scientist, publisher and diplomat held throughout his life.
More than 200 years later, just recently, researchers at the University of Notre Dame how Franklin devised a way to print paper money that made it difficult to copy by counterfeiters.
Counterfeiting was rampant during the American Revolution as Khachatur Manukyan, an associate professor of physics at Notre Dame pointed out on The Spark Wednesday, Franklin’s bills were difficult to reproduce because he included watermarks, special crystal and nature printing — nature printed images that were hard to duplicate.
