Peter Lion was inclined in the direction of writing from a very early age. All through his growing upward years in Connecticut he was seen dabbling with poetry as well as wrote numerous short stories. His talent in this field had been additionally perfected when after joining the Notre Dame High School in Connecticut he began adding to the students school newspaper.
He set out to make a career involving his enthusiasm for the words by means of initially getting a degree in Journalism through the Southern Connecticut State University. He published his very first magazine write-up in the Hartford Magazine well before he had graduated with his journalism degree.
He embarked in to the television industry even just before he had finished his college. A few months before graduation, Peter Lion took up employment with WTNH-TV as a part tome graphics operator. This tv channel had been an affiliate of the ABC network and had been based out of New Haven. Peter Lion though, had no experience within this field snapped up this particular opportunity to acquire an access and to generate a foothold within the news and television sector.
He learned the ropes swiftly, understanding the technicalities on the operation of a television network and continued to be a part of this channel for over a period of 2 years.
He then moved to Boston and began working with WSBK as being a Technical Director. He handled a number of projects, his major one remaining the Boston Red Sox Baseball as well as Boston Bruins Hockey. However, his desire to be in television and his love for penning pulled him back to his home state as a part of a tiny television channel start up.
He joined up with this team as a director and also a technical director for the 10 PM news cast, which was to be the first within the state. He grabbed this opportunity of presenting his expertise and knowledge as in his stint in Boston he has acquired the opportunity of working together with several accomplished directors. He employed this kind of knowledge to build the actual show from scratch.
Peter Lion relocated to Pittsburg and also joined KADA TV after finishing 2 years with this start-up. During his stint in this television network, he exploited the various facets of his expertise and worked as a weather anchor, announcer, news producer, feature producer and director. It had been in the course of his stint at KADA-TV that Peter Lion found motivation for his book titled “The American St. Nick”.
He then moved back to Connecticut and also became part of ESPN sports network. Even now an integral part of ESPN, he is in charge for a number of their particular shows such as Sports Centre as well as the NFL Draft in his position within the corporation as being a Director. His main show however, continues to be, College Gameday.
He has been a 2 time winner of the Emmy awards, even though he’s already been nominated frequently for his contribution in the television industry. He got his first Emmy with regard to his work within Sports Centre as well as received his subsequent Emmy for the show NFL countdown.
Apart from doing work, Peter Lion is currently working on his second book. He is additionally a part of a music group that goes by the name of “Cheaper than Therapy” and is their lead singer as well as guitarist