John Stewart Socha
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John Stewart Socha is a Spring Grove, Minnesota-based radio broadcaster and journalist who specializes in technology subjects.
Socha, originally working on the air as John Stewart, began his broadcasting career in 1981 was an on-air personality at WTMJ in Milwaukee, and later hosted the "Morning Report" at WOAI in San Antonio, Texas. In 1990, he relocated to Spring Grove, Minnesota to create the company Audio Computer Information, which offered audio and mixed media tutorials for new computer users. He also produced The Radio Computer Magazine, which was syndicated on the Sun Radio Network, and was a guest commentator on high-tech issues for the Business News Network, WBAL radio in Baltimore, and the Australian Triple M Network's weekly Byte This program.
Socha also wrote articles on both digital and film photography, using the byline "John Stewart," for eDigitalPhoto and Shutterbug magazines. They can now be found in the Shutterbug web site archives. [1][2] He has also been cited in numerous publications as an expert in high-tech issues.[3]
More recently, he was station manager for WKBH, a Roman Catholic radio station in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.[4] Socha now produces radio, television and multimedia projects for a number of non-profit organizations, including the Catholic Diocese of LaCrosse and the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
To date, Socha has produced and narrated 12 audio tutorials, ranging from the 1994 “The DOS Tape” to recent CDs for first-time users of digital cameras and eBay auctions. His wife, writer Alice Andersen, has co-written and co-produced these tutorials.[5] Socha has also brought his eBay expertise to Western Technical College in LaCrosse, where he teaches a non-credit course on eBay selling. [6]
Socha received the 2005 Distinguished Netizen Award from SharewareJunkies.com for his work in high-tech journalism and computer education. [7]
