SHAKERS & MOVERS n YOUNG SUCCESS
TIBERIUS BOY
Reaching for the
World Record
By Laura Dorsey
The show is about the things that Tiberius
likes. It is divided into a few segments,
starting with Video Game of the Week
where he talks about a current game he
enjoys playing. Next is the book of the
week where, since Tiberius has to read
twenty minutes a day per his school,
he talks about one of the books he has
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read and gives it a rating. Then there
is the interview of an Interesting
Person. During this segment,
Tiberius asks questions to
find out what his guest
does for a living, along with
what they are interested in,
and fun facts. Then he moves to
Math Corners where Tiberius learn
or teaches something new in his favorite
subject MATH! Tiberius, an avid bowler,
covers the bowling score report where
he tells where and what scores he bowled
that week. The last segment is Heart of a
LION which talks about the qualities of
Leadership, Integrity, Obedience, and
Nobility and what he observed or used
during the week.
Tiberius also enjoys reporting. He goes
to conventions, reporting on the vendors
and interviewing them. He has done Taste
of Orlando and the Home and Garden
Show. He even has press passes for IAAPA
and Infocom, where he interviewed
representatives from Samsung, Sony, LG,
Christie and many other tech companies.
He has a press pass for Orlando Sea Wolves
and Orlando Solar Bears and a press pass
application for the Orlando Magic.
Tiberius is a budding entrepreneur. He
already has multiple sponsors for his
radio show which covers the cost of
airtime and makes a small profit that gets
split between his scholarship fund and
personal spending money. If the radio
business is not enough, he has decided
to explore television and theater. Tiberius
is expanding his reach by performing in
Theater West End’s, A Christmas Story, his
first production on stage.
When I asked Tiberius what he wanted
people to know about him and his success,
he quoted one of his heroes, Dan Rather,
“Ratings don’t last. Good journalism does.”
T
he Guinness Book of World
Records is a reference book
published annually, listing world
records of human achievements.
Tiberius Boy is applying to be recognized
as the world’s youngest radio talk show
host. This pint-sized wonder started
broadcasting in Central Florida at the
age of seven. You can listen to his weekly
broadcast on The Tiberius Show airing on
a number of stations nationwide. Tiberius
works with his team and guests to record
the show every Wednesday. He insists that
the show airs at 3:30 pm in multiple time
zones so that other children can listen
when they get out of school. From the
reports of the stations that air his show,
Tiberius has over 60,000 kid listeners and
20,000 adult listeners.