{"id":3971,"date":"2025-08-09T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2025-08-09T15:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:08:32","slug":"ive-always-been-a-performer-cleveland-public-access-tv-host-keeps-entertaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/ive-always-been-a-performer-cleveland-public-access-tv-host-keeps-entertaining\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019ve always been a performer\u2019: Cleveland public access TV host keeps entertaining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Maliq Hicks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NABJ JSHOP Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland TV personality Cornell Calhoun III had his big start as a college athlete, but he\u2019s still doing big things in entertainment, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former arts and culture coordinator for the city of Cleveland, Calhoun is now a renowned talk show host at TV20, the city-owned television station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While speaking with students from the NABJ JSHOP this week, Calhoun described himself as an accomplished basketball player \u2014 he played decades ago at Talladega College in Alabama \u2013 who later transitioned to media and the arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’ve always had that creative, storytelling element inside of me,\u201d said Calhoun, who\u2019s also a well-known local actor, screenplay writer and filmmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayor Justin Bibb greets JSHOP Reporters at Cleveland\u2019s TV20 studios in City Hall. Photo by NABJ JSHOP Staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When asked about his basketball career, Calhoun enthusiastically described it with one phrase: \u201cI could give you 30 (points per game)!\u201d However, he also had a passion for theater, dating back to high school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calhoun recalled telling himself back then that the next time he set foot in a theater, he\u2019d be on the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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