{"id":39386,"date":"2020-03-03T17:23:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T22:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/?p=39386"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:36:20","slug":"lead-tennessee-radio-features-senate-majority-leader-jack-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2020\/03\/lead-tennessee-radio-features-senate-majority-leader-jack-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLead Tennessee Radio\u201d features Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Franklin lawmaker discusses broadband funding for rural Tennessee<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/29659a01\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Sen. Jack Johnson discussed the importance of funding broadband expansion in rural Tennessee and other issues lawmakers will address this legislative session for the latest episode of \u201cLead Tennessee Radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, R-Franklin represents Williamson County in the State Senate, where he also serves as Majority Leader. He is the first vice chair of the Senate Calendar Committee and a member of Finance, Ways and Means; Commerce and Labor; and Joint Pension and Insurance committees.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is very involved in his community and participates in a number of local and statewide organizations, such as the Williamson County Chamber of Commerce, Williamson County Republican Party Chairman\u2019s Circle, National Rifle Association, and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He is an advisory board member for the David House Child Advocacy Center.<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife, Deanna, have three children. They are members of Grace Chapel Church in Leipers Fork.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-1600x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson Ken Yager recording a podcast\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-340x255.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLead Tennessee Radio\u201d is a podcast produced by the Tennessee Broadband Association. During the podcast, TNBA Executive Director Levoy Knowles sits down with state leaders in Nashville to discuss issues important to rural Tennessee. Past episodes feature state leaders such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2019\/11\/tennessee-broadband-association-launches-new-podcast-focused-on-state-leaders\/\">Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2020\/01\/second-lead-tennessee-radio-podcast-features-tennessee-lt-gov-randy-mcnally\/\">Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2020\/02\/house-majority-leader-william-lamberth-discusses-broadband-impact\/\">House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland<\/a>; and many more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an great opportunity for the people in rural Tennessee to hear directly from leaders in Nashville who are making decisions on issues that directly affect them,\u201d Knowles said.<\/p>\n<p>Our members and anyone living in rural Tennessee will be able to hear their state leaders discuss issues they care about,\u201d Knowles said.<\/p>\n<p>Recent topics discussed on the podcast include broadband internet\u2019s impact on rural development and how it can be used to improve health care in underserved areas through telemedicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLead Tennessee Radio\u201d can be found on apps such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Play. Upcoming topics will include issues that lawmakers will face in the 2020 legislative session.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5em; height: 60px; margin-top: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/lead-tennessee-radio\/id1486216678\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-39291\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/US_UK_Apple_Podcasts_Listen_Badge_RGB.svg\" alt=\"Listen on Apple Podcasts\" width=\"204\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7tTrErQHavCpHdYHN72izx\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-39292\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spotify-podcast-badge-blk-grn-165x40-1.svg\" alt=\"Listen on Spotify\" width=\"205\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2xlYWQtdGVubmVzc2VlLXJhZGlv\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-39393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-podcasts-badge-340x82.png\" alt=\"Listen on Google Podcasts\" width=\"207\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin lawmaker discusses broadband funding for rural Tennessee Tennessee Sen. Jack Johnson discussed the importance of funding broadband expansion in rural Tennessee and other issues lawmakers will address this legislative session for the latest episode of \u201cLead Tennessee Radio.\u201d Johnson, R-Franklin represents Williamson County in the State Senate, where he also serves as Majority Leader&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":39387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,305],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}