ITT CEO First to go on Global Radio Inteview

Radio Pinoy RMN is the longest running and the most "mainstream" radio station in the US east coast and it serves one of the most vibrant Fiipino communities, not only in the United States but over the world. After all there are about 40 million (and that is a moderate estimate) Filipino migrants all over this planet. Yet, it wasn't anyone as famous as Bill Gates who was granted an interview by CNN Larry King's friend LINO CELLE but Candian AstraQom CEO Jonathan Sowah.

There is a saying that if you want success and fame, you have to work for it hard. Jonathan Sowah indeed did and still does, but what makes his style distinctive from the rest is his dictum that ITT should be for "good causes too and doesn't and shouldn't stop when one begins to make enough money". And that is exactly what he is accomplishing for the global Filipino community which means about 80 million Filipinos. That was why Lino Celle decided that it was time that he get acquainted with this man -- and he did last Saturday.

Initially, the interview started from an RMN Manila hookup and Sowah had a difficult time patching on RMN radio Manila but his representative, veteran journalist Cynthia Sycip, talked as candidly as possible about Philippine current events, her impressions on Lino Celle and Jonathan Sowah's projects - among them were Pinoy Kubo dot com and IPilipinas which is one of the first micro-blogging sites suited and designed for Filipinos, particularly migrants. An hour lapsed and Sowah was unable to get through but the global interview continued from Manila to New York. Hear it HERE.

It was one for the Guinness---- first of the most direct interviews which discussed Philippine current events, culture and even world affairs, particularly news going on in the Middle East and how it can affect the millions of Filipinos working there should anything break out Between Israel and Iran. How would the Philippine government handle the influx of returning Filipino workers abroad for instance? RMN Pinoy Radio bigwig agreed in the discussion with Sycip that there seems to be no specific government policy or plan regarding this while Sowah was more optimistic and ventured his opinion that it was not the first time that Iran threatened the existence of a Jewish state adding that he was optimistic that something the present volatile situation would not result in any more wars.

Though now an ITT CEO, Sowah is also was a journalist which made the interaction between these three rather comfortable and even fun to listen to. Celle, who owns one of the most credible mainstream radio stations catering to the Philippine community in the USA and the world asked Sowah why his penchant for coming up with social networking sites for migrants, particularly Filipinos. He replied, "I have always been with Filipinos for a long time and I just love them and yes, I do business, but at the same time I also want to do community service and support causes that technology can assist faster".

There was Celle, an extremely classy good man who also helped by "niche" and Sowah who was talking about "niche" technology and social networks. That was when Sycip figured out that these two decent gentleman can actually complement each other and suggested that "if both of you want to help the global Filipino community it would be such a complimentary partnership and would enable faster information dissemination about what particularly is happening in the Philippine community all over the world particularly during these rather uncertain, albeit, even turbulent times."

It was probably the first time that an ITT CEO, a veteran broadcaster and a journalist ever managed a global interview which started from Manila and ended two hours later in New York City. And Yes, THAT is precisely an example of how technology these days can put together people with a cause for a community or the technical term is "niche".

Later, a New York company merged with Sowah's AstraQom but Sowah says " AstraQom has telecom has its primary focus of business and recently veered into the social media platform arena, the company now in NYC, INiche is a natural transition... " This means that INiche can do better to help the Philippine migrant community anywhere and that there could be a closer relationship between THE biggest GLOBAL Filipinin radio network in the United Sates and INiche. That also means that there could be a closer relationship between THE biggest GLOBAL Filipino radio network in the United Sates and INiche.

WE can only expect that better things are going happen for Filipinos all over the world. Thanks to Celle and Sowah, Sycip -- and their these new breed of "niche" thinkers who have made it their goal to help and connect "global communities".