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Marianne Aleardi will host a new TV show that puts the focus on South Jersey. (Photo provided)

(David Michael Howarth photography)

South Jersey will be the star of its very own TV show.

On Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 8:30 p.m., NJTV will debut "This is South Jersey with Marianne Aleardi," a TV show dedicated to telling the story of South Jersey's people and places hosted by Marianne Aleardi, publisher and editor-in-chief of SJ Magazine.

The show is designed to introduce unique stories of southern New Jersey to a statewide audience. The first episode will feature a tour of the Trenton-based outdoor art park Grounds for Sculpture; the sights, sounds and flavors of the Valenzano WineFest in Shamong; and a visit to West Berlin's Diggerland, the country's first construction playground for kids.

"This show will shine a spotlight on all the interesting things happening in South Jersey. There is nothing like it on TV — I knew it would be a good program and the South Jersey community would love it and support it," said Aleardi, who began the process of developing the show two years ago in partnership with NJTV.

The second episode will focus on Camden and the third episode will feature Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center in Millville, junior drag racing at Atco Raceway and the Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud, a company that has supplied mud from the banks of the Delaware to every MLB team for more than 40 years.

For more information about "This is South Jersey with Marianne Aleardi," visit sjmagazine.net. For air dates, visit www.njtvonline.org.

Kristie Rearick may be reached at krearick@southjerseymedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @KArearick. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook.