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Boomer voice/byline: on-air name is BOOM not Bloom (Steve) — narration 'This is Boom with RENTV' + byline 'Boom · RENTV'; real surname stays only in the email + clone-provenance comments

ce6805c1c823d1b1967f1e0c41babf4f615059ac · 2026-08-05 16:38:10 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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commit ce6805c1c823d1b1967f1e0c41babf4f615059ac
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 5 16:38:10 2026 -0700

    Boomer voice/byline: on-air name is BOOM not Bloom (Steve) — narration 'This is Boom with RENTV' + byline 'Boom · RENTV'; real surname stays only in the email + clone-provenance comments
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 scripts/gen-social-frame.py  | 4 ++--
 scripts/social-video-gen.mjs | 4 ++--
 server.js                    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gen-social-frame.py b/scripts/gen-social-frame.py
index 37934692..cf379202 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-social-frame.py
+++ b/scripts/gen-social-frame.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Typography + branding live here (PIL) so ffmpeg only does motion + audio.
 Usage: gen-social-frame.py --headline "..." --category "Industrial" \
-       --hero path.jpg --avatar path.jpg --out frame.png [--byline "Steve Bloom, RENTV"]
+       --hero path.jpg --avatar path.jpg --out frame.png [--byline "Boom, RENTV"]
 
 Grounded — renders only the text passed in; invents nothing.
 """
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--category", default="")
     ap.add_argument("--hero", required=True)
     ap.add_argument("--avatar", default="")
-    ap.add_argument("--byline", default="Steve Bloom · RENTV")
+    ap.add_argument("--byline", default="Boom · RENTV")
     ap.add_argument("--footer", default="rentv.com · Western U.S. Commercial Real Estate")
     ap.add_argument("--out", required=True)
     a = ap.parse_args()
diff --git a/scripts/social-video-gen.mjs b/scripts/social-video-gen.mjs
index 667604fc..75f69763 100644
--- a/scripts/social-video-gen.mjs
+++ b/scripts/social-video-gen.mjs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ function narration(title, category, dur) {
   const cat = (category && category.trim()) || 'commercial real estate';
   const t = title.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
   if (dur <= 5) return `${t}. From RENTV — the Western U.S. commercial real estate authority.`;
-  if (dur <= 15) return `This is Steve Bloom with RENTV. ${t}. It's the kind of deal moving ${cat} across the Western U.S. — the market we've covered for twenty-five years. For the full story, visit rentv dot com.`;
-  return `This is Steve Bloom, and welcome to RENTV — now in our twenty-fifth year covering the deals that move Western U.S. commercial real estate. Today's headline: ${t}. It's exactly the kind of ${cat} activity our fifty-thousand readers follow twice a week in The Real Estate Insider. Whether you're an investor, a broker, or a lender, RENTV keeps you ahead of the Western market. Read the full story at rentv dot com.`;
+  if (dur <= 15) return `This is Boom with RENTV. ${t}. It's the kind of deal moving ${cat} across the Western U.S. — the market we've covered for twenty-five years. For the full story, visit rentv dot com.`;
+  return `This is Boom, and welcome to RENTV — now in our twenty-fifth year covering the deals that move Western U.S. commercial real estate. Today's headline: ${t}. It's exactly the kind of ${cat} activity our fifty-thousand readers follow twice a week in The Real Estate Insider. Whether you're an investor, a broker, or a lender, RENTV keeps you ahead of the Western market. Read the full story at rentv dot com.`;
 }
 
 async function tts(text, out) {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index e5b60db0..269bab56 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ function boomerScript(title, highlights, body) {
   if (Array.isArray(highlights) && highlights.length) core = highlights.map(h => clean(h, 300)).filter(Boolean).slice(0, 4).join(' ');
   if (!core) core = clean(body, 800).split(/(?<=[.!?])\s+/).map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean).slice(0, 3).join(' ');
   core = core.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
-  const vo = `This is Steve Bloom with RENTV. ${t}. ${core} For the full story, visit rentv dot com.`;
+  const vo = `This is Boom with RENTV. ${t}. ${core} For the full story, visit rentv dot com.`;
   return vo.slice(0, 1100); // cap ~1.1k chars ≈ $0.33 so a single clip's TTS cost stays bounded
 }
 app.post('/api/content/boomer', adminOnly, (req, res) => {

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