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WATCH: Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson Highlight Their 25th Year

By  //  January 1, 2026

Journalists and Philanthropists Orville Susong and Steve Wilson Continue Spotlighting the Space Coast

WATCH: Enjoy a few images of the Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson as they covered events from 2025. Susong and Wilson have been promoting Brevard County for over 26 years.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – It’s hard to believe Orville Susong and I have wrapped up another year representing the Friday Night Locker Room (FNLR).

What started as a weekly show in the fall of 2000, broadcasting high school football games, has morphed into something so much more than we could have ever imagined.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey (left) and the Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong (right) are shown at Eastern Florida State College in Cocoa before the escort of the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall to Wickham Park in Melbourne.

Today, we are a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Our mission is to promote and support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and to showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

We also promote and cover high school and youth sports. Our year-round programming includes coverage of everything from sports to veterans and the military, to emergency services personnel, to the great work being done by our local civic and community organizations in and around Brevard County.

This past year offered its challenges, but it did not stop us. We concluded the year with 369 shows and written articles promoting Brevard County, all appearing on Space Coast Daily’s various platforms.

The Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson (left) interviews Rob Long (right), President and CEO of Space Florida, during SpaceCom 2025 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

There are so many people who have helped us along the way. I want to thank those in front of, and behind the camera, Terry Spain, Lisa Nicholas, Deborah Carew, Zach Clark, Zane Garcia, Beth York, Jennifer Dicandio, Juan Rodriguez, and of course, Space Coast Daily partners, Tom Palermo and Giles Malone.

We would not be where we are without our loyal sponsors. Erdman Automotive has been our title sponsor for many years.

Also sponsoring FNLR this year, in alphabetical order, All State Insurance – Jennifer Dicandio and Associates, Al’s Trophy Shop, Auto Expo 95, Beef O’Brady’s (Cocoa), Berry Signs, Craig Technologies, Custom Prints, Shaun Ferguson Realtor, Florida MasterTemp, Goodson Paving, Renegade Underground Utilities, Slug-A-Bug, Space Coast Tire Company, and State Farm Insurance Agents – Eric Ponce, Joe Raley, Brian West, and Alan Wester.

I would also like to thank those who have watched and supported our endeavors over the years. I promise you – it means a great deal to Orville and me. We are both very excited and looking forward to 2026. It promises to be even bigger and better than ever!

Long-time friends, left to right, Steve Wilson, Sam Mazzarell, Orville Susong, and Ike Coffin are at the 2025 Erdman Automotive Golf Invitational held at the Cocoa Beach Country Club.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Wilson moved to Brevard County in 1984 and has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 25 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports and the space industry, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia.  He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.

Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018,  Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey, Florida House District 32 Constituent of the Week 4/20/25.

Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock that raised over $25,000.00.

He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 26 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.