EXPERIENCE & VISION

The LICKONAVISION team has over four decades of experience producing television programs for both commercial and public television. As the production company behind the award-winning PBS music series Austin City Limits (the longest running music program in American history), LICKONAVISION has unrivaled expertise in capturing live music performances with the utmost care and quality. 

While music is the heart and soul of our history, LICKONAVISION serves clients spanning all industries. We have the tools and vision to communicate your story effectively. We create professional, high quality video content for any purpose.

TERRY LICKONA, PRESIDENT

Since 1978, Terry Lickona has been the producer, now executive producer, of Austin City Limits. Celebrating 51 years on PBS, ACL is the longest-running popular music series in American television history. In 2003, the President of the United States awarded ACL the National Medal of Arts, the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence. In 2012, ACL received a rare institutional Peabody Award for excellence and outstanding achievement. Terry has also produced other specials and series for public television, cable, domestic and foreign syndication, home video, and DVD - over 800 programs, with artists ranging from Ray Charles and Johnny Cash to Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Dolly Parton, Juanes, Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, Foo Fighters, Rosalía, Jon Batiste, Bonnie Raitt, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and countless others.

Terry Lickona has been a co-producer of the Grammy Awards Show on CBS since 2012 and the Latin Grammy Awards Show on the Univision network since 2016.  He also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences from 2005-2006 and has served on the Board of the Latin Recording Academy.

A native of Poughkeepsie, New York, he has lived in Austin, Texas since 1974.

EMILY BOLF, PRODUCER

Emily Bolf is currently the Producer of the award-winning PBS series Austin City Limits. Her 25+ years of experience with ACL spans television production, digital content strategy and transformation, social media, live streaming, licensing, and marketing. She continues to help guide brand strategy and growth opportunities for Austin City Limits.

In 2024-2025, Emily spearheaded a landmark campaign celebrating ACL’s 50th Anniversary for Austin PBS. By expanding and leveraging community, media, artist, and brand partnerships, LickonaVision and Austin PBS produced three national PBS broadcast specials, a coffee-table book featuring ACL-inspired poster art, and countless activations, panels and events in Austin and beyond.

Emily began her career with Austin City Limits as a college intern in 1997.

LESLIE NICHOLS, CO-PRODUCER

GRAHAM DOUGLASS, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

ALFREDO LOPEZ, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

JONATHAN JACKSON, CREATIVE CONTENT PRODUCER

JEFF PETERSON, POST PRODUCTION CREATIVE & FORMER PRODUCER

Jeff Peterson is the former Producer of the National Medal of Arts and Peabody award-winning PBS series Austin City Limits. Jeff has been a producer of music programs for HBO, Cinemax, TNN, domestic and foreign syndication, home video, and over a dozen music and documentary specials for PBS. Peterson was a producer on numerous non-televised music concerts, galas and fundraisers, including the Texas Festival at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He also more recently was the Producer for A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert and Chris Isaak: Beyond the Sun, both for PBS.

Peterson has served on the board of the Texas Chapter of the Recording Academy, has chaired the Texas Chapter Recording Academy Honors and Grammy SoundChecks with both Coldplay and John Mayer, and coordinated performances and production at Grammy in the Schools.

Peterson began his career in 1978 as an audio engineer, music mixer and technical supervisor on various nationally distributed music and dramatic programs, including Austin City Limits. 

  • Video Production

  • Concert and Event Production

  • Talent Booking

  • Talent Coordination

  • Production Management

  • Stage Management

  • Social Media Content and Marketing

  • Photography

  • Scripting

LICKONAVISION is based in Austin, Texas and provides services globally.