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MassAccess “Building the Facility” workshop on October 13 at Stoneham Access Television

Residents and members of clubs and service organizations in local communities who are interested in working to establish a community public access facility or to build successfully start or to support a facility are invited to attend a terrific one-day workshop being held by the Mass Access part of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM). The workshop called “Building a Facility,” to be held on Friday, October 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. includes two informative sessions. The first session provides an overview of the vital first steps in planning for building or renovating a facility; the second session, “Portable Studios,” hosted by Kevin Long, a veteran technological consultant in the access field, provides useful information about setting up and videotaping community events “out in the field.” The workshop will be held at the new, state-of-the-art access facility managed by Executive Director Amy Palmerino in Stoneham, Ma. The workshop is $35. for ACM members and $45. for non-members. At the workshop, attendees can also purchase a helpful guide compiled by MassAccess called, “The MassAccess Start-Up” kit for $30. For more information about the workshop, check: www.massaccess.org. To sign up for the workshop, call: Dan Miot, 508 866-1019.

 

WCTV Is Hiring

WCTV is Hiring !!...Please click here to learn about an exciting empolyment opportunity at WCTV




Internships Available at WCTV

WCTV has internships available for both High School and College students.Please click on the links for more information.




Public Access Legislation

Please visit http://saveaccess.org and send an urgent message to Congress to protect Public, Educational and Governmental TV, an open internet with net neutrality protections and stronger red-lining provisions to protect our communities! We must stop Senate Bill S.2686 Now!



Want Something Taped ??

WCTV is now implementing a new email address so members can send notices to announce events that volunteers have the opportunity to videotape.The email
address is tapemyevent@wctv.org




Community Bulletin Board

Dont Forget Our Community Bulletin Board.Please click here cbb@wctv.org to Post a Message



A Message from the Executive Director

Dear elected officials, WCTV board members, staff and friends, We, in public access community television, believe we had done all we could regarding legislative threats, but now we have another alert from the Alliance for Community Media and NATOA (National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors). Another item may be brought forward from Congressman Barton. Please take just a few minutes to read the information below. Here is a brief synopsis of what the alert is asking: For persons who live or work in Wilmington, call U.S. Representative John Tierney (202) 225-8020 in Washington, D.C. (please call between 9 am and 5 pm) and ask for the Telecommunications Legislative Assistant. You can ask to speak to that person or to leave a voice mail. It takes very little time.

Say that you are concerned that Congressman Barton may be introducing a bill that would deprive communities of local franchising authority, and then continue with the following points: 1) Explain that each community is unique and each local franchising authority ensures that video providers meet the unique needs and interests of each community in a fair manner. Local franchising authorities are in a position to monitor the video providers obligations and local authority should retain the rights to supervise rights-of-ways (used by providers to bring services to the consumers) and recover associated costs as is currently done. 2) Explain that you understand that it may be necessary to implement time certain guidelines to ensure a speedy entry into the video provider market, but this should be done with fair terms for all concerned. 3) And finally, express the need for level playing field language of all video providers.

If you read the alert from NATOA, they provide you with the same talking points in more depth. If you live outside Wilmington, you can identify your Congressperson’s office by clicking on the link provided in the alert. Again, the phone call takes less than a minute! Representative Edward Markey's District Office 781-396-2900 Assistant to Markey: David Mouton 202.225.2836 Assistant to Markey: Colin Crowell 202-225-2836

Thanks for your continued support! If you have any questions or comments, please call me 978-657-4066.




Is WCTV Important to You? Send Comments to the FCC

The FCC is soliciting comments on a proposal that would allow telephone companies and other video service providers to avoid seeking local agreements with cities and towns before they can do business. These agreements, called franchises, are what currently protect the funding and channels for public, educational, and governmental access. We are asking our supporters to file comments with the FCC today! Here’s how to do it: If you are a CCTV member, write some brief comments about your relationship to CCTV. Describe what you do here and how important it is to you. If you are a viewer, describe how important local public (Channels 9, 10, and 22), educational (Channels 98 and 99), and governmental (Channel 8) access channels are to your community. In either case, explain that you are concerned that CCTV and local channels will be threatened if video service providers are not required to negotiate directly with cities and towns. Once you have prepared your comments, send a copy to click here to file them. You will be asked to fill out a cover sheet; the Proceeding Number is 05-311. After filling out the cover sheet, you can go to the bottom of the form and paste in your comments. Please also email your comments to wctv@mindspring.com and to info@natoa.org (the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors). Thank you!



Public Access Threatened by House and Senate Bills - Take Action!

Please click here to learn more about this important issue facing Public Access


Producing Public Access Television

Throughout the country, over a million people - just like you -- are using electronic media to build a sense of community in their neighborhoods. They've learned how to run television cameras, set lights, edit video-tape, and produce top-notch television programming for their community! And all for the minimal cost of membership! You, too, can produce public access television programs!
Start with an idea. First comes the idea. Are you part of a community group that needs to reach your own members or your neighbors? Churches, synagogues, youth groups, Chambers of Commerce, civic organizations, political groups, and cultural communities of every kind are already using public access television. Why not join them by covering events or interviewing people in your community?
Become a WCTV member and take training classes! Attend classes in using a camera, editing, adding graphics, designing a dazzling show intro and outro, using animation and more! Knowledgeable and patient instructors will provide you with the skills you need to produce your television program. Once you have mastered the basic skills, you're ready to produce your own television program!
Produce your own community television program! You'll be able to help with or produce a studio production...or videotape an event "out in the field" using professional video field equipment. Throughout the taping and editing of your program, friendly staff instructors will provide you with guidance and advice. You can also find out who is producing similar programming across the country through the directory of winners in the Alliance's annual Hometown Video Festival!
Promote your program and get others involved! Make sure people know about your program! WCTV will be pleased to schedule times and dates when your new program will be shown and to create a bulletin board announcement about your new show. When others in your community see your work, they may be encouraged to get involved with this terrific community resource! This is a great way to get word out to residents in your own community!

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WCTV Is Offering Internships


WCTV is now offering internships for college and high school students..Please click here to learn more.

Programming Note

WCTV presents gavel-to-gavel coverage of all government meetings. When viewing the meeting in a taped replay, the meeting may have a brief break in coverage if it is a lengthy meeting, due to the necessity of changing the videotape during the recording process. Government meetings are not edited with the exception of adding the opening and closing credits. Please contact Executive Director Donna Gaceck at 978-657-4066 with any questions on WCTV's meeting coverage.

 

Become a volunteer!

WCTV welcomes volunteers to help cover the many local events and assist with many video and computer projects that make our community television station and media center so popular.  Currently, we're looking for volunteers to help with Sports Announcing
and Grant Writing You can help us with publicity materials, community bulletin board notices, video projects and computer projects. You'll learn a lot, gain experience and make a lot of friends! You can help to make your community access center an even better place for the entire community! Consider joining us!  Call us at 978-657-4066


Program benefits WCTV

WCTV has joined the iGive.com program that will benefit our station. For every purchase you make through the shopping network, iGive.com will give a portion back to us. The program is the first and largest online network of more than 240 online stores and Web sites that is dedicated to turning online shopping into philanthropy for nonprofit organizations. You can join for free, and receive discounts, special offers and savings. When you shop, these stores will give a portion of the sale to WCTV; some will give up to 25%. Many of the contributions are tax deductible. To find out more about the program, 
check: www.iGive.com

 

Training is available to members by appointment in advance. Plan to sign up for classes or training at least one week in advance


.Remember to set up an appointment with a staff person.  WCTV does not offer “drop in” training. Please allow at least 2 hours for your training appointment and plan to schedule an appointment at least one week in advance. Click Here for a list of classes that we offer

 

WCTV t-shirts Are Available!

Cool new WCTV t-shirts, sporting our neat apple logo, are now available for only $10.00! The t-shirts are cotton and comfortable and make a great fashion statement as well as let the public know that you are a WCTV member! Buy one for yourself or for a friend! 
                 
                    

Our Community Can Help

If you would like to help in any way with the relief efforts for the recent tragedy, you can contact The Red Cross at
 1-800-GIVE -LIFE/ 1-800-448-3543.

 

Send Us Your Email Address!

If you would like to be among the first to get the latest information about upcoming classes, contests, events and programs, send us your current email address. Be sure to send us your email address if you have recently changed it! Send your address to us at: wctv@mindspring.com. 

 

 

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Monday  - 10 AM - 9 PM
Tuesday - 10 AM - 9 PM
Wednesday - 10 AM - 9 PM
Thursday - 10 AM - 9 PM
Friday - 9 AM - 1 PM
Saturday - closed for the summer
Sunday - Closed

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