WCTV Membership

People with any kind of organizational experience can tell you  that any group is only as good as its membership. If this is the case, then WCTV is an exemplary organization. Our members give so much to WCTV; their time, their  heart, their soul and their ideas. They are responsible for a lot of  what you see day-to-day here on WCTV.

The WCTV membership roster reads like a “Who’s Who” of Wilmington. You’ll find members of all ages from school kids to retirees with a large generational representation in between. Many of the town’s organizations and civic groups are also WCTV members. The Rotary Club, Fourth Of July Committee, and many other town and school groups are proud to be among our host of organizational members.

WCTV is a membership-based organization; persons who live or work in Wilmington, as well as groups or non-profit and service organizations based in Wilmington, can become WCTV members! Members of Wilmington Community Television are entitled to  the following privileges:

• Training in such processes as camera operation, video editing, preparation of graphics, DVD Authoring, and audio production. Click here to see the classes we offer.
• Access to professional-quality video production equipment, from cameras and microphones to studio consoles and editing systems.
• Input on WCTV issues, including the election of members to the Board of Directors, during our Annual Members Meeting.
• Quarterly issues of the WCTV Newsletter, telling you about what is going on here at your local access center.

Current Membership Fees

There are four types of membership here at WCTV, renewable on an annual basis:

• Individual: $15.00 a year;
• Family: $25.00 a year, for your immediate family and/or members of the same household (includes up to four people per membership);
• Senior Citizen/Student: $10.00 a year. The Senior Citizen membership rate is offered to individuals 60 years of age or older. For Student memberships, the individuals must either be enrolled in the public school system or a full-time college student (a valid college ID is required). Members under the age of 18 must have a signed parental consent form on file at WCTV.
• Organizational Members: $50.00 a year. Membership package covers training and equipment privileges for up to four members of the organization. Click here to see our list of Organizational Members.

For more information on how to become a WCTV member, call our main office at 978-657-4066 or, stop by! We’re located in the old Swain School at 140 Middlesex Avenue in Wilmington. Click here for training workshops available to members.

In addition to our basic production classes,  Wilmington Community Television also offers specialized media classes dealing with such things as graphic and web design, 3-D video and flash animation, and producing content for TV Newscasts. Here are some of the Specialty Media classes we now offer:

“Be A DJ...or Just Sound Like One”
This four-week class covers the basics of radio broadcasting in a music-intensive format. Topics of interest include:

• Music programming basics, such as formatting, artist separation and music flow.
  
• Operation of professional digital and analog broadcast and recording equipment.
  
• Preparation of pertinent local content for live breaks.
  
• Creation and integration of various production elements.
  
• Announcing techniques such as articulation, inflection, voice projection and breath control. 

This class is presented as an extension of the WCTV Cable Radio project, which is in the process of producing an enhanced background audio stream for the Community Bulletin Board seen on WCTV’s Public Access Channel, WCTV-P (seen in town on channel 9 of the Comcast system, and channel 37 on Verizon’s FiOS TV service).

The class is taught by Bill Robert,  WCTV’s Operations Manager who, in addition to his experience in cable and broadcast television, was an air personality on commercial radio for  17 years. In fact, Bill runs his own internet radio station in his spare time, broadcasting both automated and live fare via the Live365 service.

For more information on how to get into the next class, call Bill at 978-657-4066 or send him an e-mailat brobert@wctv.org.