A screen capture of Santa and I taking live calls from more than 45 Wayne County children on December 18th. It was a fun night, and thanks to everyone who phoned in.Friday, December 28, 2007
Santa Claus on WCTV!
A screen capture of Santa and I taking live calls from more than 45 Wayne County children on December 18th. It was a fun night, and thanks to everyone who phoned in.
Checking It Twice
A lucky Wayne County girl gets to talk to Santa live on WCTV Tuesday December 18th. With the kids in the studio and those on the phone, we got more than 50 wish lists from local kids.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Holiday Programming on Channel 21
From now through January 1, enjoy more than 25 hours of local holiday programming provided by area churches, schools, and our Channel 21 producers. This year we have expanded our selection more than ever before, with holiday programs from our archives and replays of our recent Salvation Army Christmas Party broadcast and our Santa phone-in program. We hope your family enjoys the selection as much as our WCTV family did producing these special programs.
We return to regular programming on January 2, and hope you will join us for all that’s to come in 2008.
Happy Holidays!
We return to regular programming on January 2, and hope you will join us for all that’s to come in 2008.
Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Deck the Control Room
Volunteer Barry Barker snapped a few shots at the Salvation Army Christmas Party, simulcast on WKBV and WCTV for the second great year. The Salvation Army put us in a little room that had a window out into the main area just like a real TV control room.
Christmas Camera Op
Operations Director John Schuerman wanted a high-angle camera shot, then found he was the only guy tall enough to reach the controls.A Country Christmas
Charlie Estes and Friends playing during the show, simulcast on both WKBV radio and WCTV this year. We always get a lot of positive calls when Charlie's group comes on the air. Look for replays of this Christmas Party all during Christmas.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Santa Claus is Coming to WCTV!
WCTV is starting a new holiday program this year. We will be hosting a live Santa phone-in show on Channel 21 from 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18. Kids can call 973-8587 to talk to Santa live on the air that night.
We are still looking for a few children to come to the studio on Tuesday to talk to Santa on television, and we would like to extend the invitation to families of WCTV friends and supporters. Please contact me at 973-8488, or via email, if you know a child who would be interested.
We are still looking for a few children to come to the studio on Tuesday to talk to Santa on television, and we would like to extend the invitation to families of WCTV friends and supporters. Please contact me at 973-8488, or via email, if you know a child who would be interested.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
November 2007 Board Minutes
Call to Order - 11:05 a.m. by President Mark Linderman.
Present: Willard Brown, Daryl Greene, Ed Hoffman, Mark Linderman, Jerome Mahaffey, Eric Marsh, Sharon Palmer, Jeff Plasterer, Kim Poinsett, Larry Price,
Phil Quinn and Stephanie Strait.
Staff: John Dalton, John Schuerman, Nick Poling, and Diane Lucas.
Approval of Minutes
Jeff Plasterer moved, with Ed Hoffman giving the second, that the Board unanimously accepts the minutes of October 9, 2007. Minutes approved.
Treasurer’s Report
In the absence of Barb Orbik, John Dalton presented the Treasurer’s Report. John reported that the budget is in line with 75% of the year completed. John noted that the capital equipment money was paid to us in October and would be reflected in the next statement. Ed Hoffman moved, with Larry Price giving the second, and the Treasurer’s Report was approved.
Director’s Report
John Dalton reported that our recent Auction raised approximately $3,000.00, about double the amount from last year. There were two underwriting packages sold this year. John anticipates that the Auction could grow in future years. We had close to 40 volunteers, over 75 bidders, nearly 50 donors and sponsors, and more than 80 items. Stephanie Strait thanked the staff for their hard work on the Auction. Mark Linderman recognized Nick Poling’s good work in directing.
The election returns program went well. This year’s show featured more of a roundtable discussion because of the change in return reporting.
John is asking for recommendations to fill the open board position vacated by Dave Burns. John hopes to be able to present a candidate at the December board meeting. We will have eight board members with terms expiring in April 2008.
John attended the Alliance for Community Media-Central States Region Fall Conference and Trade Show in Fort Wayne, Indiana. John learned our problems with Insight and the live feeds were being discussed at the state and regional level at the conference. Several critical issues in the state law were discussed. John would like to position WCTV to be a part of the ongoing discussion, especially in terms of the IURC and the legislature going forward in 2008.
We are working on ways to air the Salvation Army Show live at their location. Several possible solutions are under consideration.
New Business
Phil Quinn led a discussion about concerns over a recent event taped and submitted by a producer to be aired at a later date on WCTV. It was determined that this program would be aired like any other submitted program.
Good of the Order
John Dalton thanked everyone who helped with the recent WCTV Auction.
Adjournment - 12:05 p.m.
Present: Willard Brown, Daryl Greene, Ed Hoffman, Mark Linderman, Jerome Mahaffey, Eric Marsh, Sharon Palmer, Jeff Plasterer, Kim Poinsett, Larry Price,
Phil Quinn and Stephanie Strait.
Staff: John Dalton, John Schuerman, Nick Poling, and Diane Lucas.
Approval of Minutes
Jeff Plasterer moved, with Ed Hoffman giving the second, that the Board unanimously accepts the minutes of October 9, 2007. Minutes approved.
Treasurer’s Report
In the absence of Barb Orbik, John Dalton presented the Treasurer’s Report. John reported that the budget is in line with 75% of the year completed. John noted that the capital equipment money was paid to us in October and would be reflected in the next statement. Ed Hoffman moved, with Larry Price giving the second, and the Treasurer’s Report was approved.
Director’s Report
John Dalton reported that our recent Auction raised approximately $3,000.00, about double the amount from last year. There were two underwriting packages sold this year. John anticipates that the Auction could grow in future years. We had close to 40 volunteers, over 75 bidders, nearly 50 donors and sponsors, and more than 80 items. Stephanie Strait thanked the staff for their hard work on the Auction. Mark Linderman recognized Nick Poling’s good work in directing.
The election returns program went well. This year’s show featured more of a roundtable discussion because of the change in return reporting.
John is asking for recommendations to fill the open board position vacated by Dave Burns. John hopes to be able to present a candidate at the December board meeting. We will have eight board members with terms expiring in April 2008.
John attended the Alliance for Community Media-Central States Region Fall Conference and Trade Show in Fort Wayne, Indiana. John learned our problems with Insight and the live feeds were being discussed at the state and regional level at the conference. Several critical issues in the state law were discussed. John would like to position WCTV to be a part of the ongoing discussion, especially in terms of the IURC and the legislature going forward in 2008.
We are working on ways to air the Salvation Army Show live at their location. Several possible solutions are under consideration.
New Business
Phil Quinn led a discussion about concerns over a recent event taped and submitted by a producer to be aired at a later date on WCTV. It was determined that this program would be aired like any other submitted program.
Good of the Order
John Dalton thanked everyone who helped with the recent WCTV Auction.
Adjournment - 12:05 p.m.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
WCTV Updates
It is a busy time at WCTV. We just completed another successful television Auction and turned around a few days later to broadcast live election returns. On Thursday night at 7 p.m. on Channel 20 we will be broadcasting the Salvation Army Christmas program for the second year, a longtime traditional favorite on radio and hopefully a tradition we are building on television. And on Tuesday December 18th at 7 p.m. on Channel 21 we will be starting a new tradition by hosting Santa in a live phone-in show for kids in the Whitewater Valley to get their wish lists heard by the man in charge.
And in the midst of all of this it struck me that on December 1st I passed my second anniversary here at WCTV.
About this time last year I also stopped to reflect in an email to our mailing list. Then I was in Indianapolis, with a few other access center leaders, meeting with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to discuss the new Telecom Bill impacting local franchises, including ours. And I was teaching kids at Wernle about videography, and working with them to produce their own DVD. Thinking back, those two events, different in size and scope, reinforce in my mind my belief in the importance of grassroots and independent media in a community; things I have always believed in personally and am finally pursuing professionally. I hope our viewers and supporters can see, on the air, our staff’s commitment to these beliefs, and to the direction we have headed these last two years.
We are currently programming more than 16 hours a day across three channels, averaging between 75-85 programs a week, locally produced or of local interest. We have close to fifty local producers generating content for Channel 21. We expanded from six to seven nights of programming, offering a Friday night Reading Service for the elderly and the visually impaired as well as a “By Request” time slot where viewers can ask to see their favorite WCTV programs. We have expanded our election coverage and broadcast our first live parade. We partnered with Kicks-96/WHON to bring you a nightly newscast, and provided our own professionally-produced high school sports broadcasts, teaming up with high school A/V classes to provide students learning experiences alongside WCTV staff.
Our local producers have access to more equipment than before, with new cameras and new edit bays. We have offered free workshops as well as noncredit training classes through IU East, and hope to repeat those courses again soon. For producers who need help with their programs, we offer “House Calls,” where trained volunteers and professional staff come to your location and give advice on how to produce the best program for your viewers.
Equipment upgrades in our head end have improved our signal quality, and we have institutionalized procedures for troubleshooting problems with playback of our programming.
Our Board of Directors is filled out to fifteen members, and worked on developing a new Channel 21 Lottery system that is fair to everyone, as well as looking at other ongoing policies and procedures.
For those who asked for more information on what’s going on at WCTV, we updated the website, added a blog, and developed comprehensive email and traditional mail mailing lists. You can see what’s new at WCTV by going to www.wctv.info or www.wctvjournal.blogspot.com.
2008 is an important year for us. It will be our twentieth year of service to the people of Wayne County. WCTV’s first two employees are still on the payroll today, a testament to the important work we feel, as a staff, we are doing. Personally, 2008 will also be my twentieth year of working professionally in the field, and I am as excited today as I was when I left the ivied halls of college two decades ago.
2008 is also important as we see changes, and potential challenges, in the cable access landscape locally, statewide, and at the federal level. As we celebrate this milestone, we hope our friends and supporters will join us as we move forward towards whatever is coming next.
And in the midst of all of this it struck me that on December 1st I passed my second anniversary here at WCTV.
About this time last year I also stopped to reflect in an email to our mailing list. Then I was in Indianapolis, with a few other access center leaders, meeting with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to discuss the new Telecom Bill impacting local franchises, including ours. And I was teaching kids at Wernle about videography, and working with them to produce their own DVD. Thinking back, those two events, different in size and scope, reinforce in my mind my belief in the importance of grassroots and independent media in a community; things I have always believed in personally and am finally pursuing professionally. I hope our viewers and supporters can see, on the air, our staff’s commitment to these beliefs, and to the direction we have headed these last two years.
We are currently programming more than 16 hours a day across three channels, averaging between 75-85 programs a week, locally produced or of local interest. We have close to fifty local producers generating content for Channel 21. We expanded from six to seven nights of programming, offering a Friday night Reading Service for the elderly and the visually impaired as well as a “By Request” time slot where viewers can ask to see their favorite WCTV programs. We have expanded our election coverage and broadcast our first live parade. We partnered with Kicks-96/WHON to bring you a nightly newscast, and provided our own professionally-produced high school sports broadcasts, teaming up with high school A/V classes to provide students learning experiences alongside WCTV staff.
Our local producers have access to more equipment than before, with new cameras and new edit bays. We have offered free workshops as well as noncredit training classes through IU East, and hope to repeat those courses again soon. For producers who need help with their programs, we offer “House Calls,” where trained volunteers and professional staff come to your location and give advice on how to produce the best program for your viewers.
Equipment upgrades in our head end have improved our signal quality, and we have institutionalized procedures for troubleshooting problems with playback of our programming.
Our Board of Directors is filled out to fifteen members, and worked on developing a new Channel 21 Lottery system that is fair to everyone, as well as looking at other ongoing policies and procedures.
For those who asked for more information on what’s going on at WCTV, we updated the website, added a blog, and developed comprehensive email and traditional mail mailing lists. You can see what’s new at WCTV by going to www.wctv.info or www.wctvjournal.blogspot.com.
2008 is an important year for us. It will be our twentieth year of service to the people of Wayne County. WCTV’s first two employees are still on the payroll today, a testament to the important work we feel, as a staff, we are doing. Personally, 2008 will also be my twentieth year of working professionally in the field, and I am as excited today as I was when I left the ivied halls of college two decades ago.
2008 is also important as we see changes, and potential challenges, in the cable access landscape locally, statewide, and at the federal level. As we celebrate this milestone, we hope our friends and supporters will join us as we move forward towards whatever is coming next.
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