Our 20th Anniversary Membership Drive

2008 marks the twentieth anniversary of Whitewater Community Television serving Richmond and Wayne County. It has been a tremendous journey, starting with just a couple of VHS decks and some borrowed cameras, growing to the full broadcasting facility with editing suites and a three-camera studio that we enjoy today.

From just a few programs on one channel, we have grown to more than sixteen hours a day of original, first-run programming across three channels, airing more than 75 programs a week and supporting more than 40 local producers. Richmond currently enjoys the third largest public access television operation in the state of Indiana.

Along the way we became a critical source for local information in Wayne County, offering gavel-to-gavel coverage of city and county government meetings, educational programs and sporting events from area high schools and colleges, election results and weather alerts and more, as well as acted as an outlet for local producers to provide their own original content to the public.

This past year was a great time of growth, with many firsts (including our first live IU East basketball game and our first live phone-in show with Santa); but 2007 also saw many challenges for public access and community television at local, state, and federal levels. We hope that you will take the opportunity to consider what public access television has meant to Wayne County over the last two decades, and we invite you to assist us in our ongoing efforts by becoming a member of, or renewing your membership to, Whitewater Community Television

I would like to invite you to visit our facilities, located in the lower level of Hayes Hall on the IU East campus, to see some of the new things happening at WCTV.

February Board Meeting

Today's board meeting was canceled due to inclement weather, and lack of quorum. Approved minutes will be posted next month.

Channel 21 Lottery Results!

Thanks to those who braved the cold temperatures to join us for the Channel 21 Lottery today at noon. Our new schedule begins Sunday, March 2, 2008.

SUNDAY:
4 p.m. Rightly Dividing
5 p.m. Free Indeed
5:30 p.m. Reach Out
6 p.m. Fairview Baptist
7 p.m. St. John Lutheran
8 p.m. Joy In Our Town
8:30 p.m. Chapel of Praise
9:30 p.m. Proclaim Liberty
11 p.m. Jazz Cardio
11:30 p.m. Message of Grace

MONDAY:
4 p.m. Something Different
4: 30 p.m. Access to Bluegrass
5 p.m. UFI Mixed Martial Arts
5:30 p.m. Pentecostal Church of Richmond
6:30 p.m. Jesus Healing Ministries
7:30 p.m. Iceman on the Move
8:30 p.m. Personal Empowerment
9:30 p.m. Glory Bound
10 p.m. Kicks 96 News

TUESDAY:
4 p.m. Amazing Facts
5 p.m. Where Love Shines
6 p.m. Alphabet Academy
7 p.m. Special Programs
10 p.m. Kicks 96 News

WEDNESDAY:
4 p.m. Bridging the Gap
4:30 p.m. Native New Day
5 p.m. St. Paul Lutheran
6 p.m. Central Baptist
7 p.m. Galilean Baptist
8 p.m. the bab9 presents
9 p.m. Catholic Mass
10 p.m. Kicks 96 News

THURSDAY:
4 p.m. Answers in Genesis
5 p.m. New Life
6 p.m. Reid Presbyterian
7 p.m. First English Lutheran
8 p.m. A Positive Outlook
9 p.m. Special Programming
10 p.m. Kicks 96 News

FRIDAY:
5 p.m. WCTV Reading Service/Viewfinder
7 p.m. WCTV By Request
10 p.m. Kicks 96 News

SATURDAY:
4 p.m. Esta Escrito
5 p.m. Faith Baptist
6 p.m. First Presbyterian

We only have three hours of prime-time, tier one programming slots left, so if you did not get your materials in, or you are still interested in producing a show, these spaces will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

20 Sweet Years

The first of what will hopefully be many 20th Anniversary cakes.

WCTV Channel 21 Lottery

What is a WCTV event without me lurking around the cake?

Post-Lottery Refreshments

I think the extreme cold weather kept a lot of our usual crowd away from the Lottery this time, so we had cake and coffee and cola a-plenty. The smiling guy in this picture is from Minnesota, naturally.