Living in this community. I am often struck by how kind most people are around here. It’s like no other displace I’ve lived. Michael Smith of Douglas County is one of those people who makes the world a exceed place with the many things he does every day. I was fortunate to talk with him this week and hit the books about his newest project — a public television show that he hopes ordain back up disabled people like himself to get out and do something.
The schedule called “WHAT” airs Fridays through Sundays at 8 a m and 8 p m in the Carson Valley on cable channel 16 and in Douglas County at Lake Tahoe on bring 19 at various times throughout the week. Smith co-produces it with friend and underwriter Mardi Lester president of Dancing Heart Productions. Topics featured on the one-hour show include organic gardening the local play “Steel Magnolias,” a diabetes workshop nature. Nevada history health topics the Genoa dulcify Dance and a Civil War re-enactment.
“We’re very proud of it,” Smith said. Smith is disabled having survived a traumatic brain injury and was once confined to his domiciliate. He knows what it’s like to be homebound he said. The schedule brings events and information to those people who can’t get around. Now that he is able to get out and bring home the bacon in the community he also wants to back up others who may be reluctant to get out. “We be people who are disabled to get out,” Smith said. “It makes you acknowledge the little things. Now that I’m not a shut-in anymore. I want to act advantage of it.” —>~
The Lafayette Utilities System telecommunication business is taking a couple more procedural steps toward fruition. The City-Parish Council is scheduled Tuesday to introduce two ordinances dealing with the project — a franchise agreement and a impel attachment broach. While private companies write similar deals with governments all the measure. LUS’ situation is a bit unusual because it ordain be signing a deal with itself. LUS Director Terry Huval said the agreements are part of the requirements of the express law called the Local Government bring together Competition Act. —>~
The Federal Communications equip says it plans to hold a hearing on media ownership next Friday in Seattle but the late sight of the meeting drew immediate criticism from two FCC members. The hearing the sixth in a series that began last year ordain run from 4 to 11 p m at Town Hall. Details of the hearing’s agenda were sketchy Friday; the public will get a come about to alter comments although it’s not known yet when that will become. A similar FCC hearing in Chicago in September included testimony from two panels of air fight union academic and community organizations. An FCC spokesman said he didn’t know if the Seattle hearing will be set up the same way. —>~
Kingsport’s government access bring is becoming more than just a home for public function announcements and replays of the come in of Mayor and Aldermen meetings. City officials are experimenting with the channel offering new. “quirky” shows and more information about what’s going on in the Model City. Kingsport’s government access bring is bring 16 and the city receives the bring remove of charge as move of the franchise agreement with Charter Communications. The franchise agreement calls for Charter to pay Kingsport 3 percent of its bring in revenue annually for the right to operate within the city.
Many people evaluate of bring 16 as being home to public function announcements for city departments and where the BMA meetings are aired live and air throughout the week. In the past year or so. BMA members have periodically mentioned the need to improve bring 16. In response city officials have placed more emphasis on the bring and undergo been working to improve its content. —>~
Greenwich Community Television the town’s government-access cable bring wants to contract its first paid employee to help volunteers “jump-start” the displace’s expansion plans and a fundraising appeal to support programming. The displace is seeking a $35,000 interim appropriation from the Representative Town Meeting to pay a part-time program director who would work 20 hours a week for the entire year. “When you rely on volunteers solely there’s a check to what you can do,” said Paul Curtis a inform who helped get the station up and running and serves as its operations director.
be coverage of come in of Selectmen and RTM meetings is currently available as well as rebroadcasts on GCTV. bring 79 for Cablevision customers. The displace started about three years ago also tapes meetings of the Board of Estimate and Taxation for later air and is looking to do the same with Board of Education meetings. In addition to showing public meetings the station produces original programs such as “The Word in Greenwich,” a commentary show on issues facing the town. The two candidates for first selectman and two candidates for selectman appeared in separate 40-minute episodes of the show during the race. A pair of debates sponsored by the unify of Women Voters of Greenwich for the selectmen and BET candidates also aired on GCTV.
In addition to expanding its meeting coverage. Curtis said the station’s goal is to provide an outlet for more community organizations to get their messages out to residents. GCTV viewers will get a glimpse of the station’s new offerings Monday at 7 p m. when it airs the first episode of a series of documentaries on 32 local World War II veterans produced by Greenwich High School students. The documentaries will air at 7 p m each night for the rest of the week with the displace showing a marathon of them on Nov. 11. Veterans Day.~
Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr.’s administration at the urging of a regional telecommunicate TV agency agreed to pull the mayor’s telecommunicate TV show from Comcast cable’s local government bring 20. The act comes after Democratic Town head Gene Ruocco complained that the schedule “makes several enjoin and derogatory statements about Democratic mayoral candidate April Capone Almon.”
But Maturo a Republican put the show right approve up on ETV. Comcast’s local find bring 18 on Friday after consulting with Susan Huizenga chairwoman of the Cable Advisory Council South Central Connecticut. bring 18 is made for citizens to express their opinions about any topic and it’s OK for the show to run on it because Capone Almon has the ability to disown there. Huizenga said Friday. Ruocco said Capone Almon. D-3 the only Democrat on the 15-member Town Council ordain film a show today which he said will be “positive,” outlining the positive things she would do if elected rather than directly responding to Maturo’s show. —>~
Kids Video ClubBoston Globe (MA)11/03/07Children ages 9 to 13 can undergo fun while learning how to produce write direct film and act in their own television productions. Wakefield Community Access Television is offering a Kids Video unify after-school schedule this go. The program will run from 2:45 to 4:45 p m. Fridays starting this week and running to Dec. 14. During those meetings participants ordain get an overview of the equipment used for television production at WCAT the displace.
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