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Love146 Presents...

1. Wash cars | 2. Tell the story | 3. End slavery

This summer begins our 2nd annual Car Wash Across America. The goal is to tell the story of 146, raise awareness and raise funds to end child sex slavery and exploitation.

Last year was such a great success, we want to introduce more resources for this year. So grab your Shamwow and hold on!

The Love146 Car Wash Across America!
July & August 2009

For more info and a whole bunch of goodies see our web page.
If you’ve looked at our web page and still have questions feel free to email me at: d.rodgers@love146.org

Abolition!

Desirea Rodgers
Co-Founder/Creative Director, Love146

"Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge. 'Limiting access to programming is straight out of the cable playbook, going back to the days when Congress had to act in 1992 to allow the satellite programming distributors to have access to cable programming. ... We are concerned that this program violates the open nature of the Internet,' Sohn said. 'By adding this additional toll lane, Comcast and Time Warner want to create their own 'managed channel' within the Internet and turn the Internet into their own private cable channel.'
Roy Mark for eWeek
For more read the link: Internet Advocates rip Comcast Broadband TV Everywhere.

Local Country Music buffs, this is for you:

Sunday- June 21
New England Country Music Club
Fathers' Day Pastry Social Jamboree

Open Mic with host band
Rachel & Western Partners

Plus a chance to win
home baked pastries

to be held at
VFW #1385
13 Cross Road (Route 16)
Uxbridge, MA

2:00 - 6:00 PM

NECMC members - $3.00 donation
Non- NECMC members- $5.00 donation

Canned, boxed and non perishable goods are welcome and accepted for the
People First Food Pantry.

I would really appreciate it, Thanks!
Betty O'Kay
NECMC, president

A collective of Massachusetts public access communities are asking friends of Public Access to join us in opposition of Senate Bill # 1531, in house, H 3765, aka Verizon Bill. The bill is apparently a scam being spun as a boost for competition, when we see it as actually an attempt to give Verizon an edge over cable competitors. If successful the bill will place municipalities at a disadvantage when it comes to determining community media, technology and other franchise license related needs. Verizon tried to pass a similar bill before back in 2007, Worcester city council and administration, to their credit and wisdom, joined a large number of cities and citizens across the state in defeating it. Saving this municipality millions of dollars, local controls, senior discounts, locking out potential discriminatory "cherry picking" service practices and maintaining our Public Access as well. The right thing is to shoot this Senate Bill 1531, also known as the Verizon Bill, down immediately. To our Senate representatives we hope you do not fall asleep on this one

On July 22, 2009, there will be a public hearing at the State House on Senate Bill #1531. Join us in saying NO to this Bill.
Please contact your State Representatives and Senators and explain how this bill will adversely affect stations such as WCCA TV and therefore your community. This link should tell you who your local legislators are - http://www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm .

We hope our city council ( read more)

Kelly M. Teal writes on exchange mag ( xchangemag.com) ,"Cablecos seeking customers in multidwelling units (MDUs) now will have to woo those potential users just like any other business trying to land a sale. In other words, the era of cable exclusivity in MDUs is extinct – that is, except for deals already in place. But for the most part, from here on out, operators will have to compete against telco and satellite for MDU tenants’ eyeballs, and property owners won’t be able to dictate who their occupants rely on for pay TV."

For more you can read how the Court Nixes Exclusive MDU Deals.

Another thing for muni's to consider while companies like Verizon lobby to give themselves more of what seems to be an unfair edge over cable providers. Anyway, this does seem like it could open the door to LESS local programming in the long run.

There has been much concern focused on the struggles of print media in this depressed economy. The TV business is not immune. WBZ closed it's Worcester office, Fox and CBS and others are sharing resources. There is much more reporter pooling going on today. What we will see is more of the same. The same stories, the more the spectacle the better. Commercial TV News, as in most radio outlets, are moving further from objective, local and hard hitting news in favor of "human interest", and the business of propaganda.
Charter Communications seems to facing some unique challenges on it's own.
For sure there will be some that will moan over the fact that Worcester has no affiliate TV station. In today's world , however, that is really a moot issue.

RU WATCHING US ?

WCCA TV Cable Channel 13
or at:
http://www.wccatv[dot]com[slash]stream

Twittering daily and also twittering here at Worcester_News

On Facebook.com : Doubleyou Seeseeaye (key facebook words) and / or be a fan at our group page: WCCA TV 13, "The People's Channel"

Myspace: http://www.myspace[dot]com[slash]wccatv

Download our community videos available on demand here at Video

or from our collection at Archive

Thanks for supporting public access television in good old Worcester Massachusetts.

Story By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center vice president/executive director
05.17.09

The debate continues over whether or not a federal “shield law” for journalists
is proper or is even needed — in the Congress, in the courts and even among news
professionals themselves.

A recent federal magistrate’s ruling in Chicago, however, does raise issues that
seem avoidable only if such a law, more accurately termed “reporter privilege,”
was in place to cause courts to at least pause and consider the effects of
subpoenas on the newsgathering process.

The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys, in the Northern District of
Illinois, states plainly how most observers see the current situation: There is
now no legal shield or privilege in federal courts for journalists wishing to
protect their sources, notes or unpublished material from subpoenas.

The ruling comes in a lawsuit brought by war protester Andy Thayer against the

Public Meeting Notice
Presentation of public art bridge project

Worcester, Massachusetts - May 22, 2009 - The City of Worcester Economic Development
Division, in partnership with the Worcester Cultural Coalition, the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and the Jerome Wheelock Trust,
invite the public to a presentation of the "Sensible (Sense-able) Bridges" project.
The City will present the conceptual dsign of pedestrian improvements and public
art for the underpasses around Union Station.

The meeting will occur on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. in the Levi Lincoln
Chamber, Worcester City Hill, 455 Main Street, Worcester.

Our holiday news note is here:

RU WATCHING US ?

Cable Channel 13

http://www.wccatv.com

Twittering daily at Twitter[dot]com/wccatv13
Facebook: Doubleyou Seeseeaye and / or the group page: WCCA TV 13, "The People's Channel"
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wccatv13

Memorial Day Programming Announcement
http://www.wccatv.com/node/14008

Have you seen what you are missing?
http://www.archive.org/details/clipoftheweek18may2009

Free useful tip regarding Union Station Parking
http://www.wccatv.com/node/14013

Grace Ross discusses the foreclosure crisis in Worcester
http://www.wccatv.com/node/14014

Steven O'Neil of the WRTA speaks on Soapbox
http://www.wccatv.com/node/13991

Did you know that WCCA is the paramount community Uploading Site in Central New England?
http://www.wccatv.com/node/14005