WCCA TV 13 News Update June 11, 2009

You are invited to join us in celebrating YOUTH MEDIA, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at WCCA TV 13, 415 Main Street, Worcester. There is so much more: General meeting info: http://www.wccatv.com/node/14032 Two Degrees from Ben Affleck. Star of WCCA TV's Close TO Home, Maureen Schwab, takes a shot at stardom: http://www.wccatv.com/node/14042 WCCA TV Executive Director, Mauro DePasquale, moderated and presented a workshop about How To Build A Media Hub. At the ACM's North East Conference in Vermont Mayor Lukes Receives Award for Small Business Advocacy http://www.wccatv.com/node/14058\ VOTE NO ON VERIZON BILL Bill S1531 H 3765. Join other cities and towns across Massachusetts in opposing this bill here is more on this : http://www.wccatv.com/node/14057 WCCA Invited to Join Community Media Archive WCCA was invited to join the community media archive. The folks at the Internet Archive have invited WCCA to become an official part of their community media collection ! Our collection will be featured on the Internet Archive website . http://www.wccatv.com/node/13974 WCCA TV's show, Soapbox", featuring Sheriff Guy Glodis, was featured on the Worc. Country Sheriff's website http://www.worcestercountysheriff.com Programming Highlights: Is that Ricky Jam making a come back from the late 80's? http://www.wccatv.com/ Local Programming fourishes at WCCA TV 13 : http://www.wccatv.com/schedule This week on BAND EDGE: Speak Easy Combo On Deck: Seymore Willie groovy R&B Video Jam News: http://www.wccatv.com/node/14054 WCCA TV 13 is a proud media sponsor of : Girls Inc: http://www.wccatv.com/node/14034 SOAPBOX Girls Inc. http://www.wccatv.com/node/14018 Fathers Fest 2009: http://www.wccatv.com/node/14019 Grace Ross hunting down predatory lenders: http://www.wccatv.com/node/14014 Other WCCA TV 13 COMMUNITY MEDIA NEWS and ACTIVITIES 1. WCCA TV was invited to be part of the Community Media Archive on archive.org. 2. Media sponsor for Worcester Pride April 17th Casino Night Event at Castellan's Restaurant 3. WCCA TV's show, Soapbox", featuring Sheriff Guy Glodis, was featured on the Worc. Country Sheriff's website http://www.worcestercountysheriff.com 4. WCCA TV's show, Soapbox", featuring Training Resources of America, was featured on their website, http://www.tra-inc.org in the News section 5. Thanks to the Worcester Cultural Coalition for mentioning WCCA TV's Art Attack in their Worcester Art and Cultural Coalition's on-line newsletter. 6. Speaking of celebrating youth in media this month at WCCA, we are proud to partner with our friends in the project "Operation Military Kids". Look for OMK hand outs everywhere describing their mission. 7. WCCA TV is listed with a link on J-lab Community Journalism site 8. Artist Susan Campney enjoyed the show Judy Langlois produced that she was a guest of that she ordered 8 copies of the show to distribute on her own. 9. WCCA staff member Judy Langlois was involved with Green Egg Robotics on Young Views/Real News, stay tuned to WCCA TV for more. 10. Worcester Magazine did a very positive cover story about WCCA TV 13 April 16-22 Edition. Thanks guys especially reporter Niki Luparelli for a fine job done. 11. You never know who's watching. Colleen Johnson, a Worcester resident, saw Video Jam (by Tracy Foley) at her brother's hotel room and they loved the show and wrote in. Her brother was visiting from Virginia. 12. Looking for summer youth activities? WCCA TV was listed again in the Summer Program Resource Guide for our on-going summer workshops for youth. The Guide is funded by Partners for Success, Home, School and Community Grant Project of the Worcester Public Schools 13. WCCA TV sends it congratulations to all the winning and nominated bands participating in the Pulse Worcester Music Awards. Let us know if you see our ads in the Incity TImes, T&G, WoMag, the Pulse and other locations. 14. Speaking of other locations, Video Jam Country was listed in a report created by Aristo Media www.aristomedia.com/pdf/CountryVideoStatusReport09Fullpdf 15. WCCA TV was featured at www.worcesterite.com/forums/general/2009/4/30/top-wcca-tv13-downloads 16. The Commonwealth of Mass. Dept of Public Health asked WCCA TV to re-cablecast the video, Flu: What You Can Do-Caring for People at Home. We aired it several times due to the Swine Flu outbreak 17. WCCA TV was listed in the Greater Worcester Community Foundation 08 Annual Report for receving a mini grant for $2,500 18. WCCA TV logo was featured in the print ad in the Telegram and Gazette at least 3 times for the Girls Inc. Celebration of Girls for June 11, 2009. WCCA TV was a media sponsor 19. WCCA TV rec'd a support letter from Virginia Swain, host of Imagine Worcester on WCCA TV and Executive Director of the Center for Global and Community Law "In my desire to serve Worcester and the World, you have provided technical support for my idea to have a television show about peace" Virginia Swain 20. WCCA TV's logo was featured in the print at in the Telegram and Gazette (and in hand outs to the public schools in Worcester) for the June 20th Fathers Fest. WCCA TV was a media sponsor 21. WCCA TV is now licensed by the the Department of Education Resources, National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C. to cablecast such valuable programs as "New World Archaelogy" and "Pompei and the Roman Villa"