WCCA TV 13

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WCCA TV's John Simakauskas is doing a fabulous job facilitating access for those who live, work, or study in Worcester. Channel 13, "The People's Channel is proud to announce that, as WCCA TV13 is a member of the "Community Media Collection" at archive.org, we currently have 2,600 videos in the collection, 1,220 have been contributed by WCCA. That's 47%.

WCCA TV 13 has made it possible for Worcester to lead the way in video archiving and providing public access to a vast and impressive amount of video content which place Worcester in the spotlight throughout the world. Many of these WCCA TV 13 programs are available , "ON DEMAND" world wide.

We thank John, Mike and all who have contributed to our collection or works and also everyone for their support. We also appreciate your in-kind and capital contributions and donations.

Watch this following video link and you may agree why I think it is pretty clear that there are some legislators in Washington that are heavily lobbied to cut what is truly TV BY FOR and OFF THE PEOPLE, aka PUBLIC ACCESS/Community Media Television stations out. Here is the link : Rep. Serrano to Genachowski: What About Fair & Equal Treatment of PEG Access Channels?

We applaud Representative Serrono's words on this subject. The FCC has taken over a year, and has still failed to make adequate assurances to guarantee the protection of Public Access is very suspicious to say the least. It raises many questions. There is no question, after decades of public access experiences in over 1,500 cities and towns across the USA, that PUBLIC ACCESS serves as an important and valuable anchor institution in a community. So there can only be limited answers to why the FCC or congress has not yet mandated improved guaranteed assurances to protect Public Access centers such as WCCA TV.

PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION is a place where the PEOPLE, rather than a cable or phone company or the government, are in control of disseminating free speech, educational material , views and opinions, a free flow of information, a diverse and shared view of the world. We must all recognize that perhaps this is why some in power perceive this as some sort of threat and perhaps why some cable and phone companies and, in some cases, even political entities, and some in government, can't stand the existence of a public forum on television.

I am aware of many who feel that if our political leaders and municipal and state authorities you can not appreciate the value of the product of a public access station , you have no business working in a democratic government or claiming to build or care about community or individual rights or government transparency.

Transparency is not just about what government allows the people to see it is also about maintaining open forums for the people to express their point of view. Stations such as WCCA make that possible, without government intervention. That is not a threat to our community but a healthy and nurturing thing.

When government stalls on moving to protect assurances to protect PUBLIC ACCESS television, where companies lobby or make attempts to either trivialize or bury PUBLIC ACCESS channels in a maze of the digital cosmos, where there are moves to diminish funding and capital that are intended to support Public Access, it may be argued that those are actions are against us, the people, against our ability to be self empowered, against our gaining opportunity to improve our lives, against our basic freedom and civil liberties, against true local participation.

Take note of who those are and do not tolerate any threats to PUBLIC ACCESS Television.

Thanks for taking time to read this. Sorry for the rant.

It as it seems so to us. Okay maybe not really a "byline" in the literary sense, but perhaps using the paradigm, or a model of what public access has been, in large part, for decades. that is by providing a way for people to have their own show on TV.

OPRAH may have her own network. Guess what residents of Worcester? SO DO YOU. It's right here, WCCA TV 13, on cable and streaming on line, and seen around the world.

The People's Channel" is your network, in fact, it is more than JUST a network. It is a place where you can learn, create and connect. A community resource. You already have your own without OPRAH.

OPRAH is very wealthy, it is wonderful that she can put her pocket book into her shows and network and that is fantastic. At WCCA TV, however, you can too, as much as you like. If you don't have OPRAH bucks, it is still possible to have your own show or be on TV.

WCCA TV 13, "The People's Channel in Worcester, MA, will host an "Introduction to Lighting Techniques for Field and Studio" . This educational event will be presented by channel 13 in conjunction with Jonathan Lipsy of Barbizon Lighting.

This is a MUST ATTEND event for WCCA producing members and we invite all community and as well as our public access colleagues from surrounding towns to take advantage of this educational opportunity.

This will also be your chance to learn not only basic lighting techniques that can improve the look and quality of your video production, it is also an opportunity to get close up to some of the new lighting equipment WCCA TV intends to acquire before September.

Event: An Introduction to Lighting Techniques for Field and Studio Work
Start Time: Wednesday, June 2 at 6:30pm
End Time: Wednesday, June 2 at 8:30pm
Where: WCCA TV13 - 415 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608

FREE TO WCCA TV active members.
$10 Donation for non-members

Phone for further information : Mauro at 508-755-1880 ext. 11

LEARN CREATE CONNECT : WCCA TV 13

RSVP option recommended

Impressive to say the least!

Yes, WCCA TV 13 is awesome.

I learned that we have nearly 1,400 video works archived in the last five months.

THE LAST FIVE MONTHS !!!!!

The 1,400 video works does not represent everything produced and or presented on WCCA channel 13, because not everything gets archived. For example the producers of some shows give us only a sampling, one or two show episodes to archive, satellite feeds we do not archive, etc, what ever reason . The point is WCCA TV is a station that continues to experience growth in community utilization, programming, and all the rest of it. We are not talking about simple meeting coverage, or satellite feeds, or cameras fixed on traffic, either, yes we do produce some of that, but we are talking about bona fide video productions that we have on archive.

This is an impressive amount of work. Paramount in central Mass, and paramount in terms of television coverage of local Worcester interest that is simply unmatched in the comercial market or any where else for that matter. There is more. . .